GOP scrambles to head off special election disaster
In Georgia, Democratic energy is surging in one of the first congressional elections of the Trump era.
By Elena Schneider
03/30/17 12:25 PM EDT
Updated 03/30/17 01:59 PM EDT
Republicans are increasingly anxious that a splintered GOP field could lead to an upset Democratic victory in one of the first congressional elections of the Trump era.
Once an unthinkable prospect in the conservative suburban Atlanta seat left vacant by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, party officials now concede that Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old Democrat, could steal a district that’s been in GOP hands for decades.
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