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Handel works to woo voters in Gainesville
U.S. Senate candidates ramping up efforts ahead of Tuesday primary
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
The race for the Republican nomination for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat continues to heat up in the closing days before the primary, and candidates have made Gainesville a target of their get-out-the-vote efforts. Karen Handel, riding in a tour bus, pulled into the Denny’s parking lot on Browns Bridge Road shortly after 8 a.m. this morning. The former Georgia secretary of state is hoping to re-launch her political career after running unsuccessfully for governor in 2010.