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Karen Handel

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Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Economic Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Professional Experience

  • President, Cogent Strategies US, 2019-present
  • President, Handel Strategy Group, 2010-2017
  • Senior Vice President Public Policy, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 2010-2012
  • President/Chief Executive Officer, North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, 2001-2003
  • Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, 2003
  • Head, Global Communications and Public Affairs, CIBA Vision, 1997-2001
  • Director, Public Relations, Southeast Area, KPMG US, 1994-1996

Political Experience

  • President, Cogent Strategies US, 2019-present
  • President, Handel Strategy Group, 2010-2017
  • Senior Vice President Public Policy, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 2010-2012
  • President/Chief Executive Officer, North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, 2001-2003
  • Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, 2003
  • Head, Global Communications and Public Affairs, CIBA Vision, 1997-2001
  • Director, Public Relations, Southeast Area, KPMG US, 1994-1996
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Georgia, District 6, 2018, 2020
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 6, 2017-2019
  • Candidate, United States Senate, District Senior, 2014
  • Candidate, Georgia State Governor, 2010
  • Secretary of State, State of Georgia, 2007-2010
  • Chair, Fulton County Board of Commission, 2003-2006

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Education and the Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Economic Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Other Info

  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Mia and Abbie

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Crime

Do you support the protection of government officials, including law enforcement officers, from personal liability in civil lawsuits concerning alleged misconduct?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Yes

2019

Abortion

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No

Campaign Finance

1. Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

Education

1. Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Yes

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- No

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