2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2017_Georgia's_6th_congressional_district_special_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf special election
gptkbp:cause resignation of Tom Price
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date April 18, 2017
gptkbp:district parts of Atlanta suburbs
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election
gptkbp:incumbent_resigned gptkb:Tom_Price
gptkbp:location gptkb:Georgia's_6th_congressional_district
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Jon_Ossoff
gptkb:Karen_Handel
gptkbp:marginOfVictory narrow victory for Karen Handel
gptkbp:mediaCoverage national attention
gptkbp:notable_for most expensive House race in U.S. history at the time
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
gptkbp:runoffDate June 20, 2017
gptkbp:successor gptkb:2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
gptkbp:Tom_Price_resigned_to_become gptkb:United_States_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services
gptkbp:voterTurnout high
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Karen_Handel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jon_Ossoff
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5