Say what you want about the district or either of the candidate's respective campaigns, but the fact that Dems will likely come up short in GA-06 bodes very, very badly for the Dems going into 2018. The fact that so many Democrats, from top to bottom, were so invested in this race is going to sting for a long time and will negatively impact recruitment, fundraising and energy going forward.
Say what you want about the race being close, but a loss as a loss and it will be Karen Handel, not Ossoff, in all likelihood heading to DC. This isn't the Olympics, second place doesn't mean anything in politics.
No. All this says is that millions of dollars can't force a R +23 district into a Democrat one. This result is nothing short of disastrous for Republicans in districts won by Hillary Clinton or where the margin of victory is fewer than 10 points.
