washington political newcomer thrill democrats strong finish georgia congressional race despite attack president donald trump face experience republican candidate june runoff election district long dominate party democrat jon ossoff draw 48.1 percent vote tuesday special election shy 50 percent need win closely watch u.s. congressional race since trump take office january saw election hold replace new health secretary tom price test republican president political strength ossoff 30 top vote getter field 18 candidates 11 republicans suburban atlanta district send republicans congress since 1970s republican karen handel 55 former georgia secretary state 19.8 percent face ossoff june 20 runoff runoff present stiff challenge ossoff get support democratic candidates would 49 percent say democratic national committee chairman tom perez however perez say party would target 35,000 democrats vote november presidential election tuesday army volunteer tell cnn handel say trump call congratulate wednesday morning dismiss ossoff well-funded novice would flounder republicans consolidate support behind single candidate know important race go stay hand republican handel tell cnn republicans hand deck demographic change make georgia affluent 6th congressional district competitive democrats trump district 1.5 percentage point november democrat hillary clinton draw support many college graduate republican u.s. senator lindsey graham south carolina say race show south change wake-up call republican party south tell nbc today show ossoff former congressional staffer documentary filmmaker run pledge make trump furious trump jump race final days attack twitter poke fun ossoff live district attract support hollywood celebrities president weigh wednesday tweet say hollywood vs. georgia june 20th response ossoff portray trump new york businessman never hold public office washington insider folks washington tend overstate influence local race like tell msnbc come grassroots intensity white house spokesman sean spic say trump would campaign georgia handel need dismiss race overhyped democrats go all-in race spic tell reporters lose republican vow 'all hand deck georgia congressional runoff