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    Georgia Special Election Headed To Runoff As Republicans Avoid Nightmare Scenario

    Republicans escaped a potentially brutal loss — for now — by forcing a runoff in a closely watched special congressional election that Democrats have tried to cast as a referendum on President Trump.
    by Jessica Taylor Apr 19, 2017 5 minutes
    Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff speaks to his supporters as votes continue to be counted in the race for Georgia's 6th Congressional District on Tuesday in Atlanta. Early Wednesday the race was projected to head to a runoff.

    Updated at 2:08 a.m.

    Republicans escaped a potentially brutal loss on Tuesday night — for now — by forcing a runoff in a closely watched Georgia special congressional election.

    Democrat Jon Ossoff would fall short of the 50 percent needed to win outright in the crowded 18-way all-party primary, the Associated Press projected early Wednesday. Ossoff, a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker and former congressional staffer, instead will face off against Republican former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel on June 20.

    The race to replace now-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price attracted national attention as Democrats tried to turn it into a referendum on President Trump.

    "There is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages," Ossoff told a rowdy group of supporters gathered at his election night party just before midnight

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