Photos: Election day in Georgia's 6th District runoff

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Photos: Voters choose in 6th District runoff election

Voters of Georgia’s 6th District cast their ballots in the nationally watched runoff election between Republican Karen Handel and Democrat Jon Ossoff.

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel and her husband Steve take the podium for her victory speech at her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel kisses her husband Steve during her victory speech at her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel and her husband Steve celebrate her victory at her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: Sixth district congressional candidate Jon Ossoff addresses the crowd during the Jon Ossoff election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: Sixth district congressional candidate Jon Ossoff with his fiancé Alisha Kramer react to the crowd during the Jon Ossoff election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: Sixth district congressional candidate Jon Ossoff with his fiance Alisha Kramer waves goodbye to the crowd during the Jon Ossoff election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: Sixth district congressional candidate Jon Ossoff with his fiance Alisha Kramer leaves the stage during the Jon Ossoff election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel takes the stage with her husband Steve to thank supporters while making an early appearance at her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

ATLANTA, GA - June 20, 2017 Natalie Jordan a student of Atlanta International School shows her support hearing a shirt with a Latino for Ossoff.

ATLANTA, GA - June 20, 2017 Reniko Thomas, SerenaSimpson and Cameron Odum takes a selfie during the election night party at the Westin Hotel in Sandy Spring.

ATLANTA, GA - June 20, 2017 A Jon Ossoff supporter wears a American Flag during the election night party at the Westin Hotel in Sandy Springs.

ATLANTA, GA - June 20, 2017 Little by little the Westing Hotel in Sandy Springs is getting full of Jon Ossoff supporters, who are waiting for the results of the 6th district of Georgia to occupy the empty chair left by the Secretary of Human Services Tom Price.

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel blows a kiss with her husband Steve looking on while making an early appearance to thank her supporters after the first returns came in during her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

ATLANTA, GA - June 20, 2017 A field organizer from Jon Ossoff campaign Fallon Hill, takes a video during the election night party of Jon Ossoff who is running for the 6th district of Georgia against the republican Karen Handle.

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: Jill Vogin, of Dunwoody, wears a sweater she made with the words, "Flip the 6th," as she arrives at the Jon Ossoff election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel makes an early appearance to thank her supporters after the first returns come in during her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Campaign worker Jack Miller prepares stickers for the Karen Handel election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: Jon Ossoff supporter Kyle Lathon wears a shirt with the likeness of Jon Ossoff at the Jon Ossoff election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: The room is set for the Karen Handel election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: Jon Ossoff supporter Kyle Lathon, center, talks with a fellow supporter during the Jon Ossoff election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel supporter Peter Ludwinski arrives for her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: The podium is shown at the Jon Ossoff congress election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel makes a heart symbol while making an early appearance to thank her supporters after the first returns came in during her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017 - Atlanta, Ga: Jon Ossoff volunteer Rachel Muller wears an American flag in her hair as she talks with fellow volunteers during the Jon Ossoff election night party at the Westin Atlanta Perimeter Hotel Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. This is the election coverage of the sixth district congressional runoff between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel. PHOTO / JASON GETZ

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel supporter Joe Webb sports a Donald Trump hat as he arrives for Handelâs election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel gets a round of applause as she arrives to thank her campaign workers before her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

While raining, Hugh Glider campaigns on the street for Jon Ossoff in Silver Springs, GA. on June 20, 2017. Chad Rhym/ Chad.Rhym@ajc.com

6/20/17 - Roswell, GA - Karen Handel, candidate for Congress, checks in for her voter card. She voted in the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, GA. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Campaign worker Andrea Tenjo sets out a sign for the Karen Handel election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

June 20, 2017 Sandy Springs: Voters line up on Tuesday, June 20, 2017at the Hammond Park Gymnasium at 705 Hammond Dr, Sandy Springs. Lots of money and lots of voters is what will be remembered about the nationally watched election to represent Atlantas northern suburbs in Congress, as 6th District voters choose whether to send Republican Karen Handel or Democrat Jon Ossoff to Washington. The district stretches from east Cobb to north DeKalb and the race is much more than a vote to fill out the remainder of former U.S. Rep. Tom Prices term after President Donald Trumps tapped him to be health secretary. Both parties have poured unprecedented resources into the race the cost now tops $50 million and both see it as a chance to send a message to the American electorate. Democrats hope an Ossoff victory could deal a blow to Trumps presidency and the GOP agenda, while giving other candidates a path to flipping more conservative strongholds. Republicans see a Handel win as a chance to bolster incumbents in competitive districts who are nervous about allying with Trump. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM.

