Jon Ossoff Runs Unopposed in Georgia Democratic Senate Primary at 39
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Updated · The New York Times · May 19
Jon Ossoff Runs Unopposed in Georgia Democratic Senate Primary at 39
6 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 19
Jon Ossoff, 39, faces no challenger in Tuesday’s Democratic Senate primary in Georgia, clearing his path to a general-election contest central to the fight for Senate control.
Ossoff enters the race as an incumbent after defeating Republican David Perdue by about 1 percentage point in a 2021 runoff that helped Democrats secure the chamber majority.
Elected at 33, he became the youngest senator in decades and the youngest Democrat to win a Senate seat since Joe Biden’s first victory in 1972.
The Atlanta senator’s profile has risen steadily since a nationally watched 2017 House bid and earlier work as a teenage volunteer in John Lewis’s congressional office.
How did a teenage letter to a civil rights icon shape the career of today's youngest U.S. Senator?
What makes this senator's election a historic political event not seen in over forty years?
How does a senator balance local concerns with their duties on the national Intelligence Committee?