Things are getting interesting in Georgia
Jon Ossoff became a household name in 2017, and is now running for the Senate. Photo: David Goldman/AP/Shutterstock In the spring of 2017, there was no hotter name in American politics than that of Jon Ossoff. The novice Democratic congressional candidate running in a special election for an open House seat in the Atlanta suburbs broke every fundraising record in sight.
Often criticized by progressives in 2018 for being too centrist and for having too little outreach to minority voters, Ossoff has been working on his left flanks, picking up an endorsement from onetime opponent and local progressive champion Ted Terry , and relying heavily on ads featuring Congressman John Lewis . With seven names on the Democratic ballot for the June 9 primary, though, the odds are good Ossoff will be knocked into an August 11 runoff against either Tomlinson or Amico .
There will be another Senate race on the ballot in November . The appointed Republican incumbent, Kelly Loeffler, is off to a terrible start in the Senate, beset by bad publicity over insider-trading suspicions stemming from stock sales by her and her very rich husband , and facing opposition from both Democrats and Republicans .
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