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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Jon Ossoff
|image=
|birth_date=February 16, 1987
|birth_place=[[Atlanta]]
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Alisha Kramer
|alma_mater=[[Georgetown University]]
|religion=[[Jewish]]
}}
'''Thomas Jonathan Ossoff''' (born February 16, 1987 (age {{age|1987|2|16}})) is a media executive, investigative journalist, and left-wing [[Democrat]] currently running in the [[2020 U.S. Senate election in Georgia]] to challenge incumbent [[Republican]] [[David Perdue]]. He previously ran for [[United States House of Representatives]] from the state's 6th congressional district in a 2017 special election to succeed the resigning [[Tom Price]], losing to Republican candidate [[Karen Handel]] by a close margin.<ref name="Georgia Election Results: Handel Defeats Ossoff in U.S. House Race">[https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-congressional-runoff-ossoff-handel Georgia Election Results: Handel Defeats Ossoff in U.S. House Race]</ref>
Ossoff has been criticized over certain misrepresentations of his national security credentials.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/ossoff-admits-he-misrepresented-national-security-credentials/ Ossoff Admits He Misrepresented National Security Credentials]</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/04/03/did-a-democratic-congressional-hopeful-inflate-his-national-security-credentials/ Did a Democratic congressional hopeful inflate his national security credentials?]</ref>
==2017 special election==
After [[Tom Price]] of [[Georgia]]'s 6th district resigned in February 2017 to join the [[Trump Administration]] as the [[Secretary of Health and Human Services]], a special election was triggered to determine who would fill the vacancy until the [[2018 Midterms]]. Ossoff announced in early January 2017 his run for the seat.{{fact}}
Under state law, a triggered special election resulting out of the resignation of an incumbent officeholder must take place as a jungle primary, where all candidates appear together on the ballot rather than being sorted by political party. On the initial election held on April 18, no candidate won a majority of the vote, with Ossoff garnering a plurality at 48%;<ref>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/67317/Web02-state/#/ Election Night Reporting - 2017 special election]</ref> finishing in second place was [[Karen Handel]] with just under 20% of the vote. A runoff was thus triggered, with the date set to June 20.
In late June 2020, it was correctly noted by [[President Trump]] that Ossoff didn't live in the district he was running from.<ref>Two references:
*[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ossoff-sixth-congressional-district/ Does Jon Ossoff Live Outside Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District?]
*[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/20/donald-trump/trump-right-ossoff-does-not-live-georgias-6th-cong/ Trump is right: Ossoff does not live in Georgia's 6th Congressional District | PolitiFact]</ref> The latter quickly dismissed the questioning over the matter;<ref>Two references:
*[https://freebeacon.com/politics/ossoff-dismisses-questions-living-outside-district/ Ossoff Dismisses Questions on Living Outside District, Doesn’t Think Voters Care Where He Lives]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2017/06/20/jon-ossoff-voters-dont-care-live-outside-district/ Jon Ossoff: Voters Don’t Care that I Live Outside the District]</ref> he lost the runoff by less than 4 points.<ref name="Georgia Election Results: Handel Defeats Ossoff in U.S. House Race"/> While Ossoff performed well in the southern part of the district, Handel capitalized on her strength among voters in the northwestern areas. The election results elicited a meltdown on social media from many Hollywood leftists who hoped for a Democrat victory.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2017/06/20/hollywood-reacts-ossoff-loss-grouphug-get/ Hollywood Melts Down After Ossoff Loss: ‘Grouphug, Get In’]</ref>
Months after losing the special election runoff, Ossoff re-emerged by unsurprisingly attacking [[Donald Trump]].<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/10/05/failed-georgia-democrat-jon-ossoff-returns-as-trump-critic-amid-rumors-of-comeback-bid/ Failed Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff Returns as Trump Critic Amid Rumors of Comeback Bid]</ref>
==2020 U.S. Senate election in Georgia==
:''See: [[2020 United States Senate election in Georgia]]
Ossoff announced in mid-September 2019 his bid for U.S. Senate.<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/09/jon-ossoff-running-for-senate-in-georgia-1718627 Jon Ossoff launches run for Senate in Georgia]
*[https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/politics/85-5680b5bf-785c-4b67-a256-c55ab02549aa Jon Ossoff announces Senate run]
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/10/democrat-jon-ossoff-running-for-georgia-senate-seat/ Democrat Jon Ossoff Running for Georgia Senate Seat]
*[https://freebeacon.com/politics/ossoff-announces-run-for-senate-in-georgia/ Ossoff Announces Run for Senate in Georgia]</ref>
In April 2020, Ossoff criticized the Paycheck Protection Program for supposedly only benefiting wealthy people; indeed, as reported later in early July, his father's company took hundreds of thousands from the program's loans.<ref>Two references:
*[https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/after-ossoff-ripped-ppp-for-favoring-wealthy-his-father-took-huge-loan/ After Ossoff Ripped PPP for Favoring Wealthy, His Father’s Company Took Loan]
*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/07/10/ossoff-n2572272 Jon Ossoff Rails Against PPP While His Father Benefited From Loans]</ref>
Ossoff has refused to condemn the [[far-left]] mob violence that killed 8 year-old Secoriea Turner.<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/07/07/growing-violence-in-atlanta-spotlights-ossoffs-call-to-defund-police-n2571976 Sens. Perdue and Loeffler Condemn Growing Violence in Atlanta, Ossoff Remains Silent]</ref>
In mid-July 2020, Ossoff echoed a fake claim that [[President Trump]] supposedly was supposedly threatening with "retaliation" against a [[CDC]] official.<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/reaganmccarthy/2020/07/13/ossoff-cdc-lie-n2572381 Ossoff Perpetuates Debunked Talking Point Claiming That Trump Administration 'Silenced' CDC Official]</ref>
==See also==
*[[Mark E. Kelly]]
*[[Cal Cunningham]]
*[[Sara Gideon]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://electjon.com/ Official Website]
*[https://ballotpedia.org/Jon_Ossoff Jon Ossoff - Ballotpedia]
*[https://twitter.com/ossoff Twitter Page]
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