Headline Roundup • April 19th, 2017
GA Election Heads to Runoff
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A special election in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District failed to produce an outright winner Tuesday, forcing a June 20 runoff between upstart Democrat Jon Ossoff and former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel.
New York Times (News)
ROSWELL, Ga. — Jon Ossoff, a Democrat making his first bid for elective office, narrowly missed winning a heavily conservative House district in Georgia outright on Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. It threw a scare into Republicans in a special congressional election that was seen as an early referendum on President Trump.
Forbes
Democrat Jon Ossoff blew away his Republican opposition in a special election Tuesday, but fell just short of 50% of the vote needed to avoid a runoff to represent Georgia’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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