Jan. 6 rioter among candidates advancing to June runoffs in 3 U.S. House primary races in Georgia

Six candidates are headed to runoff elections in June in three U.S. House primary races in Georgia after voting concluded Tuesday.
Voters walk into Ormewood Park Church in Atlanta, Georgia for Georgia's primary election on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Georgia voters on Tuesday advanced a former Donald Trump aide and a former state Senate majority leader to a GOP runoff for an open seat in the strongly Republican 3rd Congressional District in West Georgia.

It was one of three primary races for U.S. House seats in Georgia to go into extra innings.

Two Republicans — including one who served time in federal prison for his role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — will face off for the right to take on a 16-term Democratic incumbent Sanford Bishop in the 2nd Congressional District in Southwest Georgia. And two Democrats in Northwest Georgia’s deep-red 14th Congressional District will vie for a chance to challenge controversial Republican incumbent Marjorie Taylor Greene.