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In Georgia, a key US House race comes down to its final days

By BILL BARROW about Trump. The Roswell,
Associated Press Georgia, resident sees Os-
DORAVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Dr. soff as a charlatan, cam-
Nadine Becker wasn’t po- paigning as a moderate
litically involved until she but certain to become a
saw Donald Trump elected marionette of his national
president, but the subur- party.
ban Atlanta gynecologist “He’s a phony. I think he’s
didn’t know how to en- been coached up,” says
gage, given her tradition- McCleary, arguing Handel
ally Republican surround- would cast reliably conser-
ings. vative votes.
“I was yelling at the TV Those are some of the ra-
and throwing things at the tionales that could ulti-
TV,” recalls the 55-year- mately settle what both
old mother of three. Then campaigns agree will be
she found her cause in a close race, despite Re-
30-year-old Democrat Jon publicans holding the seat
Ossoff, who is aiming for a since 1979 with represen-
major upset in Georgia’s tatives from Newt Gin-
6th Congressional District In this June 6, 2017 photo, candidates in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District race Republican grich, the eventual House
runoff Tuesday against Re- Karen Handel, left, and Democrat Jon Ossoff prepare to debate in Atlanta. Handel and Ossoff speaker, to Price. The seat
publican Karen Handel. are making their last push this weekend before voters in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District cast opened in February when
With a potential price tag ballots Tuesday, June 20, to replace Tom Price in Washington, a contest seen as an early political Price resigned to become
test for the Trump administration.
exceeding $50 million, (Branden Camp/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) Trump’s health and human
service secretary.
Ossoff, who led April’s first
the most expensive House round but fell shy of out-
race in U.S. history has be- right victory, gamely insist-
come a proxy for the na- ed that “this is about the
tion’s political divides, of- folks right here in Georgia.”
fering another early test Handel, 55, said it’s about
for Trump and the GOP’s choosing her record as
monopoly in Washington. Georgia secretary of state
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“My values are being
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threatened,” Becker said,
GAMES START 8 PM TO THE WEE HOURS mentioning health care “My opponent likes to talk
about it,” she says. “I’ve
access, abortion rights and
voting rights, “and now we done it.” But the national
attention — and all the
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the more intense given Re-
OVER $20,000 PER WEEK GIVEN OUT IN HIGH HAND BONUSES are equally appalled, but publicans held on to House
for reasons that leave them
CRAPS backing Handel. seats in Montana and
Kansas earlier this spring
ONLY CASINO IN ARUBA TO OFFER 3, 4 & 5 TIME ODDS “This is about who will sup- and are expected to hold
port Donald Trump and
a South Carolina seat on
his agenda,” says Sleeth, Tuesday. Ossoff’s television
a 37-year-old landscaper ads mostly frame him as a
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For McCleary, 58, it’s less economy. q