Georgia's 6th congressional district

Georgia's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2024^[update], it is represented by Democrat Lucy McBath.

Georgia's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
Representative	Lucy McBath D–Marietta
Distribution	99.77% urban[1] 0.23% rural
Population (2023)	797,492[2]
Median household income	$102,223[2]
Ethnicity	54.8% White 18.2% Black 11.6% Asian 11.2% Hispanic 10.7% Two or more races 4.4% other
Cook PVI	D+25[3]

History

Georgia's 6th congressional district has existed since the 29th Congress (1845–1847), the first Congress in which U.S. representatives were elected from districts rather than at-large. Georgia gained a sixth U.S. representative for the first time in the 13th Congress (1813–1815).

Located in north-central Georgia, the district consists of many of the northern suburbs of Atlanta and includes all of Forsyth, Dawson County, portions of eastern Cobb County, northern Fulton County, a snippet of western Gwinnett County, and eastern Cherokee County. From 1965 to 1993, the 6th District covered a swath of exurban and rural territory south and west of Atlanta. In 1992, it moved to its present position in Atlanta's northern suburbs.

Representatives

The district is known for producing prominent figures in American politics, including former House Speaker and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, and former U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson. It was also known as a suburban Republican stronghold for much of its recent history, and the party held the seat from 1992 to 2018. However, Metro Atlanta's recent population growth has brought Democratic-leaning voters into the area, as evidenced by McBath's 2018 victory over Republican incumbent Karen Handel. The district's new boundaries have restored its previous Republican bent.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[4]
2008	President	Obama 64% - 36%
2012	President	Obama 66% - 34%
2016	President	Clinton 70% - 27%
	Senate	Barksdale 62% - 34%
2018	Governor	Abrams 74% - 25%
	Lt. Governor	Riggs Amico 73% - 27%
	Attorney General	Bailey 72% - 28%
2020	President	Biden 74% - 25%
2021	Senate (Reg.)	Ossoff 74% - 26%
	Senate (Spec.)	Warnock 75% - 25%
2022	Senate	Warnock 78% - 22%
	Governor	Abrams 72% - 28%
	Lt. Governor	Bailey 73% - 25%
	Attorney General	Jordan 73% - 26%
	Secretary of State	Nguyen 69% - 29%
2024	President	Harris 75% - 25%

Counties and communities

For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 court order), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.^[5][6]

Cobb County (4)

Austell, Fair Oaks (part; also 11th), Mableton, Marietta (part; also 11th), Powder Springs, Smyrna, Vinings

Douglas County (2)

Douglasville (part; also 3rd), Lithia Springs

Fayette County (2)

Fayetteville (part; also 3rd), Tyrone (part; also 3rd)

Fulton County (9)

Atlanta (part; also 5th; shared with DeKalb County), Chattahoochee Hills (part; also 3rd; shared with Coweta County), College Park (part; also 5th; shared with Clayton County), East Point (part; also 5th), Fairburn, Palmetto (part; also 3rd; shared with Coweta County), Sandy Springs (part; also 7th), South Fulton, Union City

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District geography
District created March 4, 1827
Tomlinson Fort (Milledgeville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1826.[7]	1827–1829 [data missing]
District inactive		March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845
Howell Cobb (Athens)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	29th 30th 31st	Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Elected Governor of Georgia in 1851.[8]	1845–1853 [data missing]
Junius Hillyer (Monroe)	Constitutional Union	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853.[9]
	Democratic				1853–1861 [data missing]
Howell Cobb (Athens)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. [data missing][8]
James Jackson (Athens)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 23, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Resigned from office in 1861, following Georgia's secession from the Union.[10]
Vacant		January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Vacant		July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Georgia rejoined the Union, but district failed to elect a member to finish the term.[citation needed]	1868–1873 [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870	41st	District failed to elect a member.[citation needed]
William P. Price (Dahlonega)	Democratic	December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected to finish the vacant term. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.[11]
James H. Blount (Macon)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1893	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.[12]	1873–1883 [data missing]
1883–1893 [data missing]
Thomas B. Cabaniss (Forsyth)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Lost renomination.[13]	1893–1903 [data missing]
Charles L. Bartlett (Macon)	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1915	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired.[14]
1903–1913 [data missing]
1913–1923 [data missing]
	James W. Wise (Fayetteville)	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Failed to attend the 68th Congress due to prolonged illness. Retired.[15]
1923–1933 [data missing]
	Samuel Rutherford (Forsyth)	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – February 4, 1932	69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died.[16]
	Vacant		February 4, 1932 – March 2, 1932	72nd
	Carlton Mobley (Forsyth)	Democratic	March 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933		Elected to finish Rutherford's term. Retired.[17]
Carl Vinson (Milledgeville)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1965	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Retired.[18]	1933–1943 [data missing]
1943–1953 [data missing]
1953–1963 [data missing]
1963–1973 [data missing]
	John Flynt (Griffin)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1979	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired.[19]
1973–1983 [data missing]
	Newt Gingrich (Marietta)	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998, but resigned.[20]
1983–1993 [data missing]
1993–2003 [data missing]
	Vacant		January 3, 1999 – February 23, 1999	106th
	Johnny Isakson (Marietta)	Republican	February 23, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106th 107th 108th	Elected to finish Gingrich's term. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.[21]
2003–2006 Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, and Fulton counties
	Tom Price (Roswell)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – February 10, 2017	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.[22]
2007–2013 Cherokee County and parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties
2013–2023 Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties
	Vacant		February 10, 2017 – June 26, 2017	115th
	Karen Handel (Roswell)	Republican	June 26, 2017 – January 3, 2019		Elected to finish Price's term. Lost re-election.
	Lucy McBath (Marietta)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Rich McCormick (Suwanee)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025	118th	Elected in 2022. Redistricted to the 7th district.	2023–2025 Dawson and Forsyth counties; Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties
Lucy McBath (Marietta)	Democratic	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2024.	2025–present Parts of Cobb, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, and Fulton counties

