Democratic congressional hopeful Jon Ossoff missed the threshold for outright victory in a special election in Georgia’s sixth district on Tuesday. Now experts he faces a tough runoff in the staunchly Republican state. In June, he face Karen Handel, a Republican who once served as Georgia secretary of state and has run unsuccessfully for Senate…
Democrat Jon Ossoff, who placed first in the special election for Georgia’s sixth congressional district with 48% of the vote but who needed 50% to avoid a runoff, overcame a great deal of adversity. The 30-year-old political neophyte beat back charges that he didn’t live in the reddish district, which previously elected the likes of…
Democrat Jon Ossoff came within a hair’s breadth of dealing a major blow to President Trump on Tuesday night, leading a crowded field of almost a dozen Republicans but falling just short of winning a Georgia Congressional seat outright. With 185 of 210 precincts reporting, he held 48.3 percent of the vote – just shy…
A Super PAC running advertisements against Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff, including one tying him to Al Jazeera, has received most of its funding this year from a single so-called ‘dark money’ group. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican Super PAC with close ties to the House GOP leadership, has spent over $3 million…
Democrat Jon Ossoff hit back at President Trump on the eve of a crucial special congressional election in Georgia. “I don’t have great personal admiration for the man,” the Jewish candidate told MSNBC, according to [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/georgia-ossoff-special-election-237307]. The 30-year-old newcomer is seeking to snatch away a red seat in suburban Atlanta — and is seeking to…
For President Donald Trump, an off-year congressional election on Tuesday in the reliably Republican northern suburbs of Atlanta could spell trouble if Democratic upstart Jon Ossoff pulls off a surprise victory. A 30-year-old political novice, Ossoff is running against a crowded field of several Republicans for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives vacated…
President Trump waded into a tight House race in Georgia on Monday, tweeting an attack against the upstart Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff. The super Liberal Democrat in the Georgia Congressioal race tomorrow wants to protect criminals, allow illegal immigration and raise taxes! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2017 The election to replace former…
After the crushing electoral losses that swept Donald Trump into the White House and sealed Republican control of the Congress, the Democrats’ road to recovery winds through the leafy, well-heeled suburbs of north Atlanta. Here, Democrats are threatening a stunning special election upset that could signal how well the party can turn Trump’s low approval…
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