"Fantastic job, we are all very proud of you!" tweeted Trump, who had publicly implored Republicans to troop to the polls to back Handel.
The Republicans have won a closely contested US Congressional election in Georgia, seen by many as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency, a media report said. No, you lost. At some point the time for moral victories is over and sometimes winning is just about winning.
The House Democratic leader is seeking to reassure Democrats dejected after a loss in a Georgia special election where the party invested millions of dollars.
"For the fourth time since November, voters have rejected the Democrat's agenda of obstruction and made it clear it's time get to work for the American people and join President Trump's administration in Making America Great Again".
Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff are going head-to-head, with Ossoff barely ahead of Handel in the primary runoff. But as an increasingly well-educated, diverse suburban district it is the kind of territory that Democrats need to win if they want to gain the 24 seats necessary to reclaim the House in 2018.
Pamela Alayon said she'd stood out in the rain this week to wave Handel signs in Roswell. And Democrats are looking nearly incapable of translating the energy of their core supporters into actual election wins.
Democrats came close but still lost in special elections in Kansas, Montana, Georgia and SC.
The election was the most expensive in congressional history, with at least $57 million spent by the campaigns and outside groups, almost twice the previous record set in Florida in 2012, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
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At a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday night, Trump said: "If Karen Handel had lost, they would have blamed it on me". Far from rethinking their support for Trump or their plans to undo former President Barack Obama's health care law, Republicans seem likely to stay the course.
"There are more than 70 districts more favorable to Democrats than this deep-red district, and Ossoff's close margin demonstrates the potential for us to compete deep into the battlefield", Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., said in a statement. This is a seat Republicans have held for decades - former House Speaker Newt Gingrich even represented areas now in the current 6th District.
"Any President in his shoes would do exactly what he's doing, and that is impress the voters with the fact that he withstood assaults on four different states and Republicans won all four", he added. For a party still smarting from somehow losing a 2016 presidential race that was well within their grasp, they have to feel the need to do some soul-searching and figure out why their strategies aren't resulting in actual wins.
Just before 11 p.m., he tweeted congratulations to Handel and Norman. Handel emphasized her experience and decades of public service, tying Ossoff to national Democrats and pointing out that he didn't even live in the district.
The president then proceeded to give Fox News a shout-out for a congratulatory headline.
Ossoff ran a careful campaign and shied away from talking about Trump, and some groups on the left wasted no time in insisting that Democrats must draw brighter contrasts with the GOP. "They all know who Donald Trump is and this race proves he remains a major liability for Republicans that juices our turnout and depresses their support", he said. I struggle to think of one.
Since House Republicans narrowly passed a bill to repeal Obamacare in May, Ossoff was increasingly outspoken in his criticism of the legislation.
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