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>> those frustrations were the same at the presidential election, the numbers look similar. ossoff slightly outperformed hillary clinton in that district. as we move forward to 2018, 23 republicans up for re-election in districts where hillary clinton won. is there a national lesson to be learned for those republicans? >> well, i think that the national lesson that we need to learn is that donald trump will play a role in every single race. he is going to be sort of the elephant in every single one of these districts, you know, for democrats. they are going to run against him entirely and he's...

She can get support from a lot of those supporters who backed her republican opponents. question is the impact that donald trump will have as they try to woo swing voters. people may be disaffected by his presidency. guys. >> thanks very much. for his part, president trump sees the georgia result as a victory for the gop and he's even taking credit for it. take a look at this midnight tweet from the president saying despite major outside money fake media support and 11 republican candidates big r win with runoff in georgia, glad to be of help. john ossoff did raise $8.3 million for his campaig...

Just short of the 50 plus 1% that he needed to win this seat outright meaning there's 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 addressed supporters. >> we have defied the odds. we have shattered expectations. we will be ready to figh...

Seat we'll give the latest and what it all means is this a referendum on donald trump's popularity? we have karen handel on the republican who goes to the runoff with john ossoff. we'll be talking about if this is some sort of, you know, weather vane for what's going on in the rest of the country. >> bet the makeup back on. >> she done need it. >> you look great. >> see you in a bit. one of the most iconic banks on wall street released its most disappointing earnings rate ever. we'll tell you why next. 42 yeare teacher who dominates "video game football what are the odds i could be drafted as ...

Settled just yet. a special election to fill a seat held for decades by republicans now headed to a june 20th runoff between 30-year-old democratic first timer john ossoff and republican karen handle. >> it's been widely republican since the carter administration. held by newt gingrich and tom price whose departure to become health and human services secretary set off this special telecommunication. a race viewed as a bellwether. the democrats are claiming it a victory for teenages. more now from atlanta. >> reporter: good morning, now john ossoff the democratic candidate here in the sixth dis...