Democrats will hold the seat they gained in Atlanta’s northern suburbs two years ago, while results remain too soon to call in a second seat where they hope to make further inroads into what was once solidly Republican territory.
First-term incumbent Lucy McBath won reelection in the 6th District, beating Republican Karen Handel, the same candidate that she unseated in 2018. A former Georgia secretary of state, Handel sought a comeback in a swath of affluent Atlanta suburbs in Cobb, Fulton and DeKalb counties.
Results remain too soon to call in the 7th District, where Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux was narrowly leading Republican Rich McCormick early Wednesday morning. Bourdeaux fell fewer than 500 votes short of winning a seat spanning parts of Gwinnett and Forsyth counties in 2018 against incumbent Republican Rob Woodall, who is stepping down.
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