New NRA President Lives In Georgia's Battleground 6th District

MARIETTA, GA -- The new president of the National Rifle Association is a lifelong East Cobb resident who lives in metro Atlanta's 6th congressional district which has already been declared a battleground 2020 election. Carolyn Dodgen Meadows was elected during the NRA's recent national convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, and in a recent interview, she said whoever eventually becomes the Republican nominee against McBath will get the NRA's endorsement.

According to her NRA bio, Meadows was elected to the association's board of directors in 2003 and is a Benefactor member. She also served as vice chair of the public affairs committee and vice president of the NRA Foundation Board of Trustees. She also sat on several committees and sub committees.

Meadows has worked on dozens of county, state and national political campaigns, including campaigns for Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole. She was an RNC national committeewoman from Georgia and served as a delegate for many years.

She has also been active in the American Conservative Union and served as chair of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association Board.

McBath shocked Georgia's political establishment last fall when she upset Karen Handel to win Georgia's 6th congressional district. McBath's seat has already been targeted by the National Republican Congressional Committee as one of 55 Democrat-held House seats to flip next year.

McBath defeated Handel, a Republican, just over a year after the former Georgia secretary of state won the seat in a special election against Jon Ossoff, a campaign that became the nation's most expensive congressional election in history. The seat had become vacant when Tom Price joined President Donald Trump's cabinet as secretary of health and human services. Price later resigned the office, becoming the first of several Trump cabinet members to depart.

Georgia's 6th district includes portions of east Cobb, north Fulton and north DeKalb counties as well as the cities of Roswell, Johns Creek, Tucker, Alpharetta, Milton, Mountain Park, Brookhaven, Sandy Springs, Doraville and Dunwoody.

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