Jon Ossoff, a young Georgia media executive known for breaking fundraising records during a 2017 special election loss for a U.S. House seat, beat back a field of Democratic primary opponents to win a spot taking on Republican Sen. David Perdue in November. Ossoff received about 50.5 percent of the votes, according to votes tallied as of Wednesday night. That's a huge increase in the number of paper ballots that counties have traditionally had to process in past elections. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPPerdue, a close Trump ally seeking a second term in November, drew no GOP primary opposition. Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia is also defending the seat she was recently appointed to in a separate race that won't be filtered by primaries.

Source: Fox News June 11, 2020 01:18 UTC