BREAKING: Ossoff to run for US Senate in Georgia
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Former congressional candidate Jon Ossoff said he will challenge Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and mount a ruthless assault on corruption in our political system thats prevented Congress from addressing urgent issues.
The Democrat told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he would raise a grassroots army unlike any this state has ever seen by expanding the network of supporters who helped him raise roughly $30 million in a 2017 special election he narrowly lost.
We have squandered trillions on endless war. We have squandered trillions on bailouts for failed banks. We have squandered trillions on tax cuts for wealthy donors. Then were told theres nothing left over for the people, he said, adding: The corruption must be rooted out. And Sen. David Perdue is a caricature of Washington corruption.
Ossoffs campaign, which hell formally announce Tuesday, makes him the fourth Democrat in the race against Perdue, a first-term Republican and former Fortune 500 chief executive with strong ties to President Donald Trump. He also becomes arguably the best known contender thanks to his nationally-watched campaign for Georgias 6th District.
Read more: https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/breaking-ossoff-run-for-senate-georgia/S7S3FWCEDm7UY6J4gN6fSL/#
blm
(113,056 posts)questionseverything
(9,654 posts)if I understand correctly by 2020 the paperless dre will no longer be deciding the winners in Georgia,so that is a step in the right direction
hlthe2b
(102,253 posts)I think Stacey would have been a "shoe-in" but Ossoff ran a pretty good Congressional campaign so, my hopes are with him.
bucolic_frolic
(43,156 posts)Should be a strong candidate
crazytown
(7,277 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)voter suppression, something just as important.
BumRushDaShow
(128,939 posts)Am hoping she might consider that should there be a special election to fill out the term.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)nominee announcement next July. For now she is working on fighting voter suppression, which must have the Republicans worried. She's not MIA.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)crazytown
(7,277 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Polybius
(15,402 posts)The state still is Red. Although it's not bright Red, it would still be a challenge.
IronLionZion
(45,438 posts)She might be governor now without it.