This, of course, is because Ossoff is not a resident of the district he hopes to represent in Congress after today's election.
He added that if the race does go to a runoff, then the question becomes: How well can the Republicans unify and come together behind one candidate?
However, Ossoff has tried to walk a line between liberals looking for a chance to oppose Trump and Republicans who couldn't support him in November.
A political action committee backed by current Speaker Paul Ryan funneled more than $2 million into attacks on Ossoff, mostly tying him to national Democrats such as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. "Tonight, a progressive Democrat got the most votes in a seat Newt Gingrich once held, and, as votes continued to be tallied, was hovering near 50 percent".
Early, incomplete election returns show an upstart Democrat leading in a conservative Georgia congressional district in his bid for a major upset.
On Twitter, Trump said Monday April 17, 2017, that "The super Liberal Democrat in the Georgia Congressional race tomorrow wants to protect criminals, allow illegal immigration and raise taxes!"
· 11 Republicans-There are several strong GOP candidates like former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, former Johns Creek city councilman Bob Gray, and former state senators Judson Hill and Dan Moody, among others.
Ossoff's response: "I appreciate the president's interest in the race".
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"It's a test case for how far a Democratic candidate can go in a Republican district on the strength of opposition to Trump", said Todd Rehm, a Georgia Republican strategist who is not affiliated with any candidate in the race.
Which brings me to my second theory: Trump either believes or has been told that it's increasingly likely Ossoff won't make it to 50% today, meaning that the race will move to a runoff in June - a race that will nearly certainly favor the Republican candidate.
Democrats hope to do well Tuesday because Donald Trump only won by 1 percent in November. By FiveThirtyEight's weighted average, Georgia 6 is about 9.5 percentage points more Republican than the nation as a whole. He needs to clear a 50% threshold to prevent a runoff, where he would face a single Republican candidate.
"The intensity at the grassroots level here is unprecedented", Ossoff said in a campaign office recently, according to CNBC.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will stay open until 7 p.m.
Hollywood celebrities have turned their attention to Georgia, where a 30-year-old documentary film producer running as a Democrat is attempting to wrestle away a historically Republican district.
Democrats opposed to Trump have rallied behind Ossoff, who has raised more than $8.3 million.
Political strategists on both sides of the aisle are expecting a June runoff following Tuesday's election but say an outright win for the Georgia Democrat shouldn't be ruled out either.
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