Georgia's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
Representative	Lucy McBath D–Marietta
Distribution	99.77% urban[1] 0.23% rural
Population (2024)	803,570[2]
Median household income	$90,929[2]
Ethnicity	54.8%White 18.2%Black 11.6%Asian 11.2%Hispanic 10.7%Two or more races 4.4% other
Cook PVI	D+25[3]

Georgia's 6th congressional district is acongressional district in theU.S. state ofGeorgia. As of 2024^[update], it is represented byDemocratLucy McBath.

Georgia's 6th congressional district has existed since the29th Congress (1845–1847), the first Congress in which U.S. representatives were elected from districts rather than at-large. Georgia gained a sixth U.S. representative for the first time in the13th Congress (1813–1815).

Located in north-centralGeorgia, the district consists of some north-western suburbs ofAtlanta, portions of easternCobb County, western and southernFulton County, easternDouglas County, and northernFayette County. From 1965 to 1993, the 6th District covered a swath of exurban and rural territory south and west of Atlanta. In 1992, it moved to its present position in Atlanta's northern suburbs.

The district is known for producing prominent figures in American politics, including formerHouse Speaker and2012 presidential candidateNewt Gingrich, formerSecretary of Health and Human ServicesTom Price, and formerU.S. SenatorJohnny Isakson. It was also known as a suburbanRepublican stronghold for much of its recent history, and the party held the seat from1992 to2018. However,Metro Atlanta's recent population growth has brought Democratic-leaning voters into the area, as evidenced by McBath's 2018 victory over Republican incumbentKaren Handel. The district's new boundaries have made it into a safe Democratic district.

For the119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 court order), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.^[5][6]

Cobb County(4)

Austell,Fair Oaks (part; also11th),Mableton,Marietta (part; also11th),Powder Springs,Smyrna,Vinings

Douglas County(2)

Douglasville (part; also3rd),Lithia Springs

Fayette County(2)

Fayetteville (part; also3rd),Tyrone (part; also3rd)

Fulton County(9)

Atlanta (part; also5th; shared withDeKalb County),Chattahoochee Hills (part; also3rd; shared withCoweta County),College Park (part; also5th; shared with Clayton County),East Point (part; also5th),Fairburn,Palmetto (part; also3rd; shared withCoweta County),Sandy Springs (part; also7th),South Fulton,Union City

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District geography
District created March 4, 1827
Tomlinson Fort (Milledgeville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1826.[7]	1827–1829 [data missing]
District inactive		March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845
Howell Cobb (Athens)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	29th 30th 31st	Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. ElectedGovernor of Georgia in 1851.[8]	1845–1853 [data missing]
Junius Hillyer (Monroe)	Constitutional Union	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853.[9]
	Democratic				1853–1861 [data missing]
Howell Cobb (Athens)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. [data missing][8]
James Jackson (Athens)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 23, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Resigned from office in 1861, following Georgia's secession from the Union.[10]
Vacant		January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War andReconstruction
Vacant		July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Georgia rejoined the Union, but districtfailed to elect a member to finish the term.[citation needed]	1868–1873 [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870	41st	Districtfailed to elect a member.[citation needed]
William P. Price (Dahlonega)	Democratic	December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected to finish the vacant term. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.[11]
James H. Blount (Macon)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1893	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.[12]	1873–1883 [data missing]
1883–1893 [data missing]
Thomas B. Cabaniss (Forsyth)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Lost renomination.[13]	1893–1903 [data missing]
Charles L. Bartlett (Macon)	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1915	54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired.[14]
1903–1913 [data missing]
1913–1923 [data missing]
	James W. Wise (Fayetteville)	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Failed to attend the 68th Congress due to prolonged illness. Retired.[15]
1923–1933 [data missing]
	Samuel Rutherford (Forsyth)	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – February 4, 1932	69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died.[16]
	Vacant		February 4, 1932 – March 2, 1932	72nd
	Carlton Mobley (Forsyth)	Democratic	March 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933		Elected to finish Rutherford's term. Retired.[17]
Carl Vinson (Milledgeville)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1965	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Redistricted from the10th district andre-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Retired.[18]	1933–1943 [data missing]
1943–1953 [data missing]
1953–1963 [data missing]
1963–1973 [data missing]
	John Flynt (Griffin)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1979	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Redistricted from the4th district andre-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired.[19]
1973–1983 [data missing]
	Newt Gingrich (Marietta)	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998, but resigned.[20]
1983–1993 [data missing]
1993–2003 [data missing]
	Vacant		January 3, 1999 – February 23, 1999	106th
	Johnny Isakson (Marietta)	Republican	February 23, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106th 107th 108th	Elected to finish Gingrich's term. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired torun for U.S. Senator.[21]
2003–2006 Parts ofCobb,Cherokee, andFulton counties
	Tom Price (Roswell)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – February 10, 2017	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned to becomeU.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.[22]
2007–2013 Cherokee County and parts of Cobb,DeKalb, and Fulton counties
2013–2023 Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties
	Vacant		February 10, 2017 – June 26, 2017	115th
	Karen Handel (Roswell)	Republican	June 26, 2017 – January 3, 2019		Elected to finish Price's term. Lost re-election.
	Lucy McBath (Marietta)	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023	116th 117th	Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the7th district.
Rich McCormick (Suwanee)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025	118th	Elected in 2022. Redistricted to the7th district.	2023–2025 Dawson andForsyth counties; Parts ofCobb,Cherokee,Fulton, andGwinnett counties
Lucy McBath (Marietta)	Democratic	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Redistricted from the7th district andre-elected in 2024.	2025–present Parts ofCobb,Clayton,Douglas,Fayette, andFulton counties

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• Georgia's at-large congressional district
• Georgia's 10th congressional district
• Georgia's 4th congressional district
• Georgia's congressional districts
• Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982).The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989).The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

• PDF map of Georgia's 6th district atnationalatlas.gov
• Interactive Map of Georgia's 6th congressional district
• Georgia's 6th congressional district atGovTrack.us

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