They called Hillary Clinton a carpetbagger when she ran for the Senate in New York, too.

Your assertion fails; you are hanging on one historical definition.

The guy lived outside the District.  

"Ossoff also reported receiving almost nine times as many individual donations from California than from Georgia, according to federal campaign finance data released last week."
 
" First elected in 2003, [Handel] chaired the Fulton County Board of Commissioners until 2006, and then was elected and served as Georgia's Secretary of State from 2007 to 2010."

"She served as president and CEO of the Greater Fulton County Chamber of Commerce. In December 2002, Handel was named deputy chief of staff by Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, where she served as a policy advisor and supervised constituent services, the Governor's Mansion, and general administration services."

I figure her being in elected office for fourteen (14) years off and on works against your allegation, as well.