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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.....

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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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To: SaveFerris
California liberals threw their money into the garbage can!

Speaking of losers, that reminds me. Did Jill Stein ever return the money donated to her recount campaign?

181 posted on 06/21/2017 3:57:27 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: agave
What constitutes a “furious challenge?” Osoff lost by five percentage points.

Where I come from, 53% to 47% is a 6-point spread. Just sayin...

182 posted on 06/21/2017 4:09:39 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (The question about fighting back is not what average people can to do, but how to do we do it?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

183 posted on 06/21/2017 4:51:45 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: eaglestar

184 posted on 06/21/2017 4:53:36 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

People were Russian to the polls to vote for Handel who won Handely.


185 posted on 06/21/2017 5:12:34 AM PDT by Go Gordon (Barack McGreevey Obama)
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To: KavMan

186 posted on 06/21/2017 5:21:19 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Alas Babylon!

Where?


187 posted on 06/21/2017 5:46:35 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SkyDancer

>>why is Pelosi pictured on Drudge and not Handel?

That is an excellent question, and one that I would personally like Mr. Drudge to answer. Where are you Mr. Drudge??????


188 posted on 06/21/2017 5:47:25 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

With a margin like that it will take at least four recounts for him to win.


189 posted on 06/21/2017 5:56:41 AM PDT by DBrow
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To: RC one

Tears are good but nooses and electric chairs are better


190 posted on 06/21/2017 6:00:58 AM PDT by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: basalt

>>i golf with a out of control never Trumper..he just seethes with hatred

Man you must have a cast-iron stomach to golf with someone who seethes with hatred. Nosy people like me would love to know why you do it!


191 posted on 06/21/2017 6:15:39 AM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: BenLurkin

Georgia's 6th CD dodged a bullet. Just imagine this Bowl Of Stupid, in charge.

192 posted on 06/21/2017 6:31:38 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96

I see at least four potential J T Hodgkinsons in there.


193 posted on 06/21/2017 6:52:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Hildy
What has the world come to when you the Follywood Rats and Nyc Gay rats can’t even buy a Congressional seat for $50M dollars.
194 posted on 06/21/2017 6:53:01 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (We are Millwall and on Flight 93 for our country! Lets Roll! For Americans and President Trump!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Russia’s Fault Again in Georgia! The new George Bush! ROTFL! (FlingWingFlyer )


195 posted on 06/21/2017 6:56:47 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (We are Millwall and on Flight 93 for our country! Lets Roll! For Americans and President Trump!)
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To: KavMan

They are at a wake!

And obviously, it’s not a Irish wake. Poor babies. ///s

Good.


196 posted on 06/21/2017 6:57:53 AM PDT by Daffynition ("The New PTSD: Post-Trump Stress Disorder" - The LSN didn't make Trump, so they can't break Trump.)
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To: PROCON

Bwahahahahahahahaha


197 posted on 06/21/2017 7:02:48 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: j. earl carter

And to think she is part of the givernment in the house, when she can’t even be honest or do what’s right with her own neighbor. Let’s both hope she is shunned from politics for good.


198 posted on 06/21/2017 7:09:37 AM PDT by Blue Highway (Q)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Democrats haven't figured out how to beat Trump," a senior Trump administration official said Tuesday night.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So true!
199 posted on 06/21/2017 7:14:00 AM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
~~~~~~~~~~~~~The faces of losers...
200 posted on 06/21/2017 7:20:14 AM PDT by mandaladon (It's always good to be underestimated. ~Donald Trump)
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