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Article snippet: 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. It's about an extraordinary community at an extraordinary moment in history." Democrats had hoped a victory would send a rebuke to President Trump's agenda by winning a once-safe Republican seat. Yet he fell short by about 5 percent of the vote, leaving Democrats frustrated about the tens of millions spent on his behalf. Supporters packed the ballroom of the Westin Hotel in an Atlanta suburb. CNN played on the two large monitors, and the crowd cheered loudly when vote tallies showed Ossoff up earlier in the night. When CNN projected that Handel would be the next congresswoman, the crowd grew silent, with a mixture of boos and a noticeable shift in the mood. There were sporadic chants of “this is what democracy looks like” and “not my congresswoman.” But when Ossoff took the stage alongside his fiance Alisha Kramer, the jam-packed room erupted in cheers. Ossoff struck an optimistic tone in his address that las... Link to the full article to read more