Georgia 's 6th congressional district - wikipedia Georgia 's 6th congressional district This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( June 2011 ) Georgia 's 6th congressional district Georgia 's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. Current Representative Karen Handel ( R -- Roswell ) Population ( 2010 ) 691,975 Ethnicity 70.81 % White 13.44 % Black Cook PVI R + 8 Georgia 's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is currently represented by Republican Karen Handel. The district 's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia. The first election using the new district boundaries ( listed below ) was the 2012 congressional elections. The district consists of many of the northern suburbs of Atlanta and includes portions of eastern Cobb County, northern Fulton County, and northern Dekalb County. The district includes all or portions of the cities of Roswell, Johns Creek, Tucker, Alpharetta, Milton, Mountain Park, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville, and Dunwoody. Contents 1 Counties 2 History 2.1 Presidential elections results 3 List of representatives 4 Election results 4.1 1974 4.2 2002 4.3 2004 4.4 2006 4.5 2008 4.6 2010 4.7 2012 4.8 2014 4.9 2016 4.10 2017 special election 4.10. 1 Primary 4.11 Results 5 Living former members 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links Counties Cobb ( Partial, see also 11th district and 13th district ) DeKalb ( Partial, see also 4th district and 5th district ) Fulton ( Partial, see also 5th district, 11th district, and 13th district ) History Georgia 's 6th Congressional District has existed since the 29th Congress ( 1845 -- 1847 ), the first Congress in which U.S. Representatives were elected from districts rather than at - large. Georgia gained a sixth U.S. Representative for the first time in the 13th Congress ( 1813 -- 1815 ). The district was represented by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich from 1979 to 1999. The District has been represented by a Republican consistently since 1979, the longest in the state. Presidential elections results Election results from presidential races : Year Office Results 2000 President George W. Bush 68 % - Al Gore 32 % President George W. Bush 70 % - John Kerry 29 % 2008 President John McCain 62 % - Barack Obama 37 % 2012 President Mitt Romney 61 % - Barack Obama 38 % 2016 President Donald Trump 48 % - Hillary Clinton 47 % List of Representatives Congress Years Representative Party Constituency Electoral history Sources District established following the 19th Congress. 20th ( 1827 -- 1829 ) March 4, 1827 -- March 3, 1829 Tomlinson Fort Jacksonian Elected in 1826. Redistricted to the at - large district beginning with the 21st Congress. Redistricted from the at - large district following the 28th Congress. 29th ( 1845 -- 1847 ) March 4, 1845 -- March 3, 1851 Howell Cobb Democratic Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Elected Governor of Georgia in 1851. 30th ( 1847 -- 1849 ) 31st ( 1849 -- 1851 ) 32nd ( 1851 -- 1853 ) March 4, 1851 -- March 3, 1855 Junius Hillyer Unionist First elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. 33rd ( 1853 -- 1855 ) Democratic 34th ( 1855 -- 1857 ) March 4, 1855 -- March 3, 1857 Howell Cobb Democratic Elected again in 1854. ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 35th ( 1857 -- 1859 ) March 4, 1857 -- January 23, 1861 James Jackson Democratic First elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. Resigned from office in 1861, following Georgia 's secession from the Union. 36th ( 1859 -- 1861 ) Georgia seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861. January 23, 1861 -- July 25, 1868 Vacant Seat unclaimed during the Civil War and Reconstruction. 37th ( 1861 -- 1863 ) 38th ( 1863 -- 1865 ) 39th ( 1865 -- 1867 ) 40th ( 1867 -- 1869 ) Georgia rejoined the Union on July 25, 1868. July 25, 1868 -- March 4, 1869 Vacant ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) District failed to elect a representative in the 1866 election. 41st ( 1869 -- 1871 ) March 4, 1869 -- December 22, 1870 Vacant District failed to elect a representative in the 1868 election. December 22, 1870 -- March 3, 1873 William P. Price Democratic First elected in an 1870 special election. Re-elected in 1870. Declined to seek re-election in 1872. 42nd ( 1871 -- 1873 ) 43rd ( 1873 -- 1875 ) March 4, 1873 -- March 3, 1893 James H. Blount Democratic ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) First elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Declined to seek re-election in 1892. 44th ( 1875 -- 1877 ) 45th ( 1877 -- 1879 ) 46th ( 1879 -- 1881 ) 47th ( 1881 -- 1883 ) 48th ( 1883 -- 1885 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 49th ( 1885 -- 1887 ) 50th ( 1887 -- 1889 ) 51st ( 1889 -- 1891 ) 52nd ( 1891 -- 1893 ) 53rd ( 1893 -- 1895 ) March 4, 1893 -- March 3, 1895 Thomas B. Cabaniss Democratic ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) Elected in 1892. Failed to receive nomination for re-election in 1894. 54th ( 1895 -- 1897 ) March 4, 1895 -- March 3, 1915 Charles L. Bartlett Democratic First elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Declined to seek re-election in 1914. 55th ( 1897 -- 1899 ) 56th ( 1899 -- 1901 ) 57th ( 1901 -- 1903 ) 58th ( 1903 -- 1905 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 59th ( 1905 -- 1907 ) 60th ( 1907 -- 1909 ) 61st ( 1909 -- 1911 ) 62nd ( 1911 -- 1913 ) 63rd ( 1913 -- 1915 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 64th ( 1915 -- 1917 ) March 4, 1915 -- March 3, 1925 James W. Wise Democratic First elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Failed to attend the 68th Congress due to prolonged illness. Declined to seek re-election in 1924. 