Election results

Graph of election results in Georgia's 6th congressional district (minor parties are omitted)

1974

Main article: Georgia's 6th congressional district election, 1974

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (1974)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Flynt (Incumbent)	49,082	51.45%
	Republican	Newt Gingrich	46,308	48.55%
Total votes				100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2000

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2000)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Johnny Isakson (Incumbent)	256,595	74.75%
	Democratic	Brett DeHart	86,666	25.25%
Total votes			343,261	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2002

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2002)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Johnny Isakson (Incumbent)	163,209	79.91%
	Democratic	Jeff Weisberger	41,043	20.09%
Total votes			204,252	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2004)^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Price	267,542	100.00%
Total votes			267,542	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2006

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2006)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Price (Incumbent)	144,958	72.39%
	Democratic	Steve Sinton	55,294	27.61%
Total votes			200,252	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2008

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2008)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Price (Incumbent)	231,520	68.48%
	Democratic	Bill Jones	106,551	31.52%
Total votes			338,071	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2010

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2010)^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Price (Incumbent)	198,100	99.91%
	Write-In	Sean Greenberg	188	0.09%
Total votes			198,288	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2012

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2012)^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Price (Incumbent)	189,669	64.51%
	Democratic	Jeff Kazanow	104,365	35.49%
Total votes			294,034	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2014

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2014)^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Price (Incumbent)	139,018	66.04%
	Democratic	Robert G. Montigel	71,486	33.96%
Total votes			210,504	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2016

Georgia's 6th congressional district election (2016)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Price (Incumbent)	201,088	61.7%
	Democratic	Rodney Stooksbury	124,917	38.3%
Total votes			326,005	100.00%
Turnout
	Republican hold

2017 special election

Main article: Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017

2017 primary election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jon Ossoff	92,673	48.2%
	Republican	Karen Handel	38,071	19.7%
	Republican	Bob Gray	20,755	10.8%
	Republican	Dan Moody	16,994	8.8%
	Republican	Judson Hill	16,848	8.8%
	Republican	Kurt Wilson	1,812	0.94%
	Republican	David Abroms	1,637	0.85%
	Democratic	Ragin Edwards	502	0.26%
	Democratic	Ron Slotin	488	0.25%
	Republican	Bruce LeVell	455	0.24%
	Republican	Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan	414	0.22%
	Republican	Keith Grawert	414	0.22%
	Republican	Amy Kremer	349	0.18%
	Republican	William Llop	326	0.17%
	Democratic	Rebecca Quigg	304	0.16%
	Democratic	Richard Keatley	227	0.12%
	Independent	Alexander Hernandez	121	0.06%
	Independent	Andre Pollard	55	0.03%
Total votes			192,084	100.00%
Turnout				43.47%
Plurality			54,602	28.35%

2017 run-off election^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Karen Handel	134,799	51.78%	−9.9%
	Democratic	Jon Ossoff	125,517	48.22%	+9.9%
Total votes			260,316	99.95%
Majority			9,282	3.57%	−19.8%
Turnout			260,455	58.16%
	Republican hold

2018

Georgia's 6th congressional district election, 2018^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy McBath	160,139	50.51%
	Republican	Karen Handel (Incumbent)	156,875	49.49%
	Independent	Jeremy "Carlton Heston" Stubbs [29]	18
Total votes			317,014	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

The image above shows the 2020 Presidential election results in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, where blue represents precincts won by Joe Biden and red represents precincts won by Donald Trump.

2020

Georgia's 6th congressional district election, 2020^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy McBath (Incumbent)	216,775	54.59%
	Republican	Karen Handel	180,329	45.41%
Total votes			397,104	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2022

2024

Georgia's 6th congressional district election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucy McBath	277,027	74.7%
	Republican	Jeff Criswell	93,909	25.3%
Total votes			370,981	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

See also

• Georgia's at-large congressional district
• Georgia's 10th congressional district
• Georgia's 4th congressional district
• Georgia's congressional districts
• Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017