On Tuesday, with slightly over 48\% of the vote,  narrowly missed the simple majority that would have awarded him the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia's usually  . Ossoff and Republican are now to participate in a , vote to be held June 20. The district, a suburb of , was represented by then-Congressman who left when President Donald Trump offered him the position of secretary of health. The election drew an unusual amount of media attention, some of it over Ossoff's fundraising in which he garnered over  8 million for his efforts, campaigning opposite TV ads and other efforts from the several Republican candidates. The election drew several  from President Trump, including one expressing confidence that Ossoff will lose: "Despite major outside money, FAKE media support and eleven Republican candidates, BIG 'R' win with runoff in Georgia. Glad to be of help!" "[G]etting the 24 seats we need to take back the House is suddenly a real possibility, GOP [Republican] or not," commented founder . "It also potentially puts the  in play, while certainly protecting our endangered red-state incumbents. All of this, and we're still in Trump's supposed '' period."
On Tuesday, with slightly over 48\% of the vote, Democrat narrowly missed the simple majority that would have awarded him the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia's usually Republican . Ossoff and Republican are now to participate in a , vote to be held June 20. The district, a suburb of , was represented by then-Congressman who left when President Donald Trump offered him the position of secretary of health. The election drew an unusual amount of media attention, some of it over Ossoff's fundraising in which he garnered over US 8 million for his efforts, campaigning opposite TV ads and other efforts from the several Republican candidates. The election drew several Tweets from President Trump, including one expressing confidence that Ossoff will lose: "Despite major outside money, FAKE media support and eleven Republican candidates, BIG 'R' win with runoff in Georgia. Glad to be of help!" "[G]etting the 24 seats we need to take back the House is suddenly a real possibility, GOP [Republican] or not," commented founder . "It also potentially puts the Senate in play, while certainly protecting our endangered red-state incumbents. All of this, and we're still in Trump's supposed '' period."
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