In Republican ‘burbs’, Georgia election centers on a Democrat

The chairman of Georgia Republicans’ Sixth Congressional District wants to steel party faithful for a special House election to choose a successor to Tom Price, President Trump’s new health secretary.

Democratic and Republican leaders handicap the race as the most competitive of five upcoming House special elections, and a GOP political action committee already has committed more than $1 million to defeating Ossoff.



Because it’s a special election, the Georgia contest features 18 candidates on one primary ballot.

Among Democrats, Ossoff has the only full-scale campaign operation, while a gaggle of well-known Republicans scramble for the conservative vote in a district that elected former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Johnny Isakson, now a U.S. senator.