2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election
Results
On June 20, 2017, Ossoff was defeated by Handel, 51.87% to 48.13%. Following reports of the election results, The New York Times characterized the race as "demoralizing for Democrats".

2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: On June 20, 2017, Ossoff was defeated by Handel, 51.87% to 48.13%. Following reports of the election results, The New York Times characterized the race as "demoralizing for Democrats".

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Republican	Karen Handel	134,799	51.8%	−9.9%

Democratic	Jon Ossoff	125,517	48.2%	+9.9%

Total votes	260,316	100.0%

Majority	9,282	3.57%	−19.8%

Turnout	260,455	58.16%

Republican hold

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At the 2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the runoff vote, 51.8% to 48.2%.

final_sentence: At the 2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, Republican Karen Handel defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in the runoff vote, 51.8% to 48.2%.