set of odds. overnight the curren president wrote dems failed in kansas and are now failing in georgia. great job karen handel. it is now hollywood versus georgia on june 20th. let s go to the heart of georgia six. 48% is not 50%. yeah. he came up a little bit short. at the end of the day, john and poppy, both sides are really claiming victory in this election. but the reality is with most things, the truth lies somewhere in between. i mean, we look at what happened with jon ossoff here. going forward he faces a much steeper hill to climb in that run off election on june 20th. but at the end of the day he was still able to get a little more than 48% of the vote in a largely republican district. so that is something that cannot be ignored. but once again at the end of the day, both sides claiming somewhat of a victory here.
out to vote. reporter: the result of the election will determine if democrats drummed up enough support, or if republicans can stop their attempt to turn district 6 blue. cnn, cobb county, georgia. coming up, donald trump blasted china on the campaign trail, but has since done a complete 180 as president, suggesting today that his about-face is a straeblg movteg. we ll talk about that next. on t. time s up, insufficient prenatal care. and administrative paperwork. your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we re coming for you, too. for those who won t rest until the world is healthier, neither will we. optum. how well gets done.
brewing in the suburban heart of georgia s sixth congressional district. at stake is more than republican tom price s seat in congress. it s a chance to put more blue in the red state. we have a real opportunity to flip our district. reporter: democrats and progressive groups believe the shifting demographics in the south could help them retake control of the house come mid-term season. pinning their hopes on 30-year-old former congressional aide and filmmaker, john ossoff. the democrat became a surprise front-runner for the vacancy left by price when he was picked to head the department of health & human services, georgia s republican party sees a challenge in ossoff. they are working through the weekend in a final push for any of their 11 candidates. this election is much bigger than just the sixth district. democrats are desperately searching for relevancy after being trounced in november and they re looking at this race as an opportunity to prove that they still have a heartb
georgia s sixth congressional district would be reassuring for republicans and their control of the house. for democrats, however, that may provide an opportunity for them to capitalize on this growing anti-trump sentiment across the country. question experts are asking though, would that translate to votes? part of that litmus test is to see whether or not president trump has cache, whether or not he is a liability to republican candidates in this district, and whether or not it appears that people are supporting democratic candidates out of a sense of opposition to president trump and his policies. reporter: political science professor andra called this special election a perfect litmus test for each other, a chance to gauge for voters feel ahead of the mid-terms. for both sides, it is important that their infrastructure be in place, that they be doing the shoe-leather politics, phone calls and canvassing that needs to happen in order to get people to turn
a press conference. we thought it was a good meeting, we would do that. we have many endorsements that came from the meeting. reporter: later that evening, donald trump made his way to the heart of georgia where he got the crowd roaring with attacks on hillary clinton. he is expecting incoming fire from his own gop rivals. even i think cruz will have to hit me because he is a nice guy. he has been so supportive. everything i said, he supported. everything. he has been supportive. at some point he will have to hit me. it will be a sad day. we will hit back, i promise. reporter: donald trump is back on the campaign trail today in new hampshire. we will see if today is the day where he and ted cruz are trading barbs. back to you. thank you, sara. chris christie looking to shock the world by winning new hampshire. picking up the endorsement from the newspaper. christie thinks the granite