But his late push for GOP candidate Karen Handel - which essentially tries to rile up Republican voters with a read meat pitch - shows how, on many issues, he has drifted to the right. Both candidates have expanded their efforts greatly since the April primary, at which time totals only amounted to $8 million for Ossoff and $476,000 for Handel.
Democratic candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional Seat Jon Ossoff speaks to supporters during an election-night watch party Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Dunwoody, Ga.
The real test for Handel and mainstream Republicans is whether they can "turn out Trump voters without Trump on the ballot", said GOP strategist Matt Mackowiak.
Turnout is on track to far exceed what is normal even for a November midterm and certainly beyond expectations for a special election.
ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) - The most expensive House race in USA history is in the hands of voters Tuesday in the northern suburbs of Atlanta.
"Very, very encouraged by things". That makes it hard, they say, to know what the numbers actually mean.
Republicans have held the seat since 1979.
Collectively, the Georgia and SC special races are being viewed as a potential harbinger of things to come in next November's midterm elections. State officials say they're confident the technology is secure. Handel was joined by some high-ranking Republicans including former Governor Sonny Purdue and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price at a rally at the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Chamblee Saturday morning. "VOTE TODAY", the president posted on Twitter.
The GOP will tout this as a win not just for Handel but for Trump as well.
"The strategy for this campaign has always been about who is best and the right fit for people of this district", Handel said on Monday. While she said she had not seen any concrete positives come out of Trump's leadership, she was also not particularly enthused by Ossoff, a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker and former Congressional staff member.
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Yet Ossoff barely mentions the president, talking instead in generalities about "restoring civility" and the importance of Congress as an oversight body. But the district was not almost as supportive of Trump: He beat former secretary of State Hillary Clinton by less than 2 points.
Handel has handled Trump gingerly.
That hasn't stopped Trump from weighing in on the race.
In another tweet Trump blasted Ossoff, claiming that he would raise taxes "to the highest level" and would be "weak on crime and security". Ossoff has said the address is close to Emory University, where his fiancee attends medical school. His campaign has been fueled by more than $23 million in fundraising. He emphasizes it's mostly from individual donors. Handel notes that many of those people live in Democratic-leaning states.
Kate Constantini, a spokeswoman for the Handel campaign, stated over the weekend, as reported by The Hill: "For any group to use the shooting this week for political or personal benefit is shameful".
"If we're losing upper middle-class suburban seats in the South, we need to start having discussions immediately on. how in the world are we going to limit the damage in 2018 with Donald Trump as head of our party and president of the United States", Lake added.
Research indicates that 50 Million dollars have been spent on the race, making it the costliest Congressional race ever.
That's exceptionally more than what an average House race costs, about $1.4 million for a winning campaign as of 2014.
In 2012, Republican nominee Mitt Romney won the district by 21 percentage points over president Barack Obama, Lake noted.
But with Democrats falling short in those races, and Republicans expected to hold a SC congressional seat also up for grabs yesterday, all eyes have turned to Georgia.
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