two weeks? well, i think it s been good news so far. the fact that we re talking about georgia, i think it s a toss up right now where we ve changed the rating on friday. the fact tha we re talking about kansas, the fourth district that donald trump won by 27 points in the november election. i think it s already been good news. i think victory in one or both would be icing on the cake to democrats and the liberals. dare i ask you my first question, best bet? what should we look for? what story should we read the paper about next week? i think tomorrow kansas is going to be closer than what people expect. i think john osoff has a chance. i think that s his best bet on the 18th next week. if it extends to june 20th run off. that s going to be two more months the republicans have to tear him down and attack ads and i think he s doing the right thing and going for it in next week. it s one of the southern campaigns where they have it s the all purpose of the run
in a hotly contested special eelection to replace former congressman tom prices in georgia, republicans are scrambling to head off defeat in one of the first congressional tests of the trump era. democrats are eyeing the race as a referendum on the trump administration. the front-runner is 30-year-old john osoff looking to try to grab the sixth district seat long head by republicans. he joins me today from atlanta. thank you for joining us. tell me why you think you re qualified and a better candidate to represent the people of the district. good afternoon, andrea. hank you for having me. it s an honor. i worked for five years as a congressional aide and saw what cabe achieved in congress, saw also gridlock, the parts sanship, the corruption, decided to leave. i ve been in the private center
from the dccc specifically from the georgia sixth district race with all caps bold urgency, breaking news, georgia special election spells trouble for trump and republicans. tonight i can report exclusively that the dccc is investing in a team of field organizers for the georgia democrats starting next week. they re going to split the cost of district specific research for that race as well. so the democrats are jumping in. boy were they mad when i said they weren t. that s something. i m looking for signs of life where i can see them. but this race on the democratic side has been taking shape for a while. even before, one of the democrats in the race, 29-year-old john osoff, has already received a ton of grassroots and monetary support, particularly organized by the folks at the liberal blog daily kos, the mother of all liberal
side has been taking shape for a while. even before, one of the democrats in the race, 29-year-old john osoff, has already received a ton of grassroots and monetary support, particularly organized by the folks at the liberal blog daily kos, the mother of all liberal blogs. they backed elizabeth warren s senate campaign, raised a half million dollars for her to take back that senate seat from scott brown. when it came time to fill tom price s seat in georgia, daily kos threw their support behind osoff early on after congressman john lewis endorsed him. so far they ve raised over 3/4 million dollars for osoff which the osoff campaign told us has gone right to their bank accounts. will this kind of thing work to flip that reliably republican district to a democrat?
that georgia race, with all caps, bold urgency, breaking news, georgia s special election spells trouble for trump and republicans. tonight i can report exclusively that the dccc is investing in a team of field organizers for the georgia democrats starting next week. they re going to split the cost of district specific research for that race as well. so the democrats are jumping in. boy were they mad when i said they weren t. that s something. i m looking for signs of life where i can see them. but this race on the democratic side has been taking shape for a while. even before, one of the democrats in the race, 29-year-old john osoff, has already received a ton of grassroots and monetary support, particularly organized by the folks at the liberal blog daily kos, the mother of all liberal blogs. they backed elizabeth warren s