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Breaking overnight from georgia sixth congressional district the only thing settled there this morning really that nothing is settled there, a special election to fill a seat held for decades by republicans now headed to a june 20th runoff between 30-year-old first timer john ossoff and karen handle. >> this seat has been widely republican since the carter administration. its been held over the years by newt gingrich and tom price whose departure to become health and human services secretary set...

Coming in right now? >> anderson, i can tell with you 45% of the vote coming in right now, jon ossoff is at 57.8% of the vote. the next closest candidate, the republican karen handel at 15.2%. ive been talking to top republican and democratic sources tonight. what theyre saying is that they are seeing ossoff do better than they. he pictured, particularly among the early vote in cobb county, a republican stronghold in the district. that doesnt necessarily mean he is going to get to the 50 plus 1 ...

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From sources from both parties is likely to fall short because karen handel who is number two republican, who is in position for second place, has a lot of in roads, a lot of support in fulton county and is likely to peel away from some of that support so we expect ossoff to fall just shy of that 50% threshold and face karen handel in a two-person run off. its not over for democrats they think they can still get that number 50 plus 1 but right now it is looking unlikely. it would be disappointin...

Just short of the 50 plus 1% that he needed to win this seat outright meaning theres now going to be a runoff in two months against the republican candidate karen handle former georgia secretary of state who will try to consolidate support in this conservative strict. this district has not gone to a democratic candidate since, actually the last 37 years. the fact that mr. ossoff came close gave democrats a reason to cheer last night even though he fell short. this is what he said when he address...

In any way that looks realistic like theyre going to happen. the thing is, its always the 100-day mark, its the sort of media invention. it goes back to fdr. it is a useful metric in terms of comparing this president too sorry presidents. obama was at 65% approval rating after the first 100 days. he had the stimulus package, as well. this president i think lacking in terps of those major pieces of legislation. he said yesterday that you know, hes going to surprise us and maybe stuff will get don...

Reaction and like lindsey graham, this is a wake-up call. dont give democrats a participation trophy here. is this a wake-up call for the gop? >> i dont want to say it is a wake-up call but certainly the numbers would lend people to believe that there is an intensity for democrats, no question. can they take it over the top and get that 50 plus 1? i dont think so. this is where donald trump is the best at. if he goes down there and continues what hes doing. the rnc for a specific candidate and v...

Georgia, i believe youre going to see it in montana and all over this country. its the many so-called red states working people are going to wake up and say wait a second. republicans want to cut social security, medicare, med and education and they want to give be hundreds of millions of dollars of tax breaks to the top 1%. we dont want that. >> if he doesnt get 50 plus 1, is this a big blow to their momentum? >> theres no doubt. theyre all in on this. it certainly will be a disappointment for ...

A fascinating race to watch. but heres the key -- the democrat in this race getting certainly a lot of media attention, a lot of star power coming down, but that didnt help hillary clinton, and he has to get 50 plus 1 tomorrow. and if hes not able to do that, which i dont believe that he will, hes not going to win in a runoff with the republican. right now we have several good republican candidates between handle gray and many others, so theyre looking strong and i see this going into a runoff, ...

Congressional aide running in this contest. jackson is trying to motivate turnout. as you know, a special election, all about turnout because nobody really knows its happening. it is happening at some random time. no one is counting on any kind of casual voter to show up. it is all about the most committed folks. so thats what this is geared towards. you have to remember also, on tuesday, this is a game of getting the 50% plus 1. because if nobody gets to 50% plus 1, the top two finishers go int...