GA US House Seat District 6
Republican Votes for Handel was 37,993, but 61,701 voter for the other 10
Republican candidates. The total Republican vote was 99,694 compared to Ossoff
with 92,390. If the same Republicans turn out to vote for Handel in June,
Republicans will hold this Congressional Seat.
The District is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, but its
Republican base is shrinking. North DeKalb and North Fulton were once full of
Republican Yankees, who moved to North Atlanta for the Electronics boom. That boom was moved to China. See below:
Election Results: Ossoff, Handel Advance in Race for Georgia’s Sixth
Congressional District, BY THE NEW YORK TIMES APRIL 19, 2017, 9:37 AM ET
Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, and Karen
Handel, a Republican, advanced to a June
20 runoff in the special election for
the U.S. House seat vacated by Tom Price, the new health and human services
secretary. Read more »
This “special election” didn’t follow the normal
rules where Democrats and Republicans have separate primaries. It was a
“battlefield promotion” prompted by Tom Price being named HHS Secretary.
The morphing of District 6 into a 50:50 district
makes it a good barometer to determine the relative strength of Democrats vs
Republicans, but is a risk for Republicans.
We’ve always known that South DeKalb was Democrat.
Cobb has continued to become more Liberal than before.
North Fulton and North DeKalb have retained their
Republican majorities, but this time I saw yard signs for Ossoff in Dunwoody
and that never happened before.
Georgia was once home to Conservative Democrats like
Zell Miller, but those days are gone. After Reagan was elected, Georgia
Democrats switched parties and became Republicans.
Georgia Republican Legislators have low scores from
casting Liberal, unconstitutional votes as reported on
electtherightcndidate.us. Governor Bad Deal routinely vetoes any bills that are
unpopular with the likes of Coke, Delta, NFL and other Liberal corporations.
Georgia Republicans have adopted a tyrannical
top-down approach to controlling the Party.
They have been extremely hostile to the Conservative base that included
the Tea Party, Constitutionalists, Conservative Christians, the Campaign for
Liberty and all other “populist” groups.
The Trump election should have them re-thinking their approach, but it
hasn’t.
Dalton GA Mayor, David Pennington ran for Governor
in 2014, but lost to Bad Deal. His
positions were completely in line with Tea Party principles. Constitutional Republican candidates have
garnered 25% of the vote when they ran for various offices. Georgia voters are not ready to accept
uncorrupted governance. As a “Trump
Republican”, I can only hope that Trump is successful in draining all of our
swamps. He will need to restring the grant to states racquet to get the job
done in Georgia.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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