Georgia Sixth Congressional District Live Election Results 2017 GA6 Ossoff results
Special Election, US April 19, 2017,
Georgia Sixth Congressional District Live Election Results 2017
A special election will be held on Tuesday April 18, 2017 to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 6th congressional district. Republican Incumbent Tom Price resigned from the seat following his appointment and confirmation as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump Administration.
In the special election, all candidates will run on one ballot. If no candidate earns 50% of the vote, a runoff election will be held on June 20, 2017 for the first- and second-place finishers. Georgia's state law requires the Governor of Georgia to call for a special election to be held at least 30 days after a vacancy. Following Price's resignation, Governor Nathan Deal called for the special election to be held on April 18, with a filing window for prospective candidates from February 13 to 15, 2017
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Georgia 6th congressional district special election 2017 Results Live
- Till now 84% Reporting Done.
- DeKalb County, strong foot hold of Democrats, gave Ossoff 58.6%. 100% Counting done
- Cobb Gives 41.3% to Democrats. 100% Counting done
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Fulton Gives 48.7% percent to Fulton, 72% counting done.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. |
| Ossoff Jon Ossoff | Democrat Dem. | 88,562 | 48.6% |
| Handel Karen Handel | Republican Rep. | 35,502 | 19.5% |
| Gray Bob Gray | Republican Rep. | 19,032 | 10.4% |
| Hill Judson Hill | Republican Rep. | 16,456 | 9.0% |
| Moody Dan Moody | Republican Rep. | 11,971 | 8.70% |
| Abroms David Abroms | Republican Rep. | 1,224 | 0.90% |
| Wilson Kurt Wilson | Republican Rep. | 931 | 0.70% |
| Edwards Ragin Edwards | Democrat Dem. | 375 | 0.30% |
| Slotin Ron Slotin | Democrat Dem. | 364 | 0.30% |
| Levell Bruce Levell | Republican Rep. | 342 | 0.20% |
| Bhuiyan Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan | Republican Rep. | 330 | 0.20% |
| Grawert Keith Grawert | Republican Rep. | 307 | 0.20% |
| Kremer Amy Kremer | Republican Rep. | 251 | 0.20% |
| Llop William Llop | Republican Rep. | 230 | 0.20% |
| Quigg Rebecca Quigg | Democrat Dem. | 223 | 0.20% |
| Keatley Richard Keatley | Democrat Dem. | 179 | 0.10% |
| Hernandez Alexander Hernandez | Independent Ind. | 91 | 0.10% |
| Pollard Andre Pollard | Independent Ind. | 43 | 0.00% |
| Others Others | 4,890 | 3.40% |
Georgia 6th congressional district special election 2017 Results Live By County
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County
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Ossoff | Handel | Hill | Reported %. |
| Cobb | 41.40% | 18.50% | 11.9% | 100.00% |
| DeKalb | 58.60% | 16.60% | 5.20% | 100.00% |
| Fulton | 48.7% | 21.9% | 11.4% | 72.00% |
Georgia 6th congressional district special election 2017 Voting Live
- Some Computer related Voting Problems faced by Voters. Voting till 7 PM.
- If Democrats win this special election then critics might say that this shows anti Trump sentiments amongst people
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If no one gets more than 50% of the vote, the top two vote-getters be it of any party will meet in a runoff on June 20. Eleven Republicans and five Democrats are running in the primary.
- Bartow County elections officials got number of phone calls and visits from voters, asking if they were allowed to vote.
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Georgia’s 6th District is made up of parts of three counties — Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton
- Mr. Ossoff raised more than $8.3 million mostly from out-of-state donors.
- Early results indicate that nearly 55,000 people in the district turned out in the early voting period.
- But the district has 70 %white, 13% Blacks and 11% Asians and 13% Hispanics .Acc to reports.
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Georgia 6th congressional district special election 2017 Candidates
Republican Party
David Abroms, businessman
Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan, economist
Keith Grawert, former USAF pilot
Bob Gray, businessman and Johns Creek City Councilman
Karen Handel, former Secretary of State of Georgia, candidate for Governor in 2010 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
Judson Hill, former State Senator
Bruce LeVell, businessman
Amy Kremer, tea party activist
William Llop, certified public accountant and candidate for GA-11 in 2012 and 2016
Dan Moody, former State Senator
Kurt Wilson, businessman
Democratic Party
Ragin Edwards, sales senior manager
Richard Keatley, college professor and former officer in the Navy
Jon Ossoff, filmmaker and former congressional aide
Rebecca Quigg, physician
Ron Slotin, former State Senator and candidate for GA-04 in 1996
Georgia 6th congressional district special election 2017 Opinion Poll
| Poll | Date(s) | Sample | Margin of | Bob | Karen | Judson | Jon |
| source | administered | size | error | Gray (R) | Handel (R) | Hill (R) | Ossoff (D) |
| ZPolitics/Clout Research (R) | April 14–15, 2017 | 453 LV | ± 4.6% | 17.00% | 15.00% | 10.00% | 41.00% |
| Emerson College | April 13–15, 2017 | 324 LV | ± 5.4% | 15.00% | 17.00% | 6.00% | 43.00% |
| WSB/Landmark Communications | April 12–13, 2017 | 500 LV | ± 4.2% | 9.00% | 17.00% | 8.00% | 45.00% |
| FOX 5 Atlanta/Opinion Savvy | April 13, 2017 | 437 LV | ± 4.6% | 11.00% | 21.00% | 11.00% | 42.00% |
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