Democrat Lucy McBath narrowly flipped Georgia’s 6th Congressional District this year, winning it by two percentage points.
Jon Ossoff knows better than most how big of a victory that is. He also knows it will be a battle for Democrats to hold this suburban Atlanta seat.
“I think for years to come it’ll be a fight,” he said. Ossoff was the Democratic candidate in the district’s special election in 2017, after former GOP Rep. Tom Price vacated the seat to serve as secretary of Health and Human Services. That race was widely seen as the first referendum on Trump, and as a result became the most expensive House race ever. Republican Karen Handel ultimately won by nearly 4 points.
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