The Republicans will hold on to Georgia's 6th Congressional District in the most expensive U.S. House race in history, and one the Democrats pinned a lot of hopes on.

  • Race is important to each party's future
  • Race could indicate how 2018 midterm elections will play out

Karen Handel won the special election for the district that belonged to former Congressman-turned Health Secretary Tom Price.

She fended off Democrat Jon Ossoff, a 30-year-old former congressional staffer turned documentary filmmaker.

The race was called the most expensive in history as more than $50 million has been poured into this race by the candidates, their parties, and super PACs.

A telltale sign that this race is crucial to determining how each party will fare in the future.

Ossoff is a 30-year-old former congressional staffer turned documentary filmmaker. Making his first bid for office, he became a symbol of the Trump opposition movement.

Yet Ossoff barely mentioned the president, talking instead in generalities about “restoring civility” and the importance of Congress as an oversight body. He didn’t constantly refer to Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state, directly either, instead pitching his “fresh leadership” against “career politicians.”

Handel, 55, embraced her experience as a statewide and local elected official. “You know me,” she said, adding often that Ossoff has “no record” and “inflates his resume.”

She’s also known as a Susan G. Komen Foundation executive when the organization in 2012 sought to cut off its support of Planned Parenthood, which provides services including abortions.