Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Karen C. Handel
Karen Handel was a Republican U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 2017.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6691 Community Safety and Security Act of 2018Sep 12, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 5645 Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2018May 10, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 5338 Stop Needless Award Payments Act of 2018Apr 30, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
- H.R. 5440 To require notice from the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center.Apr 18, 2018 · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5440 is laid on the table.
- H.Res. 832 Recognizing linemen, the profession of linemen, the contributions of these brave men and women who protect public safety, and expressing support for the…Apr 16, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
How has Georgia’s 6th district done while Rep. Handel served?
2017 to 2018 in GA-6: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.5 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.1 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Georgia’s 6th district during Handel’s time representing it (2017 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. GA-6 was redrawn in 2007, 2012, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Handel’s term so far (2017 and 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.