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Affect the republican party at large. it's because of what it says about him. >> and that point about handle is an important one. gray has been the trumpian candidate, the make america great again candidate. handel has been the kind of aentd trump republican, right? >> right. although it's a little mixed. i feel like it's a little bit confused because on the one hand she'll say that she plans to work with donald trump, and there's, you know, gray will hit her for not being pro-trump enough although it's not clear that's an attack with any kind of purchase in a district where trump's favorabili...

If nobody clears 50% tonight, there will be a run-off, another contest june 20th between just the top two finishers. polls have been closed for just over two hours. oh, the election music. still very early. you can see there on the upper right corner is the percentage of precincts that have fully reports. 23% have fully reported. the results currently show jon ossoff in the lead and over the 50% threshold. at 55%. behind him is karen handle, former georgia secretary of state. behintd her are dan moody and a trump supporting business executive named bob gray. now in terms of what these mean, wh...

Colleague. >> updating you on breaking news out of georgia's 6th congressional district where votes are still being counted. 30-year-old democrat jon ossoff raised $8 million in his bid to flip his congressional seat from red to blue. there are 18 people running in this election, 11 republicans, five democrats and two independents. the question tonight is whether ossoff or other candidates can clear 50%. if so that person wins the seat. if not there will be a run off election june 20 for the top two finishers. right now with 84% jon ossoff at the 48%. republican karen handelwith 19%. behind he...

Order. you've got people like karen handel, the former georgia secretary of state, and people like bob gray, who actually hired some of trump's state workers to work on his campaign. both of these gop candidates say there is no way ossoff is going to pull out a win here. kate? >> today's the first step and then we'll see what happens after that. do they go to the runoff in june? tbd. great to see you, jason. thanks so much. let's talk about this. cnn politics reporter and editor at large chris cillizza's with me now. chris, you say donald trump's making this special election all about him. gen...

If ossoff gets 50% tonight, he'll be top of the fold tomorrow. if he comes in in the mid-40s, somewhere below the fold. it's a bigger story if it's anti-trump. >> no. it's a surprise if he gets 50%. that would be a political -- if not an earthquake, definitely a tremor in a district that ought to be going republican. if he gets 40%, that's a pretty respectable showing. it gets him into the runoff, but it will be harder for him in the runoff against a -- >> what do you think of hendel? >> she's a former secretary of state, but she's lost some elections before. she's tried to walk this middle li...