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Congressional District 6

Rep. Handel leads way passing anti-choice measure in House

Republicans in the House this week passed a medically unnecessary abortion restriction, setting an arbitrary time constraint on when a pregnant person can get an abortion. And guess who led the way? None other than the newly elected Karen Handel. Rep. Handel, who has years of experience promoting anti-choice policies, took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon to lead debate about the bill. The bill, H.R. 36, mirrors a

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Karen Handel opposes accessible health care

Health care is the single biggest issue in the Congressional District 6 Special Election. According to the AJC’s recent Congressional District 6 Special Election survey, 81 percent of people polled said that health care was a very important issue and 94 percent of people polled said they are very or somewhat concerned about the cost of health care. However, if elected, Handel would rubber stamp Trump’s disastrous and unpopular American Health Care Act. By supporting the

Karen Handel doubles down on anti-gay adoption views

Karen Handel, the Republican candidate who is trailing Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District race, has doubled down on her deep-seated beliefs that gay people should not be allowed to adopt children. When asked by a Republican voter about the 2010 video of Handel citing her faith as the reason she believes that gay parents do not deserve the same rights as straight parents, the 6th Congressional District candidate simply said, “my faith calls

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#VoteYourOssoff June 20

Georgia’s 6th Congressional District Special Election, which takes place on Tuesday, June 20, is one of the biggest elections in Georgia’s history. Thanks to the work of thousands of volunteers like these folks, Ossoff is leading the polls and is on track to #FlipThe6th and score an upset victory for progressives. Now, it all comes down to turn out. Find your polling place and #VoteYourOssoff: http://bit.ly/2putGHv

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Let’s hold Trump and Handel accountable

One of the first words that Trump brings to mind is “unaccountable.” He has proved time and again that he is not accountable to the American people. Presidents are supposed to relinquish their ties to private profit before being sworn into office so that they are fully focused on their job as president. Trump’s refusal to cut ties to his businesses show that serving the American people is not his first priority. USA Today recently wrote,

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Ossoff dominates early voting

Early voting is in full force, and the numbers bode well for Jon Ossoff. As of Tuesday morning, more than 102,000 people have voted in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, according to the Secretary of State’s office. This is double that amount of early voters from the April election. With the many Trump scandals over the past few months, it seems Georgia voters are getting sick of the corruption and striking back. And there’s still more votes