ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) — Republican Karen Handel says finishing the party’s health care bill and lowering taxes will be among her top priorities in Congress.
Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff on Tuesday in Georgia’s hotly contested House race in the Atlanta suburbs. The seat was left vacant when Tom Price resigned to join President Donald Trump’s administration.
Democrats poured millions into the contest, hoping to tap into voter discontent with Trump to build momentum into the 2018 midterms. However, Handel defeated Ossoff by more than 5 percentage points, according to incomplete returns.
Handel says she wants to work on tax reform with lower corporate rates, “but also lower individual rates so that our middle class can participate and our small businesses can participate.”
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