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Handel defeats Ossoff to win Georgia 6th District
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | June 20, 2017 | Greg Bluestein

Posted on 06/20/2017 7:11:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Republican Karen Handel staved off a furious challenge from Democrat Jon Ossoff on Tuesday in a race to represent a suburban Atlanta seat in Congress, as the GOP and President Donald Trump avoided an embarrassing defeat in the most expensive U.S. House contest in history.

A former Georgia secretary of state, Handel emphasized her experience and roots in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District to defeat Ossoff and keep a seat that’s long been held by Republicans in GOP hands. She becomes Georgia’s first female Republican member of the U.S. House.....

(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: carpetbagger; congress; democrats; ga2017; ga6; georgia; handel; hollywood; johnlewis; jonossoff; karenhandel; laughingmyossoff; ossoff
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1 posted on 06/20/2017 7:11:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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HOORAY Handel


2 posted on 06/20/2017 7:12:09 PM PDT by PGalt
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All that money from the California pinkos couldn’t buy that seat for Soros. Tsk tsk.


3 posted on 06/20/2017 7:12:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Soooooo good. Let the boo-hooing and dissembling continue.


4 posted on 06/20/2017 7:13:14 PM PDT by Hat-Trick (Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
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So... the democrat LOST....???? I guess that means this race ISN’T a “referendum on Trump”...

BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

They lose again.


5 posted on 06/20/2017 7:13:23 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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Will there be a Russian influence investigation? And why is Pelosi pictured on Drudge and not Handel?


6 posted on 06/20/2017 7:13:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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Headline on Fox News:

Georgia special House election too close to call

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/20/georgia-special-house-election-too-close-to-call.html


7 posted on 06/20/2017 7:13:42 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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Woo Hoo! First women congressional representative from Georgia!


8 posted on 06/20/2017 7:13:49 PM PDT by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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So much for this Pelosi drone being up by 2 points as of yesterday as reported by the fake news polling.


9 posted on 06/20/2017 7:14:21 PM PDT by Blue Highway (Q)
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Obviously the Russians did it again.


10 posted on 06/20/2017 7:14:46 PM PDT by Greensea
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The election was won by 10,000 ballots sent directly from Moscow. < /crazed leftist Russophobia mode>
11 posted on 06/20/2017 7:15:18 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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East Cobb County just delivered a BEAT DOWN to pajama boy, Jon Ossoff. Let the Dems have their “moral victories” while Republicans keep winning elections.


12 posted on 06/20/2017 7:15:19 PM PDT by Doctor Freeze
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13 posted on 06/20/2017 7:15:59 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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NY Times shows:

Handel: 116,182
Ossoff: 105,170

About 81% reporting.


14 posted on 06/20/2017 7:16:17 PM PDT by proxy_user
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The republican won the SC election also.


15 posted on 06/20/2017 7:16:18 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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Trump had the Russians hack into the voting machines in that district.

Investigation to commence, yesterday. Democrats were prepared to blame their loss on anything but their candidate.


16 posted on 06/20/2017 7:16:24 PM PDT by adorno (w)
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Poor pajama boy who could not vote for himself as he did not live in the district. Poor, poor Hollywood rabid leftists; so mush money spent on nothing. My heart bleeds.........


17 posted on 06/20/2017 7:17:36 PM PDT by Fungi (Mucor roxii is not a rock band.)
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Did I miss it or did this article not even mention the final win percentage?


18 posted on 06/20/2017 7:17:38 PM PDT by Blue Highway (Q)
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I know. Fox News has really gone down hill.


19 posted on 06/20/2017 7:17:39 PM PDT by aomagrat (Gun owners who vote for democrats are too stupid to own guns.)
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More Good News


20 posted on 06/20/2017 7:17:40 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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