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===2010 gubernatorial election===
{{See also|2010 Georgia gubernatorial election}}
In March 2009, Handel announced her decision to run for Georgia governor.<ref name="DeneryAJC04182017"/> Handel resigned as
On July 20, 2010, Handel received 34% of the vote in the Republican Party primary election, and former Congressman [[Nathan Deal]] received 23%.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unofficial And Incomplete Results of the Tuesday, July 20, 2010, General Primary Election|work=[[Georgia Secretary of State]]|url=http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2010_0720/swall.htm|access-date=July 25, 2010|archive-date=July 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723104631/http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2010_0720/swall.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since neither candidate received a majority, they faced off in the Republican gubernatorial run-off on August 10, 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Shaila|last=Dewan|title=Georgia Will Have Republican Primary Runoff|date=July 20, 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/us/politics/21georgiaweb.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=A12|access-date=July 26, 2010}}</ref> The primary campaign was particularly heated; Deal attacked Handel as insufficiently anti-abortion and his allies portrayed Handel as a "barren woman", claiming that her infertility rendered her untrustworthy on reproductive-rights issues.<ref name="wsj-2010">{{Cite news | work = Wall Street Journal | title = In Georgia, Candidates Tack Right | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704268004575417670580889044 | date = August 9, 2010 | first1 = Douglas | last1 = Blackmon | first2= Valerie| last2= Bauerlein}}</ref> Deal also attacked Handel for her past association with the gay-rights group [[Log Cabin Republicans]], given staunch opposition to gay rights among Republican voters. Handel falsely denied membership with Log Cabin Republicans and accused Deal of "bigoted remarks",<ref name=Politifact>{{cite web |url=http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2010/jun/16/karen-handel/did-handel-ever-joing-log-cabin-republicans |title=Did Handel ever join the Log Cabin Republicans? |publisher=Politifact |date=June 9, 2010 |access-date=January 26, 2013}}</ref> but lost the run-off election to Deal by 50.2% to 49.8%, with about 2,500 votes separating them out of nearly 580,000 cast.<ref name="HandelKarenCongressBio2017"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Governor|url=http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2010_0810/0020001.htm|publisher=Sos.georgia.gov|access-date=April 19, 2017}}</ref> She declined to request a recount, and conceded to Deal the next day.
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