As battered Democrats assess their loss in Tuesday’s Georgia House race, they are finding that the path back to power, which they hoped had been opened up by voter discontent with President Trump, is full of tricky obstacles. The loss in Georgia was bitter, after Democrats, in the most expensive House race ever, invested tens of millions of dollars in a political newcomer and millennial, Jon Ossoff. One big challenge for Democrats is that all the enthusiasm on their side sparked a counterreaction among Georgia voters. The Georgia race did nothing to solve the internal debate raging among Democrats about how hard to go after Trump in their campaigns. The loss in Georgia highlighted how Democrats need to redouble their efforts to find the top-tier candidates for them, he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 21, 2017 17:53 UTC