Spinning Georgia’s Election Results

No candidate received 50 percent of the vote in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election on April 18, so the top two vote-getters now face off in a June 20 runoff. Nevertheless, both parties claimed a moral victory — spinning the facts to make their points:

• The Democratic National Committee chairman said Democrat Jon Ossoff — the top vote-getter with 48 percent — “was outspent two to one” by Republicans. In fact, Ossoff and the outside groups who supported him spent more than the Republican groups that opposed him.
• The White House press secretary called the election “a big loss” for Democrats, because Ossoff’s