Ossoff earned 48 percent of the vote in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District, followed by Handel just shy of 20 percent. Republicans are bidding to prevent a major upset in a conservative Georgia congressional district Tuesday wh.
(AP Photo/David Goldman). A voter casts a ballot in a special election in Atlanta, Tuesday, April 18, 2017.
An Ossoff win would not tip the balance of power in Washington but could weaken the already shaky hold Trump has on his fellow Republicans by encouraging lawmakers to distance themselves from him. Ossoff will now face former Secretary of State Karen Handel, a Republican who finished in clear second despite running around 30 points behind Ossoff.
He said Democrats were shocked into action by Trump's victory in November. Despite the impending runoff election, Ossoff characterized Tuesday's first round race as a victory, saying, "This is already a remarkable victory".
Handel, who raised $463,744, was also targeted by a number of her Republican competitors.
Democrats have hoped that Ossoff could capitalize on Trump's lackluster popularity and make the race a litmus test of the president's first 100 days.
"Dems failed in Kansas and are now failing in Georgia". Great job Karen Handel!
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The video has been viewed millions of times worldwide, and caused a global uproar and grabbed headlines in multiple countries. Later, Munoz offered a more emphatic mea culpa , saying: "No one should ever be mistreated this way".
An upstart Democrat has dropped below the majority vote he needs to avoid a runoff in Georgia's nationally watched special congressional election. Democrats are also looking to build momentum heading into next year's midterm elections.
Special elections will hold particular importance for Democrats this year, as Republicans now control both the House and Senate.
Rather than the special election amounting to a referendum on Trump, the sequence of events tends to show that Trump can get voters to the polls even late in the game. Trump's under-performance gave the Democratic Party hopes of sending a rebuke to the new president in the form of an outright victory Tuesday. His win would be a warning shot for President Donald Trump. "It's going to be a pretty intense campaign", said Abramowitz.
"We have a lot of wind at our back". Tonight's results are further proof that the grassroots energy we're seeing across the country can translate to electoral progress in every zip code. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, for whom the seat is being filled, won by more than 20 points in 2016.
Their argument: Tuesday's results are more evidence of an expanded House battlefield in 2018, and it suggests what once looked like a disastrous Senate map - with 10 Democratic senators up for re-election in states Trump won - now isn't necessarily so bad.
Reporters asked Handel about the impact of President Trump's involvement. Price, now the president's Health and Human Services secretary, was re-elected with almost 62 percent of the vote in 2016. They predict voters would be energized in a Republican vs. Democrat scenario, making it harder for Ossoff to run above the fray as he has leading up to the primary. "Bring it on!" he said. He still engenders an intense loyalty among his core supporters but alienates many independents and even Republicans, leaving him unable to command a majority of the electorate.
In Alpharetta on Tuesday morning, Handel told BuzzFeed News that she thinks the night will end without a definitive victor.
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