Trump carried it- Georgias 6th District- by less than 2 points against Hillary Clinton...Jon Ossoff
Hoping all who can canvass for Jon Ossoff are knocking on doors.
Rattled Republicans turn their eyes to Georgia
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/georgia-house-special-election-republicans-237173
The next special election test for the GOP is in a slice of the Atlanta suburbs long controlled by Republicans.
By Elena Schneider
04/12/17 05:57 PM EDT
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SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Republicans are white-knuckling their way through their party’s first major political tests under the Trump administration.
After the surprising close call in Kansas on Tuesday night, Republicans are now obsessing over a House special election in a slice of suburban Atlanta that has never been competitive before, where the GOP has spent millions to keep Democrats from capturing the district in an upset next week.
It’s no sure bet for Republicans. An angry, energized Democratic base looking to send a message to Donald Trump has turned Jon Ossoff, a previously unknown former congressional aide, into one of the best-funded House candidates ever ahead of an all-party primary next Tuesday.
The money — more than $8.3 million in the first three months of 2017 — has allowed Ossoff to blanket the airwaves with TV ads and carpet the streets of the district with door-knockers turning out friendly voters, trying to win the district outright with a majority in the special primary. Meanwhile, a bevy of Republican candidates have fought among themselves.
To add to those jangling nerves, Georgia Republicans watched their colleagues in Kansas survive a 20-point swing toward Democrats in another special election Tuesday night. Kansas state Treasurer Ron Estes won his 4th Congressional District race by less than 7 percentage points in a district Trump carried by 27 points in November.
Republicans don’t have that kind of room in Georgia: While past presidential nominees and state candidates have typically won Georgia’s 6th District by wide margins, Trump carried it by less than 2 points against Hillary Clinton.................
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