Jon Ossoff launches run for Senate in Georgia

Jon Ossoff will join Georgia's Democratic primary race to unseat first-term Republican Sen. David Perdue

Jon Ossoff, the former congressional candidate who lost a nationally watched special election in Georgia in 2017, launched a campaign for Senate on Tuesday, calling the state a critical battleground that could decide the Senate majority.

“Georgia is the most competitive state in the country and the Senate majority will be decided in Georgia,” Ossoff said in an interview.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Ossoff, 32, will likely face a similar array of attacks from Republicans who will bash him as inexperienced and without credentials to be elected to the Senate.

He said he remains friends with and is in regular contact with Stacey Abrams, the party’s nominee for governor in 2018 who passed on running for Senate. Abrams is likely to remain neutral in the primary, and Ossoff declined to discuss private conversations with her. “Jon’s 2017 campaign sparked a flame that is burning brighter than ever, in Georgia and across the country,” Lewis said. “Like the many thousands Jon has already organized and inspired, I am ready to work tirelessly to elect him.”

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