"NO RUN-OFF", exhorted a sign at Jon Ossoff's campaign office in Sandy Springs. As it turned out, in the special election for Georgia's sixth congressional district on April 18th-for a seat vacated by Tom Price, now Donald Trump's health secretary-the Democrat fell just short of the 50% needed to avoid a second round. Mr Trump thus narrowly escaped an ominous rebuke in the sort of place Democrats hope to flip in elections next year.
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