2017 United States House Special Election in Georgia

The 2017 United States House Special Election in Georgia took place on June 20, 2017. Republican won the seat by receiving 51.78% of the popular vote. A total number of 260,316 votes were casted in the election. There were totally 2 candidates ran for the seat.

Results by Districts

District 6

Karen Handel of Republican received 51.78% of the votes, totaling 134,799 votes, to win the election, defeated Jon Ossoff of Democratic by a narrow margin of 3.56%. The total votes casted was 260,316.

2017 United States House Special Election in Georgia District 6
Runoff
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Karen Handel	Republican	134,799	51.78%
Jon Ossoff	Democratic	125,517	48.22%
Election Date: 2017-06-20, Valid Votes: 260,316, Margin: 3.56%
General
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Jon Ossoff	Nonpartisan	92,673	48.12%
Karen Handel	Nonpartisan	38,071	19.77%
Bob Gray	Nonpartisan	20,802	10.80%
Dan Moody	Nonpartisan	17,028	8.84%
Judson Hill	Nonpartisan	16,870	8.76%
Kurt Wilson	Nonpartisan	1,820	0.95%
David Abroms	Nonpartisan	1,639	0.85%
Ragin Edwards	Nonpartisan	504	0.26%
Ron Slotin	Nonpartisan	491	0.25%
Bruce Levell	Nonpartisan	455	0.24%
Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan	Nonpartisan	415	0.22%
Keith Grawert	Nonpartisan	415	0.22%
Amy Kremer	Nonpartisan	351	0.18%
William Llop	Nonpartisan	326	0.17%
Rebecca Quigg	Nonpartisan	304	0.16%
Richard Keatley	Nonpartisan	229	0.12%
Alexander Hernandez	Nonpartisan	121	0.06%
Andre Pollard	Nonpartisan	55	0.03%
Election Date: 2017-04-18, Valid Votes: 192,569, Margin: 28.35%

2017 United States House Special Election in Georgia District 6 (Runoff) - Results by County
County	KAREN HANDEL Republican		JON OSSOFF Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Cobb	45,688	57.98%	33,114	42.02%	78,802	15.96%
DeKalb	24,117	41.55%	33,928	58.45%	58,045	-16.90%
Fulton	64,994	52.64%	58,475	47.36%	123,469	5.28%
Total	134,799	51.78%	125,517	48.22%	260,316	3.56%

2017 United States House Special Election in Georgia District 6 (General) - Results by County
County	JON OSSOFF Nonpartisan		KAREN HANDEL Nonpartisan		BOB GRAY Nonpartisan		DAN MOODY Nonpartisan		JUDSON HILL Nonpartisan		KURT WILSON Nonpartisan		DAVID ABROMS Nonpartisan		RAGIN EDWARDS Nonpartisan		RON SLOTIN Nonpartisan		BRUCE LEVELL Nonpartisan		KEITH GRAWERT Nonpartisan		MOHAMMAD ALI BHUIYAN Nonpartisan		AMY KREMER Nonpartisan		WILLIAM LLOP Nonpartisan		REBECCA QUIGG Nonpartisan		RICHARD KEATLEY Nonpartisan		ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ Nonpartisan		ANDRE POLLARD Nonpartisan		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Cobb	25,288	41.30%	11,306	18.47%	7,286	11.90%	4,410	7.20%	10,979	17.93%	420	0.69%	567	0.93%	125	0.20%	93	0.15%	77	0.13%	119	0.19%	128	0.21%	152	0.25%	80	0.13%	86	0.14%	57	0.09%	36	0.06%	20	0.03%	61,229	22.84%
DeKalb	25,952	58.58%	7,359	16.61%	3,003	6.78%	4,153	9.37%	2,316	5.23%	143	0.32%	370	0.84%	95	0.21%	191	0.43%	124	0.28%	119	0.27%	140	0.32%	48	0.11%	92	0.21%	66	0.15%	73	0.16%	40	0.09%	15	0.03%	44,299	41.97%
Fulton	41,433	47.60%	19,406	22.30%	10,513	12.08%	8,465	9.73%	3,575	4.11%	1,257	1.44%	702	0.81%	284	0.33%	207	0.24%	254	0.29%	177	0.20%	147	0.17%	151	0.17%	154	0.18%	152	0.17%	99	0.11%	45	0.05%	20	0.02%	87,041	25.31%
Total	92,673	48.12%	38,071	19.77%	20,802	10.80%	17,028	8.84%	16,870	8.76%	1,820	0.95%	1,639	0.85%	504	0.26%	491	0.25%	455	0.24%	415	0.22%	415	0.22%	351	0.18%	326	0.17%	304	0.16%	229	0.12%	121	0.06%	55	0.03%	192,569	28.35%

Cobb

Results by Voting Types in Cobb (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
KAREN HANDEL	Republican	4,366	9,366	31,893	63	45688
JON OSSOFF	Democratic	6,625	7,761	18,451	277	33114
Total		10,991	17,127	50,344	340	78802

