In declaring victory, Handel thanked Trump for his support despite her delicate handling of the subject of the president throughout the primary and runoff election to fill the congressional seat vacated by Tom Price, who is now a member of Trump's cabinet.
"Karen Handel - didn't even use Donald Trump's name on the stage tonight", Sanders insisted.
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In another tweet Trump blasted Ossoff, claiming that he would raise taxes "to the highest level" and would be "weak on crime and security".
Florence Reville Gibbs served in Congress from 1939 to 1941 and was the first women to represent the Peach State in the House.
For the media, "the outcome of any special election, while not an indicator of what might happen in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections, yesterday's Republican victories could still have a significant and immediate national impact". A super PAC backed by Ryan spent $7 million alone; the national GOP's House campaign arm added $4.5 million.
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A curious omission in the Queen's Speech at the formal open of the British Parliament Wednesday ginned up the rumor mill that U.S. In other respects, her speech - which is shaped by the governing party's priorities - was notable for what it left out entirely.
In 2009, the first year of Barack Obama's presidency, there were five congressional special elections, including one in a red district in upstate NY, and Democratic candidates won all five. Democrats came close but still lost two other contested special elections earlier this year for Republican-held seats in conservative Kansas and Montana, and the outcomes in Georgia and SC could put a crimp in the party's fundraising and candidate recruitment.
Handel said at her victory rally that she knew it was going to "require all hands on deck" for Republicans to hold on to the district. The South Carolina race didn't get as much coverage as Georgia's, which became the most expensive House race in history. Advertisements by her allies tied Democrat Jon Ossoff to black bloc anarchists, Muslim terrorists, Kathy Griffin, and the shooter of Rep. Steve Scalise.
At one for five in this year's special congressional elections - the one being a Southern California district where the GOP is moribund - the Democratic batting average is languishing around the Mendoza Line.
The Democratic frustration follows two special election defeats Tuesday. And then she continued: "At some point we have to be willing to say that yes, lots of conservative voters are hateful and willing to embrace bigots".
Liberal news outlets, meanwhile, came up with their own analysis of what went wrong for Democrats. As the president sent out tweet, his son Donald Trump Jr. chose to do the same on June 21. Yet he doggedly and laughably stuck to his talking point, insisting, "There's no question that money in politics is a major problem, which is one of the reasons that we need campaign finance reform so that candidates and campaigns will spend more time talking to voters and discussing the issues and less time raising money".
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