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Force runoff and easy win and recording this message to gop voters in the suburban atlanta district >> only you can stop the super liberal democrats and nancy pelosi. >> reporter: but the race has exposed deep gop divisions including attacks like this one on republican candidate karen andel from a conservative group that backs one of her opponents. >> stop karen andel, a big-spending career politician we can't trust with our money. >> reporter: andel tells cnn that those attacks have fallen flat and predicts the party will come together and keep the seat red. >> we will unite for this reason. ...

Sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't, people are watching this one because if there is a road back for the democrats in 2018 to a majority, it is largely through sets like this with more white collar whites than the national average and where trump significantly declined to romney. we found 40 districts, half of them are seriously competitive and those are the first on the top of the list for democrats looking to recapture the congress. >> it's interesting, david chalian, he's been tweeting a lot about this one special congressional race, and if ossoff were to win tonight, that would b...

Celebrities, ossoff is trying to keep the race focused on local issues. >> this race is about local economic issues here and values that unite people in the community in georgia before it's about the national political circus. >> reporter: but the former congressional staffer has had to defend himself over the fact that he lives just outside the district and could not vote for himself today. >> well, i grew up in this district. i grew up in this community. >> reporter: with bitter gop infighting dominating a crowded field of 18 total candidates, 11 of them republicans and ossoff has consolidat...

Wolf. it's going to be close tonight. democrats are trying to send a message to president trump by turning a house seat republicans in georgia have held for nearly 40 years blue. >> this is an opportunity for our community to -- to show our true colors. >> reporter: a victory by 30-year-old democrat jon ossoff in the sixth district, a seat once held by newt gingrich and the most recently by new health and human services secretary tom price. it would amount to a major repudiation of trump and an early sign that the democrats could pick up the 24 seats that they need to take back control of the ...