Article snippet: Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories 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 own party between admirers of President Trump and those made uneasy by his turbulent new administration. 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 Trump. That fervor quickly elevated what would otherwise have been a sleepy local race into a high-stakes referendum on Trump and the most expensive House campaign in history. The surprisingly easy victory for Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state and Fulton County official, averted a humiliating upset for Republicans in an affluent, suburban Atlanta seat they have held for nearly 40 years. And it showed that Republicans skeptical of Trump remain comfortable supporting more conventional candidates from their party. The apparent success of relentless Republican attacks linking Ossoff to the House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, and her “San Francisco values” also reaffirmed the efficacy of tying Democratic candidates in conservative districts to their brethren in more liberal parts of the country. With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Handel had 52.6 percent of the vote ... Link to the full article to read more