Atlanta’s CBS News affiliate reports:
Rich McCormick defeated Jake Evans [photo] in the GOP 6th Congressional District runoff on Tuesday. McCormick will face Democrat Bob Christian in the Nov. 8 midterms in a contest that could, once again, help determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Former President Donald Trump held a Monday night tele-rally in support of Evans, to no electoral avail.
The 6th district is currently represented in Congress by Democratic incumbent Lucy McBath. However, after the 2020 census, McBath was drawn into a revamped, neighboring 7th district last year by Georgia’s GOP-led General Assembly.
Read the full article. McCormick, a former youth minister, focused on attacking LGBTQs in his campaign, as you can see in his clip below.
Rich McCormick has beat out Jake Evans for the Republican nomination in Georgia’s 6th District.
McCormick, a surgeon who narrowly lost to Bourdeaux in 2020, was endorsed by Sen. Ted Cruz.
Live results: https://t.co/HCmFnTpLxF pic.twitter.com/OtVDHn9wcw
— POLITICO (@politico) June 22, 2022
Rich McCormick, an emergency room physician and Marine veteran, tonight defeated his Trump-backed opponent Jake Evans in a GOP primary runoff for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, AP projects https://t.co/SyhUiUeBWG
— Axios (@axios) June 22, 2022
HAPPENING NOW— Jake Evans concedes to Rich McCormick for Georgia’s sixth congressional district @FOX5Atlanta pic.twitter.com/7DdsjbO8Zg
— Alex Whittler (@AlexWhittler) June 22, 2022
Polls are open. I am asking for your vote. Together, we will revive freedom and take our country back. pic.twitter.com/luNV4T43vC
— Dr. Rich McCormick for Congress (@RichforGA) June 21, 2022