Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

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Georgia's 6th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: March 8, 2024
Primary: May 21, 2024 Primary runoff: June 18, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 General runoff: December 3, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Georgia
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican
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All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of Georgia, are holding elections in 2024. The general election is November 5, 2024. The primary is May 21, 2024, and a primary runoff is June 18, 2024. A general runoff is December 3, 2024. The filing deadline was March 8, 2024.

The outcome of this race will affect the partisan balance of the U.S. House in 2025.

All 435 seats are up for election. Republicans have a 217 to 212 majority with six vacancies. As of May 2024, 44 members of the U.S. House had announced they were not running for re-election. To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 74.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 24.7%.

Georgia conducted redistricting between the 2022 and 2024 elections. As a result, district lines in this state changed. To review how redistricting took place in Georgia and to see maps of the new districts, click here. For a list of all states that drew new district lines between 2022 and 2024, click here.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
• Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

The primary will occur on May 21, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath, Jerica Richardson, and Mandisha Thomas are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate
		Lucy McBath
		Jerica Richardson
		Mandisha Thomas

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brian Hopkins (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Jeff Criswell is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate
		Jeff Criswell

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Georgia

Election information in Georgia: May 21, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: April 22, 2024
• By mail: Received by April 22, 2024
• Online: April 22, 2024

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: May 10, 2024
• By mail: Received by May 10, 2024
• Online: May 10, 2024

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: May 21, 2024
• By mail: Received by May 21, 2024

Is early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What are the early voting start and end dates?

April 29, 2024 to May 17, 2024

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Lucy McBath	Democratic Party	$1,507,974	$913,639	$1,328,639	As of March 31, 2024
Jerica Richardson	Democratic Party	$111,512	$110,312	$1,199	As of March 31, 2024
Mandisha Thomas	Democratic Party	$14,825	$4,148	$10,677	As of March 31, 2024
Jeff Criswell	Republican Party	$12,817	$11,296	$1,521	As of March 31, 2024
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	April 30, 2024	April 23, 2024	April 16, 2024	April 9, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Georgia in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Georgia, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Georgia	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	N/A	$5,220.00	TBD	Source
Georgia	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	5% of eligible voters in the district	$5,220.00	TBD	Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

• District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting ahead of the 2024 election.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

• District map
• Competitiveness
• Presidential elections
• State party control

Below is the district map used in the 2022 election next to the map in place for the 2024 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it.

2022

2024

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Georgia.

Georgia U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Year	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	14	14	1	55	28	8	4	42.9%	3	25%
2022	14	14	2	82	28	8	9	60.7%	8	61.5%
2020	14	14	3	77	28	8	8	57.1%	5	45.5%
2018	14	14	0	48	28	8	5	46.4%	5	35.7%
2016	14	14	1	44	28	2	7	32.1%	5	38.5%
2014	14	14	3	49	28	3	8	39.3%	5	45.5%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Georgia in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 2, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Fifty-five candidates ran for Georgia’s 14 U.S. House districts, including 30 Democrats and 25 Republicans. That’s 3.9 candidates per district, lower than the 5.9 candidates per district in 2022 and the 5.5 in 2020.

This was the first election to take place after Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed revised congressional maps into law on Dec. 8, 2023.

The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district in 2024, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That’s one less than in 2022, when two seats were open. There were three open seats in 2020, none in 2018, one in 2016, and three in 2014.

Incumbent Drew Ferguson (R-3rd) did not run for re-election because he retired from public office.

As a result of redistricting in Georgia, two incumbents ran for re-election in different districts than the ones they represented. Lucy McBath (D-7th) ran in the 6th Congressional District and Rich McCormick (R-6th) ran in the 7th Congressional District.

Nine candidates—seven Democrats and two Republicans—ran for the 13th Congressional District, the most candidates that ran for a seat in 2024.

Twelve primaries—eight Democratic and four Republican—were contested in 2024. Seventeen primaries were contested in 2022, 16 primaries were contested in 2020, and 13 were in 2018.

