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April 18, 2017

Democrat Jon Ossoff Frontrunner in Today's Special Election in Georgia 
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Georgia is holding a special election today to fill the seat of former
Congressmember Tom Price, who is now the secretary of health and human
services. With 18 candidates in the field, one of the leading contenders
is 30-year-old Democrat Jon Ossoff, whose campaign slogan is "Make Trump
Furious." The race is considered a test to see how much voters may have
turned on President Trump, who has record-low support. Last Tuesday in
Kansas, Republican Ron Estes won a congressional seat in a special
election in a surprisingly close vote for a heavily conservative
district. Estes beat Democratic challenger James Thompson by a slim
53-46 margin, in a district that Donald Trump carried by 27 percentage
points last November.


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