After Tuesday's win, Handel thanked Trump at her victory rally.
The party has fallen short this year in elections in Kansas and Montana, and it is expected to lose another race on Tuesday in SC. "They're obstructionists", he said to applause.
"This is not the outcome many of us were hoping for".
Tim Ryan lost a challenge to longtime Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for leadership of House Democrats last fall.
BENNETT: Another reason why Democrats shouldn't feel all that demoralized is Karen Handel's slim margin of victory, says House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Linda Sanchez.
The Twitter-verse isn't generally a friendly place, but the barrage of tweets following Republican Karen Handel's Tuesday victory in the much-watched Georgia congressional race were especially untoward - with much of the heat directed at conservatives. Ossoff spent an unprecedented $23.6 million in his runoff campaign against Republican Karen Handel, who raised $4.5 million.
Democrats and Republicans largely agree that the contest for this seat won't be anywhere near as intense as it had been over the past few months, when it was touted as the most competitive race in the country, attracting national media attention and spending. "People in Ohio, Don, aren't really talking about Russian Federation or Michael Flynn or Putin or anything else", Ryan said.
Democratic Party divisions are on stark display after a disappointing special election loss in a hard-fought Georgia congressional race.
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"Clearly, we're coming off an election, and she's been getting pounded now for 10 years with negative ads from the Republicans". I think it's time for a new generation of leadership.
The interesting thing about Mr. Parnell's race is that the Democratic Party did not pour in money and resources to help him.
Nancy Pelosi was a great speaker. Her supporters aggressively linked Ossoff to Pelosi and "San Francisco values", even ticking off Muni with an ad featuring a digitally altered cable auto. It takes enormous pressure off Republicans, as they look to craft an Obamacare replacement bill acceptable to both chambers of Congress.
BENNETT: Pelosi still has broad support among House Democrats.
In most cases, the shifts were slight enough not to indicate any major change in the voting composition of Georgia's 6th district.
Handel staved off the young enthusiastic Democratic candidate, Jon Ossoff, in a runoff to become the first Republican woman ever elected by Georgia voters to head to Congress.
Heading into the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats need to pick up 24 House seats to take back the majority.
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