Jon Ossoff
American politician and filmmaker (born 1987)
Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (born February 16, 1987)[1] is an American documentary filmmaker and politician. Ossoff is the Senior United States Senator from Georgia since 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Jon Ossoff | |
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| United States Senator from Georgia | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2021 Serving with Raphael Warnock | |
| Preceded by | David Perdue |
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| Born | Thomas Jonathan Ossoff February 16, 1987 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Alisha Kramer (m. 2017) |
| Education | Georgetown University (BSFS) London School of Economics (MSc) |
| Website | Campaign website |
He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2017 special election in Georgia's 6th congressional district.[2][3][4][5]
Ossoff ran against Republican Georgia Senator David Perdue in the 2020 election for United States Senate.[6] He won the election in a run-off race on January 5, 2021. Ossoff is the first Millennial senator to be elected.[7]
References
change- ↑ Mr. Thomas Jonathan Ossoff, Insight Twi Limited; findthecompany.co.uk[permanent dead link] (subscription required)
- ↑ "Insight TWI: The World Investigates".
- ↑ Bluestein, Greg (January 5, 2017). "A Democrat with a pile of cash commitments announces for Tom Price's seat". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
- ↑ "About Jon". Jon Ossoff for Congress. 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ↑ Bill Barrow (February 14, 2017). "Georgia special election shapes up as referendum on Trump". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
- ↑ Astor, Maggie (2019-09-09). "Jon Ossoff Will Run for Senate in Georgia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ↑ Bill Bostock (January 6, 2020). "Jon Ossoff is the youngest Democrat elected to the Senate since Joe Biden in 1973". Business Insider. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
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