Morning Jolt: A Close Look at the Georgia Runoff Elections

On the menu today: pealing back the onion on Georgia's Democratic Senate candidates, and perhaps the worst possible nomination that Joe Biden could make.

What You Need to Know about Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock

Already more than 700,000 Georgians have cast ballots in the Senate runoff elections.

You've probably heard more about Raphael Warnock than Jon Ossoff.

Way back in June 2017, our old friend Jonah Goldberg was writing off Ossoff as the "hipster doofus candidate" after the Democrat fell short in a special House election, running in a district that he didn't even live in. At the time, Ossoff was a 30-year-old former congressional aide and documentary filmmaker, who didn't have much of a record. Ossoff touted himself as having "five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress." Two of those years were before he finished his degree and when he was a "legislative ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 17 2020 WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 17 2020 A Close Look at the Georgia Runoff Elections On the menu today: pealing back the onion on Georgia's Democratic Senate candidates, and perhaps the worst possible nomination that Joe Biden could make. What You Need to Know about Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock Already more than 700,000 Georgians have cast ballots in the Senate runoff elections. You've probably heard more about Raphael Warnock than Jon Ossoff. Way back in June 2017, our old friend Jonah Goldberg was writing off Ossoff as the "hipster doofus candidate" after the Democrat fell short in a special House election, running in a district that he didn't even live in. At the time, Ossoff was a 30-year-old former congressional aide and documentary filmmaker, who didn't have much of a record. Ossoff touted himself as having "five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress." Two of those years were before he finished his degree and when he was a "legislative ...   READ MORE

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