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BREAKING: Jon Ossoff Finishes Below 50% (Another Humiliating Democrat Defeat)
mediaite.com ^ | April 19th, 2017

Posted on 04/18/2017 9:35:49 PM PDT by Helicondelta

This evening, all eyes were on the special election in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District as Democrats were hoping to flip the seat that has been held by Republicans for decades. The seat recently opened up after Republican Tom Price left to take over as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Going into the night, Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff was way up in the polls as a number of GOP hopefuls threw their hats into the ring. However, despite the fact that he was polling in the mid-40s, roughly 30 points ahead of his nearest opponent, Ossoff and Democrats knew he needed to get more support in order to gain at least 50% and avoid a runoff.

In the end, Ossoff ended up pulling in less than 50%, with totals showing him at 48.6% after a huge dump of votes came in from Fulton County around midnight, leading to numerous outlets to project this as heading to a runoff.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: 115th; election; ga06; ga2017; ga6; georgia; jonossoff; ossoff; runoff; specialelection
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1 posted on 04/18/2017 9:35:49 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

Why the hell did the Republicans run 11 candidates? Talk about splitting the vote. They should’ve banded together and knocked this election off.


2 posted on 04/18/2017 9:37:13 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Helicondelta

And Sammy Jackson cries.


3 posted on 04/18/2017 9:39:42 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Helicondelta

Supposedly he spent $8M of his own money than at least a $1M from the dnc that we know of. So a lot of money was thrown into this race.


4 posted on 04/18/2017 9:39:49 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Beowulf9

Agreed!


5 posted on 04/18/2017 9:40:00 PM PDT by NEWwoman (God Bless America)
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To: Beowulf9
Why the hell did the Republicans run 11 candidates??

I agree. Were they going for a win or participation ribbons? Dumb. Just dumb (again)

6 posted on 04/18/2017 9:40:57 PM PDT by llevrok (A group of baboons is called a "congress." Just sayin' .....)
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To: Helicondelta

Good news!


7 posted on 04/18/2017 9:41:09 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Helicondelta

Hollywierd couldn’t even turn 5% in a small district. Talk about irrelevant.


8 posted on 04/18/2017 9:42:30 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Helicondelta

Astroturf candidate.


9 posted on 04/18/2017 9:46:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: Beowulf9
Why the hell did the Republicans run 11 candidates?

Because if there's one thing the Republicans are good at, it is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory....

10 posted on 04/18/2017 9:46:16 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Beowulf9

that’s still way too hight of a % for a democrat in this district. Like you said, over 10 GOP candidates running? Incompetence. The GOP still can’t get its act together. Trump had to whip them into it most of the time.


11 posted on 04/18/2017 9:46:19 PM PDT by bjcoop
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12 posted on 04/18/2017 9:46:26 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 37m37 minutes ago

Despite major outside money, FAKE media support and eleven Republican candidates, BIG "R" win with runoff in Georgia. Glad to be of help!

13 posted on 04/18/2017 9:47:13 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Beowulf9
Why the hell did the Republicans run 11 candidates?

Uniparty operates as a circular firing squad.

14 posted on 04/18/2017 9:47:40 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: llevrok

The stupid party vs the evil party...


15 posted on 04/18/2017 9:47:55 PM PDT by null and void (Drain the swamp! Get rid of the mosque-itoes!)
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To: Smittie; bjcoop

Even if I were to live to be 100 years old...I will never understand our Republican willingness to cannibalize our own candidates.

16 posted on 04/18/2017 9:50:13 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: bray

The power of the massive Trump twitter outreach was like the call by Paul Revere, that the turncoats were coming.

Trump tweets were the edge. Leftist tears make the best beer.


17 posted on 04/18/2017 9:50:21 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (Y)
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To: Beowulf9
The answer is in who funded most of their campaigns.
Look for donations from groups that George Soros funds.
18 posted on 04/18/2017 9:50:54 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Parley Baer

what kind of a fool spends $8mm of your own money to run for the US House. What a jerk!


19 posted on 04/18/2017 9:51:08 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: Beowulf9
Why the hell did the Republicans run 11 candidates?

Do they get to keep the money they raise maybe?

20 posted on 04/18/2017 9:51:57 PM PDT by donna (God's standards, like it or not, are the basis for the laws that led to western civilization.)
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