2018 mid-terms. the masters golf tournament went to a playoff and so will this race. jon ossoff came closer to 50% than republicans thought he would or liked him to. in a field of five candidates he collected 48.1% of the vote and karen handel had 19.8%. they head for a runoff on the 20th of june. democrats billed the race as a referendum on president trump. many got behind ossoff. democrats are massing a war chest of more than $8 million. much coming from outside the state. democrats had hoped last night was to get ossoff above the 50% mark and win it all. he fell short, but he was declaring victory of a sort. no matter what the outcome
but democrats across the nation, they re telling a story that this is a huge victory or a symbolic one, i guess, for them, but he didn t win. reporter: well, i think it s more than symbolic, it s a sign, they hope, of things to come because this is a very red district and you have a candidate who came out of nowhere. a lot of national support, a lot of national money, jon ossoff, and he got very, very close. through the night it seemed that he might actually pass the 50% mark, but as more returns came in, his tally fell below that. here is the final numbers, look at the board there. 48.1% for ossoff, and karen handel at 19.8% and double the next contender in this huge field of 18 candidates. so ossoff is feeling good, the democrats are feeling good, but the republicans are feeling good as well. they feel that once it s a one-on-one race that handel will prevail. before we get to that, here s
he expressed his thoughts in ways that were open to interpretation. when he does that concerning foreign policy, we are at risk. bret: congressman, your district, you mentioned the votes. tennessee 9. hillary clinton won to donald trump, 19.8% paired what do you see to the utmost 20% in your district voted for trump and in tennessee, trump won 61% to 34%. what you say to people who voted for donald trump from your state, your district, jose it s not about the man or the campai. it s about the office of the presidency and the peaceful transition of power. i say two things. i m representative of district 9. senators represent states. 20% of your district voted for donald trump. obviously not, every single one of those people who wanted to go to the inauguration has been offered to get through my
he expressed his thoughts in ways that were open to interpretation. when he does that concerning foreign policy, we are at risk. bret: congressman, your district, you mentioned the votes. tennessee 9. hillary clinton won to donald trump, 19.8% paired what do you see to the utmost 20% in your district voted for trump and in tennessee, trump won 61% to 34%. what you say to people who voted for donald trump from your state, your district, jose it s not about the man or the campai. it s about the office of the presidency and the peaceful transition of power. i say two things. i m representative of district 9. senators represent states. 20% of your district voted for donald trump. obviously not, every single one of those people who wanted to go to the inauguration has been offered to get through my
long at cnn.com. they said they don t want to raise it to $15 an hour. ben carson said a higher minimum wage would backfire. every time we raise the minimum wage the number of jobless people increase, it s particularly a problem in the plaque community. only 19.8% of plaque teenagers have a job. they re looking for one. let s look at the first part of that claim. in 1997 the minimum wage went up. unemployment fjellstedtly. it has happened other times as well, fine 50, 61, 78, 1996 when the unemployment rate rose, when the minimum wage rose, unemployment fell. now to the part about plaque teen unemployment. carson said, only 20% of plaque teens who want a job have one.