"He's dead, Jim."

[Different Drummer]

U.S. House 6th District
Precincts: 99 / 208 (48% reporting)
Karen Handel (R) 94,737 (53%)
Jon Ossoff (D) 85,431 (47%)
Last Updated: 6/20/2017 9:31:40 PM Vote Total: 180,168

[NightWatcher]

1. Now we get to hear trump gloat about a seat they held since 1974?

Screw it

[Initech]

8. And we also get to hear his supporters spouting hateful shit about liberals again.

I'm so sick of this. The bad guys always win. They've rigged the house and we keep betting against it. I'm now fearing what's going to happen next year.

[alp227]

56. 1979 actually

The last Democrat to represent this district was John Flynt.

[hrmjustin]

2. this sucks.

Karen Handel Rep. 100,537 52.9%
Jon Ossoff Dem. 89,635 47.1

65% reporting (136 of 208 precincts)

[brush]

20. That witch actually said on TV, "I don't believe in a livable wage" and she wins.

Ossoff almost had it in the earlier race. The DNC, including the outreach chairman, didn't throw all resources behind then.

He beat all the other candidates by huge margins and was 2 percentage points from winning the seat outright.

There are just some poor decisions being made as far as allocating resources. At the time of the earlier race our outreach chairman was backing a mayoral candidate in an inconsequential race in Nebraska and the DNC just didn't seem to get the importance of winning that seat early.

God! I'm so sick of losing to horrible, uncaring, empathy-lacking, hateful, wretched repugs. This race was huge and our party apparatus didn't get behind Ossoff early.

[hrmjustin]

26. We had to win this in April. Ossoff just didn't wear well with time in that district.

If the morons of that district think a livable wage is not a good thing I say the hell with them.

[MyOwnPeace]

28. I really like.........

what you're saying here. The Dems MUST put forward candidates that have NO weaknesses and are fully supported from the start.
It will be interesting to hear/read the obit. as to how/why this seat was lost.
WHEN will we ever learn?

Hopefully, SOON!!!!!!!!

[smirkymonkey]

46. How fucking depressing.

This country is beyond hope. I am despairing of it ever getting any better.

[TheDebbieDee]

59. "The DNC, including the outreach chairman, didn't throw all resources behind then."

Mr Ossoff raised $23 million for this race. What resources could the DNC have provided that Mr. Ossoff could not afford?

[brush]

60. I was referring to the earlier race where it was within grasp. The outreach chairman was...

campaign for a local mayoral race when a seat in the US House was at stake.

Ossoff certainly hadn't raised 23m then. People, organization, field work and outreach was needed and a run-off election against Handel wouldn't have even been necessary.

It was that close.

[Initech]

3. FUCK!!!!!!!

[Loki Liesmith]

4. Mail in ballots could make a dent

But it's an edge case.

[TheDebbieDee]

5. I think this was another stolen election...

I can't prove it was stolen but no one can prove that it wasn't...

[underthematrix]

15. Steve KOrnacki said the very red Cobb county gave her the advantage

even though Fulton county is much larger. And Pascale data consultant joined Handel's team in the last few weeks of election. So yes I think it was fixed. I still believe the FBI is watching this one. Maybe we'll learn how the Republicans did it.

[bresue]

19. That is a good point!

Any election party that Pascale is working...will be under the FBIs microscope. Let's hope they catch them...he seems like a guy that would continue to hack, just because he can.

[brush]

41. That's the horrible thing now. Going forward from trump and his great friend Putin...

how can we ever be sure that our elections are not stolen?

Are they now just pointless exercises, theater to maintain the appearance of democracy...but already decided by trump's buddies and the crooked CrossCheck purging and other repug dirty tricks?

Are we teetering on the end?

[MarvinGardens]

55. Tom Price won it by 24% just this past November.

Karen Handel won it by 4 points tonight. So I guess they threw us a bone when they rigged it?

[Kaleva]

6. Single digit difference in a historically Repub district.

[question everything]

7. I think that Trump notwithstanding, voters ususally prefer someone with experience

which Handel does.

It is clear that we need to find solid candidates. Sadly, Ossoff came from nowhere, with no experience and not even living in the precinct.

Yes, fiance and all but couldn't he have rented a place in the precinct for a year, or so?

Many seasoned politicians have done so.

There is a special election coming in S. Carolina, I think, where there is a large block of African Americans. Perhaps we can do better there.

[JI7]

11. it had nothing to do with that. it's about white voters voting on race

[obliviously]

42. When we stop reaching for the race card

every time something happens that we can't explain we will start winning again.

[JI7]

43. we can explain it. it's the denial of the obvious which makes it difficult

For some.

[obliviously]

44. White people elected a black president to two terms.

[JI7]

45. majority of white people did NOT vote for Obama

Majority of every other race did vote for Obama.

[obliviously]

48. Obama Matched Clinton in votes from whites and exceeded Carter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2012/11/08/president-obama-and-the-white-vote-no-problem/?utm_term=.7d3fe67e5d7b

[JI7]

49. none of that changes the fact that majority of white people vote republican

And mostly because of race.

[BannonsLiver]

17. It's really not that complicated.

Republicans in traditional republican districts prefer republican candidates. The end.

[spiderpig]

57. Exactly.

When we're dealing with swing voters, not residing in the district can make a difference. With such a huge war chest, couldn't he rent a place that was - what? - 5 to 10 minutes away? Couldn't his fiance Uber to med school in the interest of the greater good?

