'Bigger Than The 6th': Voters Head To Polls In Georgia Race That's Turned On Trump
'Bigger Than The 6th': Voters Head To Polls In Georgia Race That's Turned On Trump
June 20, 20175:00 AM ET
JOHNNY KAUFFMAN
It was supposed to be an easy win for Republicans.
But the more than four month-long bitter special election fight in Georgia's 6th congressional district has been anything but simple. Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel are locked in a razor-tight contest that's obliterated spending records, with tens of millions pouring into the critical contest in the northern Atlanta suburbs that's taken on major national implications.
Democrats in Georgia and around the country are hoping a victory on Tuesday by Ossoff, a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide, would send a message to President Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress.
"It's bigger than the 6th," said Holly Simmel, a volunteer for the Ossoff campaign, who admitted neglecting her job to spend more time canvassing.
Trump and Republicans in Congress need to take notice, Simmel said, hoping that an upset by Ossoff would portend a coming Democratic wave in the 2018 midterm elections.
"They need to get used to the idea of no safe seats, because people are fed up, people are fed up everywhere," she argued.
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/20/533587373/bigger-than-the-6th-voters-head-to-polls-in-georgia-race-thats-turned-on-trump
