The special election Tuesday for a Georgia House seat will test whether newly energized Democrats can wrest from the Republicans a seat the party has held since Jimmy Carter was in the White House. Democrats have spent record-breaking sums in the race for Georgia’s Sixth District, which former Rep. Tom Price vacated when President Donald Trump nominated him Health and Human Services secretary. They aim to make the election a referendum on the president’s first few months in office, while Republicans, who have 11...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 16, 2017 16:41 UTC