jon ossoff
-
‘That White Boy ’Bout to Lose’: The Inescapable Racial Politics of the Ga. 6th Special Election
I was on my way to the Jon Ossoff watch party at a fancy Westin in North Atlanta when I got a call from a good colleague of mine. Somewhere between a black millennial and Gen Xer, he was someone who’d worked on campaigns in Georgia and had a pretty good feel for what was…
-
Add This to the List: The Dangers of Canvassing While Black in Ga.’s 6th District
“May I speak with Corbin, please?’ I said in my best “Not your neighborhood” smile. A middle-aged white woman came to the door, dressed in a salmon-colored workout top and pants. She had the confused look of a woman used to leaving her front door open and nobody knocking. “There’s no Corbin here,” she said.…
-
Democrats Use the Force in Ga. Special Election, Strike a Blow Against ‘Darth’ Trump
If you are part of the Resistance to Trump, the Georgia 6th Congressional District’s special election Tuesday has given you something to cheer about. Feel free to read the rest of this article as if it’s the opening crawl of a Star Wars film, laying out how the Rebel Alliance has their first minor victory…
-
#FlipThe6th: The Jon Ossoff Train Keeps Running in Ga., Forcing June Standoff With GOP
Democrat Jon Ossoff, 30, almost turned a GOP stronghold blue Tuesday night in a special election to see who will take over Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. Instead, Ossoff, who would become the youngest member of Congress if elected, forced a June runoff with the GOP front-runner, former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, which will…