The Georgia race ends as the most expensive House campaign in US history, with a tab that may exceed $50 million.
Pelosi said the Democratic base is energised, adding, "We must now put forth our message".
"All we do is win, win, win", the President said to cheers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as he pressed Democrats to support his legislative agenda in the Congress.
Her victory over Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia's 6th Congressional District means Republicans held all four of their seats that were up for grabs in special elections this spring. Rather wants to see Democrats to both tie Republicans to Trump and talk about "big ideas to set the debate and rally people to your cause". And it could be that Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker and former congressional staffer, didn't appeal to residents because even though he grew up in the district, he now lives in Atlanta - several miles outside the district.
Still, it is not clear yet what the effect will be on the 2018 elections, which take place more than a year from now.
In an interview with CNN's Don Lemon Wednesday, Rep. Tim Ryan criticized his party's brand, their outreach to voters and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Lions captain Warburton on bench, O'Mahony leads team
O'Mahony said he takes the job knowing the advice Foley would have given him, "play your game, play what you do and what you know".
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Pelosi said Democrats are proud of the race they ran and she dispelled a question about stepping down.
Boosted by donations and volunteers from around the country, Ossoff dominated the special election's jungle primary.
Also on Tuesday, a Democratic candidate fell 3 percentage points short of defeating a Republican in the race to fill budget director Mick Mulvaney's House former seat in SC. Yes, Democrats will point out that they didn't need this one; there are quite a few targets that lean less strongly to Republicans.
"We are spending way too much time talking about Donald Trump and we're being overwhelmed with our own anger toward him", Rep. Tim Ryan of OH told reporters. Democrats saw similar double-digit improvements over Hillary Clinton's showing in the year's other special elections: in Montana, Kansas and California, where the GOP got less than 4 percent of the primary vote, trailing six Democrats and a Green.
"I'm sure that Nancy Pelosi believes that she is the one that can lead this party". While he avoided casting the election as a referendum on Trump, Democrats clearly hoped it would be.
CROWLEY: Typically they don't go and pick folks in districts where they think they're going to lose that seat to a Democrat. Many Democrats hope to harness that energy during the 2018 mid-terms, when the entire House will be up for re-election. "Time to stop rehashing 2016 and talk about the future". 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.
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