Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff | |
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| Born | thumb February 16, 1987 (age 30) Atlanta Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | thumb |
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| Political party | Democratic |
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| Alma mater | Georgetown University School of Foreign Service(BS) London School of Economics(MS)[1] |
| Website | Campaign website |
Thomas Jonathan Ossoff is an American investigative film executive, former congressional aide, and Democratic candidate running in the special election to represent Georgia's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.[2][3][4][5]
Early Life and Family
Born in Atlanta in 1987, Ossoff grew up in the Northlake area of Georgia's 6th congressional district.[4] Ossoff's mother, Heather Fenton, is co-founder of NewPower PAC, an organization that works to elect women to local office across Georgia.[6][7]
Education
During his undergraduate years at Georgetown University[8][9] (2005-2009), Ossoff studied under former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren, and other national security professionals who taught in Georgetown's Walsh School of Foreign Service.[4]
Ossoff went on to earn his Master of Science degree from London School of Economics in 2013,[8][9] where he wrote his thesis on trade relations between the United States and China.[10][11]
Career
Ossoff served Georgia as a national security staffer in Congress for 5 years, where he drafted and managed legislative initiatives that passed the House and Senate,[1] Since 2013, he has been managing partner and CEO of Insight TWI, a small business which produces investigations targeting corrupt officials and organized crime for international news organizations.[12] In 2016, Jon was an executive producer for a documentary for the BBC exposing atrocities committed by ISIS in Iraq.[13][14]
Georgia 6th District Special Election, 2017
After learning that Tom Price had been appointed secretary of Health and Human Serives, Ossoff sought advice from John Lewis on how to run for the vacated seat.[9] Although the district is solidly Republican,[9] Ossoff "has quickly emerged as the most viable" Democratic candidate for the election to succeed Price[15] following endorsements from Hank Johnson, Rep. John Lewis,[16][17] and Stacey Abrams[18] in a field of seventeen candidates.[19] He also received the bulk of the attention and fundraising compared to other Democratic contenders, with $250,000 in financial commitments from supporters and and $500,000 raised through Daily Kos liberal advocacy site[20] an amount characterized as a "a wild amount of grassroots support for an unknown House candidate".[8] By the end of February 2017 he had raised 1.85 million in five weeks.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Jon Ossoff Announces Congressional Bid". January 5, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "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. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
- ^ a b c "About Jon". Jon Ossoff for Congress. 2017.
- ^ Barrow, Bill (February 14, 2017). "Georgia special election shapes up as referendum on Trump". ABC News. Associated Press. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "Another Democrat Announces for Tom Price's Seat with some Hefty Advantages". Atlanta Journal Constitution. January 5, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "About New Power PAC".
- ^ a b c Hohmann, James (February 23, 2017). "The Daily 202: Will anti-Trump backlash let Democrats win the Georgia special election to replace Tom Price?". Washington Post. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Murphy, Patricia (February 27, 2017). "Could The Resistance Start With Georgia's Special Election?". Daily Beast. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "Jon Ossoff on LinkedIn". Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Jonathan Ossoff in LSE Review of Books".
- ^ "No Blood Diamonds or Gunrunning in Sight, Why the Documentary Film?". Independent. September 16, 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Girls, Guns, and ISIS". September 2016. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "InsightTWI: Girls, Guns and Isis". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "Georgia Special House Election Still Goes Race to Lose". New York Magazine. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ "Georgia special election shapes up as referendum on Trump". ABC News. February 14, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ Roarty, Alex (February 23, 2017). "Democrats hope Trump backlash begins in this ruby-red House seat". Miami Herald. McClatchy. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ^ "Democrat aiming for Tom Price's seat picks up key supporter". Atlanta Journal Constitution. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^ Darnell, Tim. "Race to replace Price: Leading in polls, Ossoff doesn't live in district". WXIA. NBC. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ^ "A Democrat is Putting up Big Numbers in Tom Price's Conservative Turf". Atlanta Journal Constitution. February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.