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Mixed emotions as Karen Handel takes over 6th District seat

It was about 10 p.m. on June 20 when a tangible mood shift fell over the Westin Atlanta Perimeter hotel. The crowd, packed tightly into a ballroom, spilling out into the hallways and foyer and even the outside ...

6th District Congressional candidate Karen Handel against gay adoption.

Anti-LGBT Karen Handel wins 6th District race

Former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel pulled out a win against Democratic upstart Jon Ossoff on Tuesday in the most expensive House race in US history. Handel was up 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent with 8...

6th District Congressional candidate Karen Handel against gay adoption.

Karen Handel: ‘My faith calls me to a different place’ on gay adoption

6th Congressional District candidate Karen Handel appears to be doubling down on her much publicized 2010 comments on gay adoption, telling both a Reporter Newspapers writer and the mother of an LGBT child that...

Atlanta LGBT families rally around ‘ally’ Democrat Jon Ossoff at meet-and-greet

Jon Ossoff entered the home of Roswell couple Matt and Barry Levesque on June 9 to a cheering crowd, with parents and children of all ages running up to meet him. Ossoff, the Democratic candidate running to ...

Photo Gallery: Atlanta LGBT families meet-and-greet with Jon Ossoff

LGBT families from around Georgia's 6th Congressional District were invited to join the Young Democrats of Georgia Stonewall Caucus for a meet-and-greet with Jon Ossoff on June 9. Ossoff is a candidate running ...