Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Karen Christine Handel
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Georgia District 6
- Filing address
- Roswell, GA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- HANDEL, KAREN CHRISTINE
- Next election
- Primary June 9, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Georgia, District 6
FEC candidate ID H8GA06286 · Principal campaign committee: HANDEL FOR CONGRESS, INC.
Total raised$3,109,435.77
Total spent$3,156,124.14
Cash on hand$41,001.03
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$2,504,244.4881%
- PACs and other committees$428,050.0014%
- Party committees$489.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$160,466.145%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$16,186.151%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
136 committees reported giving $414,710.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE RIGHT GROUPPAC$10,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$9,007.00
- WINNING FOR WOMEN, INC. PACPAC$7,817.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- PEACH PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$6,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$6,000.00
- GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES INC PAC GENTIVAPACConnected PAC$5,600.00
- SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUNDConnected PAC$5,386.00
- AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC')PAC$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$5,000.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- GEORGIA POWER COMPANY FEDERAL PACPAC$5,000.00
- DEERE & COMPANY PAC (AKA JOHN DEERE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
Show all 136 committees
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PACPAC$5,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BURGER KING FRANCHISEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- REBUILDING AMERICAS TRUST PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ONE GEORGIA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$4,950.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- PROSPERITY ACTION, INC.Leadership PAC$4,000.00
- PRICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$4,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$4,000.00
- DREW FERGUSON FOR CONGRESS INC.Candidate committee$4,000.00
- NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,800.00
- GEORGIA PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- FRIENDS OF SUSAN BROOKSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- COLLINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,800.00
- LIBERTY FUND; THELeadership PAC$2,800.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SALEM MEDIA GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC.) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MARTHA PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ANN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- EXCELSIOR PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- JUMP INTO ACTION FOR CONSERVATIVES TO KEEP OUR IDEAS ELEVATED PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP FUNDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- POINT PAC, INC.Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- HINDUS OF GEORGIA PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MAGGIE'S LISTPAC$2,050.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- CHAMBLISS FOR SENATECandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- NEW PACPAC$2,000.00
- PINNACLE PACPAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SECURITY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AARON'S, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GIBBS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WELLS PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICAN CONSERVATISM PAC AKA GO BY BAC PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$2,000.00
- RWA FUND, INC.Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- RESTORING OUR NATION (RON) PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BUCKEYE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- STRENGTHENING THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC (STAR) PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- LET'S ALL KEEP ELECTING REPUBLICANS PACPAC$2,000.00
- FREEDOM RINGS EVERY DAY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CLYDE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- MAKING INVESTMENTS MAJORITY INSURED PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- GREAT AMERICA COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,500.00
- HALLMARK CARDS PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL STATE & LOCAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FORMERLY SUNTRUST BANKS INC. MAIN STREET BANKERS PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- GEORGIA MINING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM PROJECT; THEPAC$1,000.00
- TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC.Connected PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL BURGESS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SPEAK UP AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LONE STAR LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FINSECA PACPAC$1,000.00
- TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORGPAC$1,000.00
- VICKY HARTZLER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- WOMACK FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PACPAC$1,000.00
- VICKY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GREATER TOMORROW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JODY HICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SUPPORTING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S NEXT LEADERS PAC (SUSAN PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- STAND PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RESTORING OUR DEMOCRACY (ROD PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RYAN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RYANPAC)PAC$1,000.00
- DECIDING CRITICAL RACES PAC (DCR PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- NOVA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LIZ CHENEY FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DAVID PAC DELIVERING AMERICAN VALUES IN DCLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ANTHONY GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEN CLINE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- WILLIAM TIMMONS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RE-JOYCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- KAT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$500.00
- CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEConnected PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Karen Christine Handel$72,476.85
- Independent expenditures opposing Karen Christine Handel$4,697,210.58
- Company and union communications to members about Karen Christine Handel$721.53
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)Opposing$2,010,642.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$1,346,086.00
- DCCCOpposing$1,201,392.00
- NEA ADVOCACY FUNDOpposing$96,718.00
- NEA ADVOCACY FUNDSupporting$32,773.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUNDOpposing$9,382.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$3,882.00
- CHINESE AMERICAN REPUBLICANS INCSupporting$1,741.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$1,547.00
- NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUNDSupporting$1,129.00
- WINNING FOR WOMEN, INC. PACSupporting$168.00
- WFW ACTION FUND, INC.Supporting$2.00
The race
Georgia U.S. House, District 6, 2020 · 7 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Christine Handel (R) | $3,109,435.77 | $41,001.03 | 2020-12-31 |
| Lucia Kay McBath (D) | $8,678,503.63 | $139,929.02 | 2020-12-31 |
| Joseph Profit (R) | $608,811.51 | $253,762.16 | 2020-12-31 |
| Brandon Beach (R) | $558,132.19 | $0.00 | 2020-06-30 |
| Nicole Rodden (R) | $186,390.33 | $7,800.22 | 2020-12-31 |
| Mykel Lynn Barthelemy (R) | $7,056.00 | $518.71 | 2020-12-31 |
| Paulette Smith (R) | $4,212.50 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GQR Research (D) | August 11–16, 2020 | 401 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Lucy McBath 50% · Karen Handel 47% |
| North Star Opinion Research (R) | July 26–28, 2020 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | Lucy McBath 48% · Karen Handel 46% |
| North Star Opinion Research (R) | March 15–17, 2020 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | Lucy McBath 47% · Karen Handel 49% |
| NRCC (R) | June 30 – July 2, 2019 | 400 (LV) | – | Lucy McBath 42% · Karen Handel 46% |
| North Star Opinion Research/Politico (R) | March 15–17, 2020 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | Generic Democrat 46% · Generic Republican 46% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: HANDEL FOR CONGRESS, INC..
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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