65th ( 1917 -- 1919 ) 66th ( 1919 -- 1921 ) 67th ( 1921 -- 1923 ) 68th ( 1923 -- 1925 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 69th ( 1925 -- 1927 ) March 4, 1925 -- February 4, 1932 Samuel Rutherford Democratic First elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died in office in 1932. 70th ( 1927 -- 1929 ) 71st ( 1929 -- 1931 ) 72nd ( 1931 -- 1933 ) February 4, 1932 -- March 2, 1932 Vacant Vacancy due to Samuel Rutherford 's death. March 2, 1932 -- March 3, 1933 Carlton Mobley Democratic Elected in a 1932 special election. Declined to seek re-election in 1932. Redistricted from the 10th district, based on the 1930 census. 73rd ( 1933 -- 1935 ) March 4, 1933 -- January 3, 1965 Carl Vinson Democratic ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Declined to seek re-election in 1964. 74th ( 1935 -- 1937 ) 75th ( 1937 -- 1939 ) 76th ( 1939 -- 1941 ) 77th ( 1941 -- 1943 ) 78th ( 1943 -- 1945 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 79th ( 1945 -- 1947 ) 80th ( 1947 -- 1949 ) 81st ( 1949 -- 1951 ) 82nd ( 1951 -- 1953 ) 83rd ( 1953 -- 1955 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 84th ( 1955 -- 1957 ) 85th ( 1957 -- 1959 ) 86th ( 1959 -- 1961 ) 87th ( 1961 -- 1963 ) 88th ( 1963 -- 1965 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 89th ( 1965 -- 1967 ) January 3, 1965 -- January 3, 1979 Jack Flynt Democratic First elected in 1964, after having represented the 4th district since the 83rd Congress. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Declined to seek re-election in 1978. 90th ( 1967 -- 1969 ) 91st ( 1969 -- 1971 ) 92nd ( 1971 -- 1973 ) 93rd ( 1973 -- 1975 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 94th ( 1975 -- 1977 ) 95th ( 1977 -- 1979 ) 96th ( 1979 -- 1981 ) January 3, 1979 -- January 3, 1999 Newt Gingrich Republican First elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998, but resigned from office prior to the start of the new term. 97th ( 1981 -- 1983 ) 98th ( 1983 -- 1985 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 99th ( 1985 -- 1987 ) 100th ( 1987 -- 1989 ) 101st ( 1989 -- 1991 ) 102nd ( 1991 -- 1993 ) 103rd ( 1993 -- 1995 ) ( Data unknown / missing. You can help ! ) 104th ( 1995 -- 1997 ) 105th ( 1997 -- 1999 ) 106th ( 1999 -- 2001 ) January 3, 1999 -- February 23, 1999 Vacant Vacancy due to Newt Gingrich 's retirement. February 23, 1999 -- January 3, 2005 Johnny Isakson Republican First elected in a 1999 special election. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired to run for U.S. Senate. 107th ( 2001 -- 2003 ) 108th ( 2003 -- 2005 ) Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, and Fulton counties. 109th ( 2005 -- 2007 ) January 3, 2005 -- February 10, 2017 Tom Price Republican First elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. 110th ( 2007 -- 2009 ) Cherokee County and parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties. 111th ( 2009 -- 2011 ) 112th ( 2011 -- 2013 ) 113th ( 2013 -- 2015 ) Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties. 114th ( 2015 -- 2017 ) 115th ( 2017 -- 2019 ) February 10, 2017 -- June 26, 2017 vacant Vacancy due to Tom Price 's resignation June 26, 2017 -- Karen Handel Republican Elected to finish Price 's term Congress Years Representative Party Constituency Electoral history Sources Election results Main article : Georgia 's 6th congressional district election, 1974 Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 1974 ) Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jack Flynt * 49,082 51.45 Republican Newt Gingrich 46,308 48.55 Total votes ' 100.00 Voter turnout % Democratic hold 2002 Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 2002 ) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Johnny Isakson * 163,209 79.91 Democratic Jeff Weisberger 41,043 20.09 Total votes 204,252 100.00 Voter turnout % Republican hold Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 2004 ) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Tom Price 267,542 100.00 Total votes 267,542 100.00 Voter turnout % Republican hold 2006 Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 2006 ) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Tom Price * 144,958 72.39 Democratic Steve Sinton 55,294 27.61 Total votes 200,252 100.00 Voter turnout % Republican hold 2008 Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 2008 ) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Tom Price * 231,520 68.48 Democratic Bill Jones 106,551 31.52 Total votes 338,071 100.00 Voter turnout % Republican hold Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 2010 ) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Tom Price * 198,100 99.91 Write - in Sean Greenberg 188 0.09 Total votes 198,288 100.00 Voter turnout % Republican hold 2012 Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 2012 ) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Tom Price * 189,669 64.51 Democratic Jeff Kazanow 104,365 35.49 Total votes 294,034 100.00 Voter turnout % Republican hold 2014 Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 2014 ) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Tom Price * 139,018 66.04 Democratic Robert G. Montigel 71,486 33.96 Total votes 210,504 100.00 Voter turnout % Republican hold 2016 Georgia 's 6th congressional district election ( 2016 ) Party Candidate Votes % Republican Tom