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But democrats across the nation, they're telling a story that this is a huge victory or a symbolic one, i guess, for them, but he didn't win. >> reporter: well, i think it's more than symbolic, it's a sign, they hope, of things to come because this is a very red district and you have a candidate who came out of nowhere. a lot of national support, a lot of national money, jon ossoff, and he got very, very close. through the night it seemed that he might actually pass the 50% mark, but as more returns came in, his tally fell below that. here is the final numbers, look at the board there. 48.1% f...

Strategy group. theyanted john ossoff toet over 50% and win it outright and send a message to donald trump. he did not do that but it was quite close. who ultimately won? was it the democrats because it was close or republicans because they were able to stave him off? >> we're going to find out on june 20th when there's a runoff. the republicans are immensely relieved because it would have been an enormous embarrassment to them. but i think that democrats but more broadly the anti-trump movement won something important. this seat went to tom price, the republican by 23 points. ossoff got 48.1,...

Georgia's sixth congressional district last night, finishing with 48.1%. that's just shy of the 50% he needed to win the seat outright. ossoff will now face off against republican karen handel, the next top vote getter in a runoff election on june 20th. the race is seen as a referendum on trump ndonald trump presiden. lindsey graham gave a wake up call for his party. >> districts like this all over the country are getting more moderate. i think karen will do a good job. she's probably the best republican we could have chosen. i like her chances of winning the seat, but this should be a wakeup ...

He was admitted on friday after a persistent cough kept him from getting prer rest. it is his second hospital stay this year. he was admitted for two weeks back in january. we're told the pneumonia has been treated. the closely watched election in georgia is going a runoff as jon ossoff came up short. ossoff won 48.1%, about 4300 votes shy out of the 193,000 cast from winning outright. republican karen handel, georgia's former secretary of state, also advances to the runoff capturing nearly 20% of the vote. it could be an expensive and high profile race. ossoff raised $8 million in the ire o...

Georgia after a democrat came up just short of winning in a conservative district for an open seat in congress. finishing with 48.1%, democrat jon ossoff fell 4300 shy of 50% which would have given him an outright victory. voter turnout was high for special election, more than 193,000 people casting ballots near the levels for a midterm election. the race was widely seen as a referendum on president trump who tweeted about the election six times from sday through tuesday. mostly attacking the democrat. his latest came just after midnight today, quote, despite major outside money, fake media su...