Gwinnett emergency physician Rich McCormick easily defeated East Cobb attorney Jake Evans Tuesday in the Republican Party runoff for the 6th Congressional District.
According to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, McCormick received 27,418 votes, or 66.54 percent, to 13,788 votes, or 33.46 percent, for Evans.
McCormick, an emergency physician at the Gwinnett Medical Center and a former Marine pilot and Navy veteran, will face Democrat Bob Christian, an Army veteran and restaurant manager from Dawsonville, in the November general election.
“The voters of Georgia’s 6th Congressional District have spoken, and I am honored to be their Republican nominee,” McCormick said in a social media message. “We must unite the Party to secure victory in November for Georgia Republicans up and down the ballot. Together, we will Revive Freedom and Save America!”
The newly redrawn 6th District includes parts of East Cobb, as well as parts of Cherokee, North Fulton, Forsyth and Gwinnett counties and all of Dawson County.
McCormick got 43 percent of the Republican vote in May and enjoyed a huge fundraising lead in a large GOP primary field.
Evans was backed by former President Donald Trump and ex-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, but McCormick won 46 of the 47 precincts in East Cobb in the runoff.
During redistricting last fall, Republican majority in the Georgia legislature redrew the 6th District to one heavily favoring the GOP after the seat fell into Democratic hands in 2018.
Second-term U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath of Marietta switched to the 7th Congressional District, which covers most of Gwinnett County, and defeated another Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux, in the Democratic primary last month.
McCormick, who lives in Suwanee, narrowly lost to Bourdeaux in the 2020 general election in the 7th District.
Another part of East Cobb was redrawn into the 11th Congressional District, currently represented by Republican Barry Loudermilk of Cassville.
He was unopposed in the GOP primary in May, and in November will face Antonio Daza-Fernandez, a Democrat who owns a dance studio in Buckhead, and independent candidate Angela Davis.
In another runoff election Tuesday, Sonja Brown defeated James Luttrell to win a non-partisan seat on Cobb Superior Court. Brown, who got more than 63 percent of the vote, will succeed retiring Judge Robert Flournoy in January.
There were several other Congressional runoffs on Tuesday and a few statewide party nominees decided.
They included a Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, won by Charlie Bailey, who had 63 percent of the vote against former Atlanta City Council president Kwanzaa Hall.
In the Democratic runoff for Secretary of State, Atlanta State Rep. Bee Nguyen received 77 percent of the vote. In November she will challenge Republican incumbent Brad Raffensperger.
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