Three incumbents—two Democrats and one Republican—were in contested primaries, the fewest this decade.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 14 districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is . This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were the national average. This made Georgia's 6th the district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Georgia's 6th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
74.1%	24.7%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district. The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
70.4	28.6	D+41.8

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Georgia, 2020

Georgia presidential election results (1900-2020)

• 20 Democratic wins
• 10 Republican wins
• 1 other win

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	AI	R	D	D	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Georgia's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Georgia
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	5	7
Republican	0	9	9
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	14	16

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Georgia's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Georgia, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Brian Kemp
Lieutenant Governor	Burt Jones
Secretary of State	Brad Raffensperger
Attorney General	Chris Carr

State legislature

Georgia State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	23
	Republican Party	32
	Other	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		56

Georgia House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	78
	Republican Party	100
	Independent	0
	Other	0
	Vacancies	2
Total		180

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until 2024.

Georgia Party Control: 1992-2024
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Rich McCormick defeated Bob Christian in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick (R)	62.2	206,886
		Bob Christian (D)	37.8	125,612

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 332,498
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Rich McCormick defeated Jake Evans in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick	66.5	27,455
		Jake Evans	33.5	13,808

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,263
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Bob Christian defeated Wayne White in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Christian	55.5	18,776
		Wayne White	44.5	15,025

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,801
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kimberly Reuter (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rich McCormick	43.1	48,967
✔		Jake Evans	23.0	26,160
		Mallory Staples	9.0	10,178
		Meagan Hanson	8.4	9,539
		Eugene Yu	6.5	7,411
		Blake Harbin	3.7	4,171
		Byron Gatewood	3.0	3,358
		Suzi Voyles	2.3	2,646
		Paulette Smith	1.0	1,123

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 113,553
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Harold Earls (R)
• Eric Welsh (R)

2020

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath defeated Karen Handel in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath (D)	54.6	216,775
		Karen Handel (R)	45.4	180,329

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 397,104
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jayla Harrison (Commandments Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Lucy McBath advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	100.0	90,660

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,660
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Karen Handel defeated Joe Profit, Blake Harbin, Mykel Lynn Barthelemy, and Paulette Smith in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Handel	74.4	47,986
		Joe Profit	14.8	9,528
		Blake Harbin	4.9	3,143
		Mykel Lynn Barthelemy	4.3	2,780
		Paulette Smith	1.7	1,103

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,540
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nicole Rodden (R)
• Brandon Beach (R)
• Donnie Bolena (R)
• Kenneth Brown (R)

2018

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath defeated incumbent Karen Handel in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath (D)	50.5	160,139
		Karen Handel (R)	49.5	156,875
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	18

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 317,032 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath defeated Kevin Abel in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on July 24, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	53.7	14,285
		Kevin Abel	46.3	12,303

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 26,588
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath and Kevin Abel advanced to a runoff. They defeated Bobby Kaple and Steven Knight Griffin in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	36.3	15,138
✔		Kevin Abel	30.5	12,747
		Bobby Kaple	26.2	10,956
		Steven Knight Griffin	6.9	2,901

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 41,742
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Keatley (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Karen Handel advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Handel	100.0	40,410

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See also

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Footnotes

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Georgia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Ossoff (D)

Raphael Warnock (D)

Representatives

District 1

Earl Carter (R)

District 2

Sanford Bishop (D)

District 3

Drew Ferguson (R)

District 4

Hank Johnson (D)

District 5

Nikema Williams (D)

District 6

Rich McCormick (R)

District 7

Lucy McBath (D)

District 8

Austin Scott (R)

District 9

Andrew Clyde (R)

District 10

Mike Collins (R)

District 11

Barry Loudermilk (R)

District 12

Rick Allen (R)

District 13

David Scott (D)

District 14

Marjorie Greene (R)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (7)