Jan. 6 rioter among candidates in Georgia's primary runoffs on Tuesday

Election

June 14th, 2024

Georgia holds primary runoff elections in a handful of U.S. House and state legislative races on Tuesday, June, 18. — Georgia Republican Chuck Hand speaks to reporters on Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Atlanta, after walking out of a debate with fellow 2nd Congressional District candidate Wayne Johnson. Hand said he refused to debate Johnson ahead of the June 18 runoff for the Republican nomination because of attacks on Hand's wife. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

A southwest Georgia Republican who served a brief federal prison sentence for his actions inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is among those running on Tuesday for a chance to serve in Congress when the state holds primary runoff elections in a handful of U.S. House and state legislative races.

The contests will determine who will challenge two U.S. House members from opposite ends of Georgia’s political spectrum: 16-term Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop and two-term Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Republican race in Bishop’s 2nd Congressional District is the latest example of someone convicted of a crime on Jan. 6 seeking to return to the Capitol as a member of Congress.