Bobby Kaple

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Bobby Kaple

Democratic Party

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May 22, 2018

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Bobby Kaple (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 22, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath defeated incumbent Karen Handel in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath (D)	50.5	160,139
		Karen Handel (R)	49.5	156,875
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	18

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 317,032 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath defeated Kevin Abel in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on July 24, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	53.7	14,285
		Kevin Abel	46.3	12,303

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 26,588
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Lucy McBath and Kevin Abel advanced to a runoff. They defeated Bobby Kaple and Steven Knight Griffin in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lucy McBath	36.3	15,138
✔		Kevin Abel	30.5	12,747
		Bobby Kaple	26.2	10,956
		Steven Knight Griffin	6.9	2,901

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 41,742
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Keatley (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6

Incumbent Karen Handel advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 6 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Handel	100.0	40,410

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Endorsements

• Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland
• Former U.S. Rep. Buddy Darden
• Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson (D)
• State Sen. Elena Parent (D)

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Georgia's 6th Congressional District election, 2018
• Georgia's 6th Congressional District

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Footnotes

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Georgia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Ossoff (D)

Raphael Warnock (D)

Representatives

District 1

Earl Carter (R)

District 2

Sanford Bishop (D)

District 3

Brian Jack (R)

District 4

Hank Johnson (D)

District 5

Nikema Williams (D)

District 6

Lucy McBath (D)

District 7

Rich McCormick (R)

District 8

Austin Scott (R)

District 9

Andrew Clyde (R)

District 10

Mike Collins (R)

District 11

Barry Loudermilk (R)

District 12

Rick Allen (R)

District 13

David Scott (D)

District 14

Marjorie Greene (R)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (7)