GA-6 Special election discussion thread

[Fuzzy Bear]

In 1982, I worked on a special election for a Democratic candidate for NY Assembly on Long Island.  The district was 3 1/2 to 1 Republican, with no bastions of minority voters.  The GOP candidate was a local Republican officeholder who was elected at large from a larger constituency than the one he was running in.  The Democrat was another local officeholder who had lost a general election race for this seat in 1978 (although he ran far ahead of registration).

What happened was that the NY Assembly's Democratic machine flooded the district with workers from NY city to pull out the vote in a low turnout election.  It was mindblowing!  An awesome display of sheer will!  When it was over, the Democrat won the special election by something like 58-42, an amazing result for an open seat against a tough candidate.

The rules have changed, and early voting makes such a blitz less likely to have such a dramatic result.  But special elections are below the radar.  The Democrats CAN win this race if they have the sheer will to win.   

[Fuzzy Bear]

Evidence is emerging that ossof's early vote advantage is waning.

I can't really see Ossof winning, but the trend is toward the Democrats in that part of GA.