They may not admit it to pollsters, but a lot of people are pulling for the president. She was a known commodity who came into the race with high name identification.
"We've made it a point to fight Republicans every step of the way, make them earn every inch of territory they've gained".
Total spending in the race topped $50 million.
Turns out, both sides can be right this time. But former Sen. Sam Nunn's daughter Michelle Nunn managed just 45 percent of the vote after an expensive race against Republican David Perdue, now the state's junior senator.
Nancy Pelosi was a huge drag on Ossoff. Will that be how other candidates in somewhat moderate districts deal with the Trump factor?
The buzz in Washington surrounding the race for Georgia's 6th Congressional District was all bad for the last couple of weeks.
Democrats say Jon Ossoff's 48 percent showing in a Republican stronghold is proof that they're actually making progress toward making Georgia a genuine battleground.
"The same, exhausted centrist Democratic playbook that has come up short cycle after cycle will not suffice", DFA chairman Jim Dean said in a statement.
- The results will embolden Trump and may convince him that he doesn't need to course correct. Even among Republicans, his approval rating is 72 percent - down 11 points since April.
Trump is so desperate for a win, days ago his team was bragging about creating coal jobs that probably don't exist.
"Congratulations to Karen Handel on her big win in Georgia 6th".
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"It kind of calms the waters in terms of people looking for predictors or harbingers and what it means for 2018", Pawlenty told CNN.
Democrats and media allowed their blind disdain for Trump and misleading polls indicating a tight race to think they had a chance of filling the Tom Price House vacancy with Jon Ossoff, an ex-congressional staffer who looks more like a ninth-grade chemistry nerd.
What did Karen Handel win?
"The fact that we have spent so much time talking about Russian Federation, you know, has been a distraction from what should be the clear contrast between Democrats and the Trump agenda, which is on economics", Murphy (D-Conn.) said.
Joe Webb, a Handel supporter from Marietta, wore a red "Make America Great Again" hat throughout Handel's victory party.
Handel won for two reasons.
Republican candidate for Georgia's 6th Congressional District seat Karen Handel declares victory during an election-night watch party Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. And the President now faces the enormous challenge of trying to govern while dealing with a major investigation into connections between top officials in his presidential campaign and Russian interference in the 2016 election.
"We need to finish the drill on health care, ' Handel said during her victory speech" in Brookhaven, Ga. So, the GOP victory on the merits is pretty limited. Trump said in a tweet after the results were announced.
Now, with Handel keeping Price's old seat in GOP hands, Democratic strategists insist that health care will still be powerful ammunition against Republicans in next year's congressional elections.
Handel pushed back forcefully, pointing out that her sister was born without an esophagus - a pre-existing condition.
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