Handel Defeats Ossoff in Georgia Special Election

Jon Gabriel, Ed.
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Republican Karen Handel has defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 6th District special election to replace HHS Secretary Tom Price. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Handel received 52.7 percent to Ossoff’s 47.3 percent.

The contest garnered significant national attention as another chance for Democrats to take a GOP seat and send a message to President Donald Trump. Ossoff, a political newcomer, raked in a staggering $23 million from across the nation, as well as high-octane political and celebrity endorsements. As with other touted Democratic efforts since Trump’s inauguration, however, it was all for naught.

Note: Being a political professional, I did offer the most important insight of the evening as the first votes rolled in.

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  1. Percival Thatcher
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    @Percival
    7:36 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 21, 2017

    Von Snrub (View Comment):
    The candidate was serious enough. He spoke in a blue dog manner that would have worked in 06 and 08, but the memory of their betrayal is still fresh in everyone’s minds.

    If you look at the history of open seats the victory is much closer than that of an incumbents. Now that these Republicans have their seats we need to strengthen their numbers.

    Our opponents are much more emotional than us. This loss is important.

    Obama exterminated the Blue Dogs.

    Pelosi helped.

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  2. Von Snrub Inactive
    Von Snrub
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    8:16 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 21, 2017

    Percival (View Comment):

    Von Snrub (View Comment):
    The candidate was serious enough. He spoke in a blue dog manner that would have worked in 06 and 08, but the memory of their betrayal is still fresh in everyone’s minds.

    If you look at the history of open seats the victory is much closer than that of an incumbents. Now that these Republicans have their seats we need to strengthen their numbers.

    Our opponents are much more emotional than us. This loss is important.

    Obama exterminated the Blue Dogs.

    Pelosi helped.

    Well they did what they were told by the party not by their constituents.

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  3. Manny Coolidge
    Manny
    @Manny
    5:29 AM EDT ⋅ Jun 22, 2017

    Jules PA (View Comment):

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    Suspira (View Comment):
    This is a great relief, but I can’t help think Republicans dodged a bullet here (um, maybe I shouldn’t use that saying for awhile). Ossoff was a spectacularly bad candidate of the sort run to show the flag in an overwhelmingly GOP district. How would a serious Democrat have fared in this race?

    Congressional candidates rise and fall on their ability to coalesce their base, especially in a special election. The candidate’s political skills are a minor contribution in this type of election, unlike a presidential election. I think conservatives came out, despite the – or perhaps because of – the media fury to elect a Dem.

    Maybe I missed a comment, but all the outside money and the outsider candidate reeks of interference. While not the Russians, simply the Dems from other states, it seems funny that the party of election interference investigation and prevention is more than hypocritical in this particular election.

    I’m just sayin’, nothing new here.

    You mean there’s hypocrisy in politics?  Shocking.  :- )

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  4. Canadian Pronoun Fugitive On T… Inactive
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    @Pseudodionysius
    3:32 PM EDT ⋅ Jun 22, 2017

    Cossoffe

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