With days until voters in Georgia's sixth district head to the polls, Ossoff is making the smart move by focusing not just on the corruption that continues to consume the White House, but the disastrous Republican policy agenda that will bury the middle class. Trump called the race "Hollywood vs. Georgia".
Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff are vying for the seat in the special runoff election, which includes parts of Brookhaven, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. Many analysts believe it may provide insight into the fortunes of the parties in next year's midterm elections for the U.S. House - in which Tuesday's victor will have to compete if they want to keep their seat.
Less than 48 hours before the polls open in Georgia's 6th congressional district for a special election to replace Rep. Tom Price who took a job as President Trump's HHS secretary, and the latest polls show a almost dead even race.
Democrats say the increasingly diverse area exemplifies the sort of educated and affluent suburban district that Democrats will need to win to recapture the House.
The Democratic hopeful, Jon Ossoff, might seem an unlikely challenger.
Ossoff planned to hopscotch across the district to several get-out-the-vote events, adding he was unconcerned by Price's planned visit.
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Ossoff may have raised more money than Handel, but she has the support of President Trump, as well as Price and Agriculture Secretary and former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue. The single seat in the House of Representatives at stake in tomorrow's special election was once held by Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker.
Ossoff, who led April's first round but fell shy of outright victory, gamely insisted that "this is about the folks right here in Georgia". "They think he can fool you". The race now faces a runoff between Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel. The majority of the funds are being spent of television ads, though millions are also being going to ground game efforts. "I would never do anything that would hurt my sister", she says.
Michael McDonald, who works for the U.S. Elections Project and is an associate professor at the University of Florida, has been charting the data in the district every day since early voting started May 30.
Karen Handel: Running as a staunch conservative in a district where that normally plays well, Handel is relying on her extensive record in both public and private life.
Both sides admit that as much as the race matters, the candidates' own qualities and local issues aren't likely to change the results.
"This race is about more than what either of them are doing", said Lake.
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