Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff has won the Democratic primary for a US Senate seat, CNN projects
Ossoff garnered over 50% of the vote, avoiding a runoff despite fierce competition from other Democrats. He will now face incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue in the fall. "The President of the United States and his allies in Congress are leading this country down a dark path," Ossoff said in a livestream to his supporters Wednesday night."We can no longer go down a path of authoritarianism, of racism, of corruption. We are better than this, and Georgia is better than this.
But he again raised by far the most money in the Democratic primary and boasted the high-profile endorsement of Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, the civil rights icon. Ossoff emphasized his more progressive positions on criminal justice while attacking Perdue for trading stocks during the pandemic. Perdue has responded by pointing out that his advisers made the transactions and that they will no longer trade in individual companies.
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Jon Ossoff Wins Georgia's Democratic Senate PrimaryJUST IN: After an election marred by voting issues, Jon Ossoff has won Georgia's Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, the AP projects. He will face Republican Sen. David Perdue in November.
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