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Time to do something else and somebody as well tested, as well experienced in politics as karen handel lose a race like this to a newcomer, are you going to think twice about running for re-election? >> child care center, wouldn't that imply that there's someone taking care of the children? >> i might get -- >> we'll see. but of course handel looks like the incumbent because the president is a republican and such a high-profile president. >> i'll be curious if osoff wins if people get more excited. they're not excited by his politics, he's not very liberal and not very popular so i'd be curiou...

Greater commitment to accountability and we can build a coalition that's committed that those goals. >> reporter: and republican karen handle has talked about national issues as ossoff has tried to make himself more nonpart snon pa nonpa nonpartisan, his ads don't label him as a democrat. >> disturbingly, my opponent thinks the answer to fighting terrorism is sending a film crew to the front line. who are veterans in the room, raise your hand. ladies and gentlemen, they are the front line, right there. >> reporter: so that's a reference to ossoff, he was a documentary filmmaker before he jumpe...

Again. give us an idea of the excitement of the candidates and the voters, alex. >> reporter: alex, there definitely is a sense of excitement. we had early vote wrapping here and numbers were far above expectations for a special election. i think, like a lot of places around the country, people are motivated by national issues, as much as this is a local congressional election, a lot of the issues that have been announced are national. jon os ooff came by this office and said he wanted to make a statement that he wanted to be heard around the world, which speaks to the level of attention that'...

We're about 990 minutes away from polls closing in a very closely watched special election in georgia. democrats there and nationwide, they are hoping anti-trump sentiment will help them win a house seat that's being held -- that's been held by republicans for decades. our senior congressional reporter manu raju is in atlanta and there at the democratic headquarters of jon osoff. give us the lateest. >> reporter: republicans and democrats are trying to manage expectations ahead of the election. republicans saying if it emerges there's a runoff and jon ossoff does not get the 51% to get -- to w...

Bics pect if this does go to a runoff, lots of outside money to pour in, neither side will concede this race. june 20thth is the runoff date and it will be heavily contested. who knows. it won't be a slam dunk for republicans. they are conceding that right now. >> lots of money. he's already raised $8 million, ossoff, which is a ton of money for a district like that. manu raju. let's dig deep we are our experts. david chalian, if the democrats and ossoff were to win tonight, how big of a deal would that be as far as trump is concerned? >> i think -- no doubt a big deal. it would be a blow to h...