McCormick defeats Trump-backed Evans for 6th district Republican nomination

Emergency room physician Rich McCormick won the Republican primary for Georgia's 6th congressional district on Tuesday, defeating Trump-backed lawyer Jake Evans in the runoff, according to the Associated Press.

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That race revolved around accusations by each candidate that the other is insufficiently conservative.

The 6th and the 10th are both heavily Republican districts.

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