The day has finally arrived. It’s June 20, and voters are going to the polls in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District to decide whether to send Democrat Jon Ossoff or Republican Karen Handel to Congress. The historically expensive race is seen as a toss-up: Democratic enthusiasm fed by an unpopular president vs. a deep red district.
Donald Trump—or, given the relative lack of typos and spittle-flecked rage, a staffer who absconded with the password to Trump’s Twitter account—once again started the day tweeting about the race, making wild claims about Handel supporting “great healthcare,” when the Republican healthcare plan is about as unpopular as Trump himself. Trump also went after Ossoff, claiming that he ”wants to raise your taxes to the highest level.” (Whatever “the highest level” means.)
Ossoff’s campaign has been powered by a huge volunteer effort:
Arlene Meyer, 47, a homemaker, said she has knocked on more than 1,500 doors for Ossoff. On Thursday afternoon, Meyer and her friend Cathy Karell, a 56-year-old retail manager, were going around a neighborhood in 89-degree weather to talk to people about Ossoff and make sure they voted. [...]
According to Ossoff’s campaign spokeswoman, Sacha Haworth, they’ve had more than 11,000 volunteers and knocked on half a million doors. If you include all the calls and texts they’ve sent, the campaign says they’ve made one million voter contacts. USA TODAY found that at least one potential voter had been contacted at least 15 times, without committing to Ossoff.
But despite all that, Handel has the huge advantage of being a Republican in a Republican district, and that’s why this race is such a nail-biter. We won’t have to wait too much longer to know how it turns out, but in the mean time, make sure everyone you know in Georgia’s 6th turns out and votes for Jon Ossoff.
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