Handel wins handily, Democrats 0 for 4, pollsters wrong again

In an article titled Heavily Funded Democrat Falls Short as Georgia House Seat Stays Republican The Daily Signal’s Rachel del Guidice reports:

Republican Karen Handel soundly defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in Tuesday’s closely watched, historically expensive race for the congressional seat once held by GOP superstar Newt Gingrich.

Handel, 55, a businesswoman who was Georgia’s secretary of state, had 127,021 votes or 53 percent with 99 percent of precincts reporting.

Ossoff, 30, a documentary filmmaker and former congressional aide who does not live in the House district, had 114,390 votes or 47 percent.

Polls had the race going down to the wire.

Ossoff out spent Handel by a margin of 7 to 1 and lost by 6%. Ossoff spent $200 for every vote he received. It’s the message not the money. President Trump’s message resonates as do his tweets supporting Handel. Presidential tweets cost Republicans nothing but win elections.

Additionally, conservative businessman Ralph Norman (R-SC) defeated liberal Archie Parnell (D-SC) in the special election for Congress in South Carolina’s 5th district.

There are four takeaway points from these four races:

1. Trump and his make America great again agenda is a winner for Republicans.
2. Money is no longer king when it comes to winning elections.
3. The political pollsters still can’t get it right when it comes to predicting election outcomes.
4. The Democrat Party is in big trouble and needs to rethink what it is doing at the local level. They are out of touch and out of office.

“This is a huge win for conservatives,” Cole Muzio, president of the Family Policy Alliance of Georgia, told The Daily Signal in an email. “A record-setting fundraising haul, busloads of out-of-state volunteers, and national unity around Jon Ossoff could not convince Georgians to vote against their own interests.”

There have been four hotly contested special elections where Democrats have lost. They have lost because voters are voting “in their own interests.” It’s the economy stupid, not Russia.

This race is just another indicator that President Trump’s agenda is in tune with voters. The question is will the Republican congress deliver on repealing and replacing Obamacare, lower taxes, eliminate the regulatory burden on businesses and build the wall.

If Republicans do what they promised the 2018 midterm elections will see America turn deep red.

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EDITORS NOTE: The featured image is of Republican candidate Karen Handel thanking supporters in Atlanta as the first returns come in Tuesday night in her win over Democrat Jon Ossoff in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. (Photo: Curtis Compton/TNS /Newscom)

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