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Election in Georgia's 6th congressional district appears headed to runoff
The Week ^ | April 18, 2017 | The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Posted on 04/18/2017 8:13:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

With 54 percent of precincts in Georgia's 6th congressional district reporting, Democrat Jon Ossoff has 50 percent of the vote, followed by Republican Karen Handel with 18 percent and Republican Judson Hill with 10 percent. This special election is being held to fill the seat left vacant earlier this year by Republican Tom Price, who became the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The district covers areas of metro Atlanta, a conservative stronghold that was barely won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. There are 18 candidates in the race, and if one does not receive a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held in June between the top two finishers.


TOPICS: Georgia; Campaign News; Parties; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: democrats; ga06; ga2017; ga6; georgia; ossoff; runoff; specialelection
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To: CaptainK

Thus guy looks like Anthony Weiner.


21 posted on 04/18/2017 8:34:47 PM PDT by ShivaFan
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To: Kazan

The democrats blew their cash trying to avoid a runoff... But Handel will defeat the liberal pajama boy in the next round... when it counts.


22 posted on 04/18/2017 8:35:06 PM PDT by proudpapa (Trump Pence earned it.)
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To: hoosiermama

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329361-live-results-georgia-special-election


23 posted on 04/18/2017 8:35:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Democrats hate too much

It’d be funny as hell if he missed 50% by 1 vote, considering he can’t vote for himself.


24 posted on 04/18/2017 8:35:22 PM PDT by MaxistheBest (...)
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To: Rusty0604

...How did the democrat manage to get 50% in a conservative district?...

George Soros.


25 posted on 04/18/2017 8:35:28 PM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: KC_Lion

The Georgia Republican party must have a large stock of participation ribbons.


26 posted on 04/18/2017 8:39:05 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: 2banana

Yes because the precincts that haven’t been counted are heavily GOP. He started the night at 562.

He will drop below fifty by the end of the might


27 posted on 04/18/2017 8:40:03 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Rusty0604

Wait till the end of the evening

Plus this district is not as conservative as it once was


28 posted on 04/18/2017 8:41:42 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: proudpapa

This while thing has been blown way out of proportion.
It is in DeKalb and Fulton Counties and Cobb. Republicans ran 17 people. Dude will get less than 50% of the vote even so.


29 posted on 04/18/2017 8:44:41 PM PDT by DOGHEAD
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To: vladimir998

Maybe Ronna Romney will somehow find her tongue and SPEAK UP about the wisdom of having so many candidates spliting the GOP vote. She is, after all the RNC Chair. Very low profile.
I have seen less of her than I used to see of Reince.


30 posted on 04/18/2017 8:47:50 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: hoosiermama
Live results (supposedly):

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-special-election-district-6

Even the NYT admits Ossoff won't come close to 50%.

Ossoff at 50.3% with 55k in Fulton County left. Our guess he gets 45%; needs 49. Seems small, but very hard.

31 posted on 04/18/2017 8:48:41 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Nifster

32 posted on 04/18/2017 8:49:18 PM PDT by ShivaFan
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To: vladimir998

+ 100000


33 posted on 04/18/2017 8:56:31 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: adorno

Conspiracy? Sounds more like normal business.


34 posted on 04/18/2017 8:57:24 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Blue Devil Reaganite

1) many northerners voted their own states uninhabitable, left, but never made the intellectual connection, and now vote the same way here.


They do that all over the country. They wreck one place, can’t figure out why they no longer like it there, and go on to another place and repeat it.


35 posted on 04/18/2017 8:57:27 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives.have diseased minds.)
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To: Kazan

Thats my guess...but would be nice uf the article would be explicit.


36 posted on 04/18/2017 8:57:56 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: lee martell

Was not very impressed with her appearance on Lou Dobbs’ Show Tuesday night.
She said that she had (only) visited 15 states since taking over as RNC Chair.
And, I am very skeptical of her intentions, considering the fact that she’s Mittens’ niece.


37 posted on 04/18/2017 9:01:16 PM PDT by edie1960
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ossoff oddly tries to sound EXACTLY like Barack Obama. “From Georgia”...but has identical accent and speaking manner of Barry. Truly bizarre attempt at neuro-linguistic programming.


38 posted on 04/18/2017 9:01:27 PM PDT by montag813
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To: 2banana

Yeah, it wasn’t long ago that they’d declare a recount if the Dem only got 47% and steal it in the re-re-recount.


39 posted on 04/18/2017 9:02:04 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: montag813

This guy sounds like an out of state yankee and looks like Anthony Weiner.

Anyway, he is toast:

Jon Ossoff
Dem.
88,562 48.6%
Karen Handel
Rep.
35,502 19.5
Bob Gray
Rep.
19,032 10.4
Judson Hill
Rep.
16,456 9.0
Dan Moody
Rep.
15,915 8.7
Others
6,709 3.7
84% reporting (177 of 210 precincts)


40 posted on 04/18/2017 9:03:19 PM PDT by ShivaFan
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