6th District Race: Handel, Moody Release New Ads

EAST COBB, GA -- With two weeks to go before the special election, the race to represent Georgia's 6th congressional district in Congress is heating up: Candidates Karen Handel and Dan Moody both released new digital ads Thursday.

Handel, Georgia's former Secretary of State, plays off a couple of the other candidates' outdoorsman appeal by using her husband to portray the "gimmicks" such as using a shovel (which Moody did in an earlier ad) and "draining the swamp" as Johns Creek businessman Bob Gray did in an ad last month.

Moody's ad, titled "Honor," position the former state senator as a practical choice with a track record of being in favor of term limits and wanting to repeal Obamacare, something he's hoping 6th District Republicans still feel strongly about.

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East Cobber Magazine and the East Cobb Rotary Club will co-host a non-partisan forum for candidates in the 6th District at Wheeler High School on April 11. The event will begin at 6 p.m. in the school's Performing Arts Center. WSB's Ross Cavitt will moderate.

The next day, on Wednesday, April 12, East Cobber Magazine and the East Cobb Rotary Club will co-host a non-partisan candidates forum for those running for the State Senate District 32 seat. The event will run from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the East Cobb Library at 4880 Lower Roswell Road.

The special election in the 6th District race is scheduled for April 18, and a runoff -- if necessary -- is slated for June 20.

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Handel, the top Republican in the race, enjoys statewide name recognition not only as a former Secretary of State but as former Gov. Sonny Perdue's deputy chief of staff.

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Moody, a former captain in the U.S. Army Reserve, previously served Georgia's 56th district, which included Fulton cities Roswell, Woodstock and Sandy Springs.

The 6th District, which includes affluent areas of Cobb, Fulton and DeKalb counties, was thought to be a safe Republican area until the November presidential election, which saw Donald Trump edge Hillary Clinton by 1.5 points.

The race's special election is scheduled for April 18, and a runoff is slated for June 20.

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