Karen C. Handel

A Representative from Georgia. Born in Washington, District of Columbia, April 18, 1962. Graduated from Frederick Douglass High School, Upper Marlboro, Md. , 1980. Attended Prince George&rsquo. S County Community College, Largo, Md. Attended University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Md. Business executive. Staff, Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia, 2002-2003. Chairwoman, Fulton County (Ga. ) commission, 2003-2006. Secretary of State of Georgia, 2007-2009. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Georgia in 2010. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 2014. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Tom Price (June 20, 2017-January 3, 2019). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020.