Shaking my head. Dems blew another one.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. Not over til its over... strange tho that the polling doesn't jive with the vote totals.

Who's mindin' the kitchen?... don't trust the Rethugs.

[helpisontheway]

10. Glad I will not have access to tv

until Saturday. I do not want to hear the media gloat about the Republican's win.

[get the red out]

12. I am a southerner

And I fucking hate the south.

[Still In Wisconsin]

52. I'm from Wisconsin...

and it's no different here. But at least you have good food.

[kcr]

13. It's not over yet n/t

[California_Republic]

14. " i'm a doctor not a bricklayer "

( Just a little humor)

[MFM008]

16. Fuck you

Maggot suckers.

[bresue]

18. Nevertheless, as Rachel noted this evening...that their wins are only 2-3%

And that usually Rubs win by a 20% margin. That is a lot of people saying no to Rubs, who before were not involved. Waking a lot of people up and pushing them into politics.

[redstateblues]

23. At this point a loss is a loss. There are no seats in Congress

For those that come in second place

[bresue]

31. We have won....because we have the Rubs on the run

And they are shitting in their pants worried about 2018.

[customerserviceguy]

24. Yes, when we spend massive millions of dollars

we can narrow the margin from 20% to 5%. Big fucking deal, the result is still the same. We can't do that in every House race in 2018.

[bresue]

34. And neither can they, especially to defend an easy win...

And no Russia money in 2018..they are screwed....

[customerserviceguy]

38. There's a lot of time between now and November 2018

Trump could have things happen that cause GOP'ers to doubt him, and want to rid themselves of him before that point, but it didn't happen tonight.

Playing devil's advocate, he seems to have a floor of support under him, and we seem to have plumbed the bottom of it, worst case scenario, he rises from the depths which he finds himself now.

[Still In Wisconsin]

53. It. Doesn't. Fucking. Matter.

TRUMP barely won Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Barely. Guess who's President?

[BainsBane]

21. I'm sick of losing

[calimary]

22. Me too.

[sheshe2]

29. I am with you both.

[BainsBane]

35. Lawrence O'Donnell is trying hard to spin this

but I'm not buying it.

[GoCubsGo]

32. I'm sick of rigged elections.

I strongly suspect this was one of those.

[bresue]

36. We did not lose 2016...it was stolen by underhanded, sleezy criminals...

[Honeycombe8]

25. "Jed's dead, baby. Jed's dead." (Pulp Fiction) nt

[Grassy Knoll]

33. Zed...But I Got Your Humor...

[Honeycombe8]

37. Oops. ZED. Thanks. Loved that scene.

"Who's motorcycle is that?"
"Zed's."
"Where's Zed?"
"Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead."

[Grassy Knoll]

40. On Of My Top 5 For Sure...

[Ilsa]

27. I hope all her supporters lose their healthcare.

Fuck them and fuck handel.

[sheshe2]

30. They will...

Sadly we will as well.

[Honeycombe8]

39. Most people get employer provided health care, is what I figure.

That's why there's not the outcry over the health bill. Most people view it as not affecting them. Because it doesn't make sense otherwise.

[CrispyQ]

50. They are changing lifetime limits on that, too, so even employer provided plans will be impacted.

They are equal opportunity fuckers.

[Honeycombe8]

61. Lifetime limits don't matter to most people. Didn't matter to me.

I HATED that Obamacare made my policy have limitless lifetime limits. That costs and was something I did not want to pay for, but I was forced to pay for it. If I will have a choice in getting less than infinite lifetime limits, I consider that a plus, if it saves me money. Of course, w/o a subsidy I won't be able to buy insurance at all.

[CrispyQ]

62. I disagree.

Lifetime limits are important to a lot of people & not just those who already have medical issues. A million dollar lifetime limit is nothing.

[Honeycombe8]

63. You see, that's part of the problem.

A refusal to see that different people care about different things. When you're talking about charging me a lot of money for something, it matters whether I WANT it or determine I need it. I don't WANT to pay for an infinite lifetime cap. Many others do not. Young people, healthy people, people with limited funds.

I am paying on the exchange (with subsidy) for maternity benefits that I will never use, a lifetime unlimited cap that I will likely never need, inpatient drug rehab coverage that I will never use, birth control pills that I will never use, and other things.

If it were a reasonable cost, that would be bad enough. But my premium was so high that I cannot afford to buy it without a subsidy. If I didn't have to pay for the things I didn't need, my premium would have been a lot less.

Obamacare has some great things in it, and the GOP bill will be horrific. But doing away with forcing people to pay up for an unlimited lifetime cap isn't one of them.

[CrispyQ]

64. "A refusal to see that different people care about different things."

Sorry I came across that way.

[smirkymonkey]

47. I hate her and I hate everyone who voted for that pig!

They deserve everything they get.

[Still In Wisconsin]

54. They will... and they will keep voting Republican.

It doesn't matter anymore. They can literally do anything.

[Jane Austin]

51. So do they know yet how many people

were turned away from the polls?

Do they know yet how many votes were flipped by Diebold?

[MarvinGardens]

58. Tom Price won this seat by 24 points this past November.

Karen Handel won it by 4 points today. There are those on this thread who have already said that doesn't matter. I say it does. Sometimes, change is incremental, and happens more slowly than we want. Jon Ossoff will be back, too.