Who was the Democratic nominee for Congress in the 2017 special election in Georgia's 6th congressional district, who was defeated by the first Republican woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress from Georgia?
Karen Handel Karen Christine Handel (née Walker; born April 18, 1962) is an American businesswoman, politician, and member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 6th congressional district. In 2017, she became the first Republican woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress from Georgia after defeating Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff on June 20 in the 2017 special election to fill the vacancy in Georgia's 6th congressional district in the most expensive congressional race in American history.
Kim McMillan Kim McMillan ("née" Ambrester, born 1963) is a Democratic politician who is mayor of Clarksville, Tennessee, and was the first woman in Tennessee history to be elected Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives. She was a candidate in the 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election, but dropped out to run for mayor of Clarksville.