A special election in Georgia, for a PARTIAL TERM, turns out to be a nail biter.
Democrats have pinned their hopes (and lots of dollars & hollywood star power) on winning this election. Hillary Clinton lost this district to Donald Trump by roughly 2% so its a close district. They are looking at the young Democrat as a "Trump slayer" who can throw a monkey wrench into the Trump agenda and turn around the losses that the Democrats have been seeing in elections as the Democratic party has taken a hard turn to the far left.
Spending by the campaigns and outside groups has topped $50 million, making it the most expensive house race in history.
For a house race in the rural south, the New York Times has taken special interest and is running live results here >>> https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-congressional-runoff-ossoff-handel
Way to close to call, but early 'projections' are that the Republican has a SLIGHT edge of just about 1% ... if things pan out as projected, this will be a major loss for the Democrats who have heavily publicized this election.
The seat has been held by the Republicans since the late 1970's but the Democrats believed it was nearly a sure bet to pick up this seat.
Democrats have pinned their hopes (and lots of dollars & hollywood star power) on winning this election. Hillary Clinton lost this district to Donald Trump by roughly 2% so its a close district. They are looking at the young Democrat as a "Trump slayer" who can throw a monkey wrench into the Trump agenda and turn around the losses that the Democrats have been seeing in elections as the Democratic party has taken a hard turn to the far left.
Spending by the campaigns and outside groups has topped $50 million, making it the most expensive house race in history.
For a house race in the rural south, the New York Times has taken special interest and is running live results here >>> https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-congressional-runoff-ossoff-handel
Way to close to call, but early 'projections' are that the Republican has a SLIGHT edge of just about 1% ... if things pan out as projected, this will be a major loss for the Democrats who have heavily publicized this election.
The seat has been held by the Republicans since the late 1970's but the Democrats believed it was nearly a sure bet to pick up this seat.