The centrist's loss could add weight to Sanders' argument that the Democratic Party needs to turn left.
The Democrats expended vast amounts of money on Jon Ossoff, an attractive young candidate running in a district that has voted Republican in most recent elections, but is seen as a seat within reach for the Democrats.
The outcome "better be a wake-up call for Democrats - business as usual isn't working", Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., said on Twitter.
We need a genuinely new message, a serious jobs plan that reaches all Americans, and a bigger tent not a smaller one.
Republican Karen Handel declared victory in Georgia's 6th Congressional District with a promise that she'll work to gain the confidence of voters who backed her Democratic opponent. One of those, the notorious NY 23rd special election, was actually a net loss as an establishment Republican and conservative challenger split the ticket and allowed Democrat Bill Owens to squeak through.
Pelosi has been featured in Republican ad campaigns since the GOP won back the House in 2010.
GOP leadership in the Senate is set to drop a health care bill this week, to be voted on next week. Tim Ryan of Ohio, Seth Moulton of MA and Filemon Vela of Texas.
"The way the districts are drawn make that even more hard", he said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is telling Democrats that next year could be the year they take back control of the House.
President Donald Trump weighed in on the internal Democratic power struggle on Thursday, tweeting, "I certainly hope the Democrats do not force Nancy P out".
"But I take their insult against my city as a bankruptcy of values on their part not to recognize the greatness of the city I represent", she said.
"I am also very well aware of another obligation that comes with tonight's decision by the voters, the obligation of being the first Republican woman elected to Congress from the great state of Georgia", Handel said in her victory speech Tuesday night. She has beat back all comers, including last fall, when Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan of OH ran against her. Ryan fell well short but garnered dozens of votes, enough to underscore dissatisfaction with Pelosi and with her aging leadership team that has left promising young Democrats with few places to rise. Democrats have racked up a string of losses but there's no reason the streak has to continue, just as it didn't for Obama-era Republicans.
He urges Democrats to look into races previously not on the radar or thought to be competitive and stop the second guessing.
"Democrats can excite their base and also win over voters who are frustrated with both parties with a vision to transform our nation into one that serves the many and not a powerful few", the statement concludes. He said the story of the 2017 special elections didn't change: It has been the "the motivation" of Democrats.
The race pitted 30-year-old Democrat Jon Ossoff - who was until recently, relatively unknown amongst Democrats - against Handel, who is Georgia's former Secretary of State.
Handel's life story is well-known by now: left an abusive home at 17; finished high school; tried to balance college with supporting herself but, not uncommonly for the time, wound up choosing the latter; went on to success both in the public sector and the corporate world. She referenced that the GOP spent millions of dollars promoting House Speaker Paul Ryan since he was on the 2012 ticket as the vice presidential ticket and "I have a hundred million or so spent against me and his numbers are no better than mine". The CBC includes roughly 40 House Democrats, many in senior leadership and committee positions, including Pelosi allies.
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