The Republican in Georgia's Runoff Election Has an Alarming Past

Democrat Jon Ossoff nearly won the US House seat vacated by Trump's Health and Human Services secretary, Tom Price, in what Mother Jones dubbed the "First Real Battle Between Millennials and Trump." Ossoff, however, fell about 2 points short of the 50 percent he needed in Tuesday's vote to avoid a runoff in the crowded Georgia race. That's a bummer for Democrats, as the runoff is expected to be a much harder battle for Ossoff in a district that was considered safely Republican. Even though Hillary Clinton nearly won the district in November, now the Republicans will unite behind a single candidate who picked up about 20 percent of the vote.

That candidate is Karen Handel...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/republican-jon-ossoff-facing-georgias-runoff-and-her-alarming-anti-planned-parentho

GOP Congressional Candidate Will 'End Muslim Immigration,' Fundraising Email Says (The Huffington Post)

A fundraising email on behalf of Karen Handel, a Republican running for office in Georgia, promises that she will end Muslim immigration if elected. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/karen-handel-immigration_us_58a86899e4b037d17d2852ed?