Price * 201,088 61.7 Democratic Rodney Stooksbury 124,917 38.3 Total votes 326,005 100.00 Voter turnout % Republican hold 2017 special election Main article : Georgia 's 6th congressional district special election, 2017 Primary Georgia 's 6th congressional district special election ( 2017 ) Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jon Ossoff 92,673 48.2 Republican Karen Handel 38,071 19.7 Republican Bob Gray 20,755 10.8 Republican Dan Moody 16,994 8.8 Republican Judson Hill 16,848 8.8 Republican Kurt Wilson 1,812 0.94 Republican David Abroms 1,637 0.85 Democratic Ragin Edwards 502 0.26 Democratic Ron Slotin 488 0.25 Republican Bruce LeVell 455 0.24 Republican Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan 414 0.22 Republican Keith Grawert 414 0.22 Republican Amy Kremer 349 0.18 Republican William Llop 326 0.17 Democratic Rebecca Quigg 304 0.16 Democratic Richard Keatley 227 0.12 Independent Alexander Hernandez 121 0.06 Independent Andre Pollard 55 0.03 Total votes 192,084 100 Voter turnout 43.47 % Runoff election Results Georgia 's 6th congressional district special election ( 2017 ) Party Candidate Votes % ± Republican Karen Handel 134,799 51.78 - 9.9 % Democratic Jon Ossoff 125,517 48.22 + 9.9 % Total votes 260,316 99.95 Majority 9,282 3.57 - 19.8 % Turnout 260,455 58.16 Republican hold Living former members As of April 2017, there are three living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia 's 6th congressional district. Representative Term of office Date of birth ( and age ) Newt Gingrich 1979 -- 1999 ( 1943 - 06 - 17 ) June 17, 1943 ( age 74 ) Johnny Isakson 1999 -- 2005 ( 1944 - 12 - 28 ) December 28, 1944 ( age 72 ) Tom Price 2005 -- 2017 ( 1954 - 10 - 08 ) October 8, 1954 ( age 62 ) See also Georgia 's at - large congressional district Georgia 's 10th congressional district Georgia 's 4th congressional district Georgia 's congressional districts Georgia 's 6th congressional district special election, 2017 References Jump up ^ Statistical Analysis of 2012 Congressional maps, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed 2012 - 01 - 01 Jump up ^ `` Partisan Voting Index -- Districts of the 115th Congress '' ( PDF ). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017. Jump up ^ Justice Department approves Georgia 's political maps. Atlanta Journal - Constitution. Last accessed 2011 - 12 - 27 Jump up ^ 2012 Congressional maps - Metro Atlanta, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed 2012 - 01 - 01 Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Tomlinson Fort ( id : F000289 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. ^ Jump up to : United States Congress. `` Howell Cobb ( id : C000548 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Junius Hillyer ( id : H000625 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` James Jackson ( id : J000016 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` William Pierce Price ( id : P000533 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` James Henderson Blount ( id : B000568 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Thomas Banks Cabaniss ( id : C000001 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Charles Lafayette Bartlett ( id : B000199 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` James Walter Wise ( id : W000650 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Samuel Rutherford ( id : R000549 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` William Carlton Mobley ( id : M000835 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Carl Vinson ( id : V000105 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` John James Flynt, Jr. ( id : F000229 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Newton Leroy Gingrich ( id : G000225 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Johnny Isakson ( id : I000055 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ United States Congress. `` Tom Price ( id : P000591 ) ''. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Jump up ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2004_1102/federal.htm Jump up ^ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2010_1102/swall.htm Jump up ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/42277/113204/en/summary.html Jump up ^ http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/54042/149045/en/summary.html Jump up ^ `` GA - Election Night Reporting ''. Further reading Martis, Kenneth C. ( 1982 ). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York : Macmillan Publishing Company. Martis, Kenneth C. ( 1989 ). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York : Macmillan Publishing Company. External links PDF map of Georgia 's 6th district at nationalatlas.gov Georgia 's 6th congressional district at GovTrack.us Preceded by Massachusetts 's 1st congressional district Home district of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives December 22, 1849 -- March 4, 1851 Succeeded by Kentucky 's 1st congressional district Preceded by Washington 's 5th congressional district Home district of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives January 4, 1995 -- January 3, 1999 Succeeded by Illinois 's 14th congressional district Georgia 's congressional districts Current districts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th All districts At - large 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th The At - large district is obsolete. 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Question: what counties are in the 6th congressional district in ga
Answer: Cobb