got 48% of the vote, just shy of the 50% he would have needed this week. now he s going to face republican karen handel in june in a runoff. there were a zillion republicans in the primary. it hadn t been clear whether it was a help or a hurt for those candidates to tie themselves to president trump. now that we re under the general election, though, that dye has cast. on the democratic side, there s, of course, no sitting president to raise money for the democratic candidate but jon ossoff continues to be a record-breaking fundraising juggernaut. and national democrats today made a half million dollar ad buy in support of his campaign. joining us is jon ossoff. it s nice to meet you. thanks for being here. nice to meet you, rachel. fan of the program. does it help you or hurt you in your effort to win this race that you are being seen as kind
racked up 48% of the vote in a congressional election there, just shy of the 50% he would have needed this week. now he s going to face republican karen handel in june . there were a zillion republicans in the primary. it hadn t been clear whether it was a help or a hurt for those candidates to tie themselves to president trump. now that we re under the general election, though, that dye has cast. the president today made an overt fundraising pitch for container handle. on the democratic side, there s, of course, no sitting president to raise money for the democratic candidate but jon ossoff continues to be a record-breaking fundraising juggernaut. and national democrats today made a half million dollar ad buy in support of his campaign. joining us is jon ossoff. democratic candidate for georgia s 6th congressional district. mr. ossoff, it s nice to meet you. thanks for being here. nice to meet you, rachel. fan of the program. does it help you or hurt you in your effort to win this
cory booker up against a wild field of democrats which conclusion congressman malowen and holt and state assembly speaker oliver. a former mayor expected to easily win the republican primary. the suspense is a lot less about outcome of the elections, one poll has booker with a 40-point lead. he s a fundraising juggernaut with already $8 million. more worried about what kind of senator he will be. some say he s more worried about ambitions and celebrity friendships than serving constituents. oprah winfrey held a fundraiser, eva longoria toured the state with him yesterday. i said, cory, do you want to be president of the united states? and he said, eva, i want to change the world, and i will do that from whatever position i hold. in an exclusive interview
maybe it s not always a scam. but this scammy looking arrangement for the period right before the presidential election is coming to light right on the heels of a high profile eyebrow-raising sudden and unexpected resignation at another conservative fundraising juggernaut, freedomworks. the dick armey resignation seemed strange from the start when mother jones first broke the story a week ago. first of all, there was dick armey s weird resignation letter that got leaked demanding that his name and likeness not be used in any freedomworks materials. subsequent to that came the news that mr. armey had arranged for an $8 million golden parachute for himself provided by an influential republican fundraiser, which did not seem very grassrootsy at all for a supposedly grassroots group. he gets $8 million once he leaves. subsequent to that emerged the details or at least the allegation of the relatively scammy reason that mr. armey left the group. politico.com reporting that the
is coming to light right on the heels of a high profile eyebrow-raising sudden and unexpected resignation at another conservative fundraising juggernaut, freedomworks. the dick armey resignation seemed strange from the start when mother jones first broke the story a week ago. first of all, there was dick armey s weird resignation letter that got leaked demanding that his name and likeness not be used in any freedomworks materials. subsequent to that came the news that mr. armey had arranged for an $8 million golden parachute for himself provided by an influential republican fundraiser, which did not seem very grassrootsy at all for a supposedly grassroots group. he gets $8 million once he leaves. subsequent to that emerged the details or at least the allegation of the relatively scammy reason that mr. armey left the group. politico.com reporting that the other recognizable guy at freedomworks besides dick armey,