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6th District
Georgia’s current 14 congressional districts ahead of 2021’s redistricting effort. State Republicans may alter current districts to strengthen their power over the next decade. And, a draft map of Georgia’s 14 congressional districts was released by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. // Photo credit: Georgia Legislative and Congressional Reapportionment Office
December 22, 2021, 1:53 pm
YIR: Redistricting Alters Georgia Political Landscape
December 2021: The client and the setting for the trial was like nothing the Jewish attorney from Atlanta has experienced in a career spanning more than three decades.
By Dave Schechter
October 16, 2020, 6:49 am
6th District Features McBath-Handel Rematch
In “the very definition of a swing suburban district,” Democrats aim to keep a seat that had been in Republican hands for four decades.
By Dave Schechter
Lucy McBath, Karen Handel
November 1, 2018, 4:01 pm
National Attention Not as Strong for 6th District as Last Year
Karen Handel faces Lucy McBath in the 6th, where an estimated 58,000 Jews account for 8.38 percent of the district’s population.
By Dave Schechter
July 1, 2018, 9:46 am
Dem Hopefuls Face ‘Uphill Climb’ in 6th District
House incumbents are re-elected at nearly 90 percent rate, adding to challenge facing 6th District Democrats.
By Dave Schechter
Kevin Abel
June 16, 2018, 9:56 pm
Abel Slates Mcbath for Outside Endorsement
Kevin Abel calls on Lucy McBath to denounce dark money spending in GA-6 primary campaign.
Lindy Miller, with the help of her father, Charles Miller, celebrates the election results May 22. (Photo courtesy of the Miller campaign)
May 23, 2018, 9:43 am
Miller, Abel Advance in Democratic Primaries
Zeldin is defeated for insurance commissioner as Abrams, Cagle and Kemp stay alive in the Georgia governor's race.
By Atlanta Jewish Times and Dave Schechter
Lucy McBath (Photo by Michael A. Schwarz)
May 10, 2018, 7:25 am
6th District: McBath Finds a Mission
Lucy McBath's crusade against gun violence is only the start of her entry into politics.
By Michael Jacobs
Bobby Kaple
May 10, 2018, 7:25 am
6th District: Kaple Sees Us Getting Healthy
TV newsman Bobby Kaple has no doubts that health care will carry Democrats to victory.
By Michael Jacobs
Kevin Abel
May 10, 2018, 7:24 am
6th District: Abel Meets Voters in Middle
Temple Sinai member Kevin Abel carries a centrist message with his American dream.
By Michael Jacobs
Kevin Abel answers an audience question at a Jewish Democratic Women’s Salon forum April 9 while Stephen Knight Griffin and Bobby Kaple (right) listen. Lucy McBath did not attend the event. (Photo by Michael Jacobs)
May 10, 2018, 6:33 am
4 More Try to Flip the 6th
All bring compelling personal stories to the Democratic primary in the hope of unseating Karen Handel.
By Michael Jacobs
Jon Ossoff, appearing at the Crown Plaza Ravinia in Dunwoody on the night of the April 2017 primary, won't run against Karen Handel again in 2018.
February 26, 2018, 6:00 am
Ossoff Sits Out 2018 Campaign
The Jewish Democrat won't try again to flip the 6th Congressional District this year.
By Atlanta Jewish Times
Republican Kathy Eichenblatt is a longtime member of Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
October 26, 2017, 2:14 pm
Kathy Eichenblatt Offers Business Sense to Voters
Jewish Republican Kathy Eichenblatt is one of eight candidates running Nov. 7 in a special election for the Georgia Senate District 6 seat
By Logan C. Ritchie
Republican Kathy Eichenblatt is a longtime member of Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
October 26, 2017, 2:04 pm
8 Join Ballot for 6th District Special Election
Five Republicans and three Democrats, none of whom has held political office, are on a ballot in the 6th District special election for state Senate.
Cindy and Kevin Abel, married 25 years, are the co-founders of Abel Solutions. Kevin Abel is running for Congress as a Democrat.
October 26, 2017, 9:19 am
Kevin Abel Challenges Karen Handel
The Temple Sinai member and Abel Solutions founder is running as a Democrat in Georgia's 6th Congressional District.
Bobby Kaple
October 11, 2017, 4:28 pm
Newsman Kaple Challenges Handel
Bobby Kaple, a former TV anchor for CBS 46 in Atlanta, announced his 6th District candidacy Monday, Oct. 9.
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