CANDIDATES IN GEORGIA’S 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION

A field of 18 candidates is running to fill the congressional seat that Tom Price vacated to become the secretary of health and human services. The election is set for April 18, and with such a large number of candidates, a runoff is almost certain. It would be held June 20.

REPUBLICANS

David Abroms: A business executive and former congressional aide.

Mohammad Ali Bhuiyan: A Cobb County economist who led an aborted effort to hold a Nobel peace summit in Atlanta.

Keith Grawert: A U.S. Air Force pilot and Dunwoody resident who wants to “return public service to Washington.”

Bob Gray: The former Johns Creek councilman and business executive is running as a “willing partner” with President Donald Trump and has hired several of the president’s onetime Georgia field operatives to run his campaign.

Karen Handel: As a former Georgia secretary of state who also at one time served as chairwoman of the Fulton County Commission, she has deep roots in north Fulton County and remains a power broker in the area. She also enjoys high name recognition throughout the district, thanks in part to her 2010 campaign for governor and 2014 campaign for the U.S. Senate.

Judson Hill: While in the state senate, Hill represented an area stretching from Cobb County to Sandy Springs.

Amy Kremer: A tea party activist and cable news pundit.

Bruce LeVell: The Dunwoody jeweler headed Trump’s diversity coalition. He also once led the Gwinnett County GOP and served on MARTA’s board for five years.

William Llop: A Sandy Springs accountant who said he will run as a “financial expert” who can help reduce the federal debt.

Dan Moody: The former state senator from Roswell is also a U.S. Army veteran who served on the state Department of Transportation board.

Kurt Wilson: A Roswell small business owner who is campaigning on term limits.

DEMOCRATS

Ragin Edwards: The east Cobb County resident is a sales manager.

Richard Keatley: A college professor from Tucker and a U.S. Navy veteran who pledges to fight to make college debt-free.

Jon Ossoff: The investigative filmmaker once worked as a congressional aide and has the endorsements of U.S. Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson.

Rebecca Quigg: The physician is making the preservation of the Affordable Care Act the centerpiece of her campaign.

Ron Slotin: A former publisher of Atlanta Jewish Life, Slotin represented a north Atlanta district in the state Senate until he launched an unsuccessful bid in 1996 to oust U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney.

INDEPENDENTS

Alexander Hernandez: A political newcomer, Hernandez is running on a platform of boosting Medicare spending, supporting new investments in infrastructure and backing term limits.

Andre Pollard: A Milton computer systems engineer who is running on a tech-friendly platform.