--- title: Georgia Election: Trump Tweets Support for Karen Handel description: President Trump tweeted his support of Republican Karen Handel in the special election for Georgia's 6th congressional district canonical: https://time.com/4824773/donald-trump-tweets-karen-handel-jon-osoff-georgia/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-20T12:00:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:13:29.075Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Tweets Support for Republican Candidate in Georgia Special Election og:description: It's the most expensive House race ever og:url: https://time.com/4824773/donald-trump-tweets-karen-handel-jon-osoff-georgia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f9634cadf85ff47/6988d25ee76ad2d3fd62df94/donald-trump-georgia-karen-handel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4914 og:image:height: 2764 og:image:alt: President Trump Participates In American Technology Council Roundtable Discussion og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Tweets Support for Republican Candidate in Georgia Special Election twitter:description: It's the most expensive House race ever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f9634cadf85ff47/6988d25ee76ad2d3fd62df94/donald-trump-georgia-karen-handel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Tweets Support for Republican Candidate in Georgia Special Election > Sponsored content. 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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with tech leaders during the American Technology Council roundtable hosted at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, June 19, 2017. Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 20, 2017 12:00 PM UTC President Trump tweeted his support of Republican Karen Handel, who is hoping to win a contentious special election for a vacant House in Georgia. On Tuesday morning, Trump urged voters in Georgia to choose Handel in what has become the most [expensive House race](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/democrats-vs-trump/how-referendum-trump-became-most-expensive-house-race-ever-n773831) in history. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877104262463008771) Trump has frequently touted Handel as the right choice in the race, and has spoken out against the Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/877101173412638720) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/876778344636928000) The special election for [Georgia’s 6th Congressional District](http://time.com/4744150/all-eyes-on-georgia/) has drawn a [significant amount of attention](http://time.com/4823581/georgia-election-ossoff-handel-race/?xid=homepage) since Trump was elected because a Democratic win would mark a substantial gain in an area that has been a Republican stronghold since 1979. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4824773/donald-trump-tweets-karen-handel-jon-osoff-georgia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4824773/donald-trump-tweets-karen-handel-jon-osoff-georgia/"},"headline":"President Trump Tweets Support for Republican Candidate in Georgia Special Election","datePublished":"2017-06-20T12:00:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:13:29.075Z","description":"It's the most expensive House race ever","url":"https://time.com/4824773/donald-trump-tweets-karen-handel-jon-osoff-georgia/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f9634cadf85ff47/6988d25ee76ad2d3fd62df94/donald-trump-georgia-karen-handel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f9634cadf85ff47/6988d25ee76ad2d3fd62df94/donald-trump-georgia-karen-handel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Participates In American Technology Council Roundtable Discussion","caption":"President Trump Participates In American Technology Council Roundtable Discussion","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4824773/donald-trump-tweets-karen-handel-jon-osoff-georgia/","name":"President Trump Tweets Support for Republican Candidate in Georgia Special Election"}}]}] ```