6th District Congressional Race Candidates Meet For Debate
A sign greets voters before they step up to cast their ballot at a polling site, Tuesday, July 22, 2014, in Atlanta. Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to decide the U.S. Senate GOP runoff between Jack Kingston and David Perdue. The winner will face Democrat Michelle Nunn in November. In addition to the … Continued
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The candidates for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District will meet for a debate at 5 p.m. hosted by the Atlanta Press Club. All 18 candidates for this special election to fill Tom Price’s former seat in Congress are expected to participate.
The race is seen as the first big test of President Donald Trump’s popularity, with Democrats pushing hard to take the historically Republican district. Early voting will run through April 14, with Election Day on April 18.
Price vacated the seat when he was picked as Health and Human Services secretary by Trump.
The list of qualified candidates for the seat are as follows:
- David Abroms, Republican
- Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan, Republican
- Ragin Edwards, Democrat
- Keith Grawert, Republican
- Bob Gray, Republican
- Karen Handel, Republican
- Alexander Hernandez, Independent
- Judson Hill, Republican
- Richard Keatley, Democrat
- Amy Kremer, Republican
- Bruce Levell, Republican
- William Llop, Republican
- Dan Moody, Republican
- Jon Ossoff, Democrat
- Andre Pollard, Independent
- Rebecca Quigg, Democrat
- Ron Slotin, Democrat
- Kurt Wilson, Republican
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