TOP RACE
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Democrat - Georgia
Running for Senate
Top Race Candidate:
This close election will help determine control of the House & Senate.
A former investigative journalist Jon Ossoff serves as Georgia’s first Jewish Senator. Elected in 2021, he quickly became one of the most legislatively effective freshman Senators, passing more standalone bills in his first two years than any of his peers. His bipartisan efforts have delivered results across mental health care, and public safety.
PARTY: Democrat
ELECTED: 2021 (Runoff election)
EDUCATION: Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service; London School of Economics
OCCUPATION PRIOR TO CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE: Investigative Journalist; Documentary Filmmaker; CEO of Insight TWI
BORN: February 16, 1987
First-time candidates do not yet have a voting record.
“I fervently want Israel to succeed, both in defeating the threat posed by Hamas, and as a historic effort to secure a safe homeland for Jews.” - Sen. Jon Ossoff
POLITICAL CAREER
Interned for Representative John Lewis in 2004
Served as a legislative assistant for foreign affairs and defense policy to Representative Hank Johnson in 2007
COMMITTEES SERVED ON
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
INTERESTING FACTS
Georgia's first Jewish senator
In his first two years in office, has passed into law more standalone bills than any other freshman Senator
