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Posted at 10:10 pm on June 20, 2017 by Andrea Ruth In a nail-biter to the finish race for all sides in Georgia’s 6th congressional district, the seat vacated by Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Republican Karen Handel has been projected to win with a decided lead over Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff. The seat has been in Republican control for forty years. The election was billed as a referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency.

Democrat Jon Ossoff conceded the Georgia special election runoff to Republican Karen Handel Tuesday night, even as he argued that the "fight goes on" for Democrats looking for a path forward. "This small community in Georgia, which has become the epicenter of politics, sometimes to my chagrin, for months now, it’s had nothing to do with me, it never has," Ossoff said as he addressed a packed room of supporters at his campaign’s watch party outside of Atlanta, soon after news outlets declared Handel the winner of the pivotal special election. "It's about you.

President Trump basked in Republican Karen Handel's victory in Georgia's special House election Tuesday night, tweeting that it was also a win for himself. "Thank you @FoxNews "Huge win for President Trump and GOP in Georgia Congressional Special Election," Trump tweeted. He later tweeted his congratulations to Handel on her win, saying: "Fantastic job, we are all very proud of you!" Trump had encouraged voters to get out and support Handel earlier in the day and had done a robocall campaigning for Handel.

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ATLANTA — Karen Handel, a veteran Republican officeholder, overcame a deluge of liberal money to win a special House election in Georgia on Tuesday, bridging the divide in her party between admirers of President Trump and those made uneasy by his turbulent new administration. Ms. Handel, 55, fended off Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old Democrat and political newcomer who emerged from obscurity to raise $25 million from progressives across the country eager to express their anger at Mr. Trump.

ATLANTA — Karen Handel, a veteran Republican officeholder, overcame a deluge of liberal money to win a special House election in Georgia on Tuesday, bridging the divide in her party between admirers of President Trump and those made uneasy by his turbulent new administration. Ms. Handel, 55, fended off Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old Democrat and political newcomer who emerged from obscurity to raise $25 million from progressives across the country eager to express their anger at Mr. Trump.