Mary Glider (left), Preslav Mantchev (front right) and Sullivan Peterson-Quin (back right), converse about congressional candidate Jon Ossoff on an Ossoff-themed bus. Chad Rhym/ Chad.Rhym@ajc.com

Sullivan Peterson-Quin walks into a Jon Ossoff themed bus parked in Silver Springs, GA. on June 20, 2017. Voters head to the polls to participate in the congressional run-off. Chad Rhym/ Chad.Rhym@ajc.com

Neal Norris, with his daughter Piper, 1, gets checked in to vote in Georgia's 6th District race at the Hammond Drive Gym in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Beverly Colligan, Nicole Vaughn and poll worker Ed Feldstein at the Hammond Drive Gym in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, as voters select their candidate to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District.

6/20/17 - Roswell, GA - Karen Handel, candidate for Congress, votes in the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, GA. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

6/20/17 - Roswell, GA - Karen Handel, candidate for Congress, talks to the press after she voted in the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, GA. The race has attracted national attention and some international media were reported to be present as well. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

Jon Ossoff, candidate for congress in Georgia's sixth congressional district, speaks at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for Ossoff's final day on the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

Jon Ossoff, candidate for congress in Georgia's sixth congressional district, speaks to the press after addressing volunteers at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for his final day on the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

A group of volunteers and supporters listen to Jon Ossoff at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for Ossoff's final day on the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls in Georgia's 6th District race Tuesday, June 20, 2017. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

6/20/17 - Roswell, GA - Karen Handel, candidate for Congress, with her husband, Steve, arrive at their precinct to vote. They voted in the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, GA. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

6/20/17 - Roswell, GA - Karen Handel, candidate for Congress, waits while her husband, Steve, completes his voter form. They voted in the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, GA. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

6/20/17 - Roswell, GA - Karen Handel, candidate for Congress, hugs the precinct manager, Neville Billy, who she has known for years from voting at this polling place. She voted in the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, GA. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

6/20/17 - Roswell, GA - Karen Handel, candidate for Congress, and her husband, Steve, check in at their precinct to vote. They voted in the 6th District Special Election at St Mary's Orthodox Church in Roswell, GA. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

Jon Ossoff, candidate for congress in Georgia's sixth congressional district, after speaking, poses for pictures with supporters and volunteers at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for Ossoff's final day on the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

Ellen Fenoglio takes a picture of Jon Ossoff as he talks to members of the press at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

Jon Ossoff, candidate for congress in Georgia's sixth congressional district, meets with his supporters and volunteers at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for his final day on the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

Jon Ossoff, candidate for congress in Georgia's sixth congressional district, speaks to the press after addressing volunteers at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for his final day on the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

Jon Ossoff, candidate for congress in Georgia's sixth congressional district, meets with his supporters and volunteers at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch for his final day on the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

Jon Ossoff, candidate for congress in Georgia's sixth congressional district roams within his Silver Springs Field Office. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

Anne Robinson, a Jon Ossoff supporter - listens to Ossoff speak to the press at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch. Voters head to the polls on June 20, 2017 to vote in the run-off. It has shaped up as the most expensive House contest in the nation's history, pitting Karen Handel against Jon Ossoff for Tom Price's former seat.

David Ballard, Deputy Field Organizer for the Jon Ossoff for Congress campaign for the Sandy Springs Field Office, gives instructions to a group of volunteers on June 20, 2017 at the Sandy Springs Canvass Launch.

June 20, 2017, Atlanta: The room is set for the Karen Handel election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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June 20, 2017, Atlanta: Karen Handel and her husband Steve take the podium for her victory speech at her election night party in the 6th District race with Jon Ossoff on Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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