Results by Voting Types in Cobb (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JON OSSOFF	Nonpartisan	1,719	6,655	16,848	66	25288
KAREN HANDEL	Nonpartisan	170	1,391	9,732	13	11306
JUDSON HILL	Nonpartisan	297	1,694	8,978	10	10979
BOB GRAY	Nonpartisan	133	930	6,211	12	7286
DAN MOODY	Nonpartisan	121	720	3,564	5	4410
DAVID ABROMS	Nonpartisan	10	80	477	-	567
KURT WILSON	Nonpartisan	9	25	384	2	420
AMY KREMER	Nonpartisan	3	10	139	-	152
MOHAMMAD ALI BHUIYAN	Nonpartisan	2	16	110	-	128
RAGIN EDWARDS	Nonpartisan	7	37	81	-	125
KEITH GRAWERT	Nonpartisan	5	19	95	-	119
RON SLOTIN	Nonpartisan	10	23	60	-	93
REBECCA QUIGG	Nonpartisan	8	22	56	-	86
WILLIAM LLOP	Nonpartisan	1	9	70	-	80
BRUCE LEVELL	Nonpartisan	3	12	62	-	77
RICHARD KEATLEY	Nonpartisan	3	14	40	-	57
ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ	Nonpartisan	1	8	27	-	36
ANDRE POLLARD	Nonpartisan	-	2	18	-	20
Total		2,502	11,667	46,952	108	61229

DeKalb

Results by Voting Types in DeKalb (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JON OSSOFF	Democratic	5,489	15,280	13,093	66	33928
KAREN HANDEL	Republican	1,980	10,113	11,983	41	24117
Total		7,469	25,393	25,076	107	58045

Results by Voting Types in DeKalb (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JON OSSOFF	Nonpartisan	1,850	6,761	17,300	41	25952
KAREN HANDEL	Nonpartisan	156	1,023	6,168	12	7359
DAN MOODY	Nonpartisan	134	864	3,147	8	4153
BOB GRAY	Nonpartisan	44	353	2,605	1	3003
JUDSON HILL	Nonpartisan	32	240	2,040	4	2316
DAVID ABROMS	Nonpartisan	7	51	310	2	370
RON SLOTIN	Nonpartisan	12	53	126	-	191
KURT WILSON	Nonpartisan	5	25	112	1	143
MOHAMMAD ALI BHUIYAN	Nonpartisan	1	18	121	-	140
BRUCE LEVELL	Nonpartisan	4	22	98	-	124
KEITH GRAWERT	Nonpartisan	7	19	93	-	119
RAGIN EDWARDS	Nonpartisan	4	18	73	-	95
WILLIAM LLOP	Nonpartisan	2	6	84	-	92
RICHARD KEATLEY	Nonpartisan	1	11	59	2	73
REBECCA QUIGG	Nonpartisan	8	7	51	-	66
AMY KREMER	Nonpartisan	-	5	43	-	48
ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ	Nonpartisan	-	6	34	-	40
ANDRE POLLARD	Nonpartisan	2	1	12	-	15
Total		2,269	9,483	32,476	71	44299

Fulton

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (Runoff)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
KAREN HANDEL	Republican	3,735	37,140	24,062	57	64994
JON OSSOFF	Democratic	5,951	35,111	17,321	92	58475
Total		9,686	72,251	41,383	149	123469

Results by Voting Types in Fulton (General)
Candidate	Party	Absentee	Advance	Election Day	Provisional	All Votes
JON OSSOFF	Nonpartisan	1,477	17,737	22,086	133	41433
KAREN HANDEL	Nonpartisan	129	4,693	14,539	45	19406
BOB GRAY	Nonpartisan	65	2,181	8,240	27	10513
DAN MOODY	Nonpartisan	62	2,652	5,731	20	8465
JUDSON HILL	Nonpartisan	23	740	2,804	8	3575
KURT WILSON	Nonpartisan	7	290	955	5	1257
DAVID ABROMS	Nonpartisan	2	228	472	-	702
RAGIN EDWARDS	Nonpartisan	9	143	131	1	284
BRUCE LEVELL	Nonpartisan	7	82	165	-	254
RON SLOTIN	Nonpartisan	14	65	128	-	207
KEITH GRAWERT	Nonpartisan	3	54	119	1	177
WILLIAM LLOP	Nonpartisan	-	39	115	-	154
REBECCA QUIGG	Nonpartisan	8	61	83	-	152
AMY KREMER	Nonpartisan	2	43	104	2	151
MOHAMMAD ALI BHUIYAN	Nonpartisan	1	50	95	1	147
RICHARD KEATLEY	Nonpartisan	1	38	60	-	99
ALEXANDER HERNANDEZ	Nonpartisan	2	11	32	-	45
ANDRE POLLARD	Nonpartisan	-	5	15	-	20
Total		1,812	29,112	55,874	243	87041

See Also

• 2022 United States House Election in Georgia
• 2020 United States House Election in Georgia
• 2020 United States House Special Election in Georgia
• 2018 United States House Election in Georgia
• 2016 United States House Election in Georgia
• 2014 United States House Election in Georgia
• 2012 United States House Election in Georgia