Democrats are hoping to flip an open House seat this month in deep-red Georgia -- and flip the 2017 election story in which they’ve so far failed to win any Republican-held seat in this year's special elections. They have now put their hope on first-time candidate Jon Ossoff in the June 20 runoff race for the House seat in suburban Atlanta. However, he also acknowledged: “It’s going to be a tight race.”The 30-year-old Ossoff could not secure an outright victory in the initial special election in April. Democrats will notch a victory on Tuesday, however, with only Democratic candidates vying for the House seat in California once held by fellow party member Xavier Becerra. Democrats also lost the special election this spring for the open House seat in Kansas of Republican Mike Pompeo, the new CIA director.

Source: Fox News June 06, 2017 17:21 UTC