(1987-02-16) February 16, 1987 (age 37) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Alisha Kramer
(m. 2017)
Children
1
Education
Georgetown University (BS) London School of Economics (MSc)
Website
Senate website
Jon Ossoff's voice
Jon Ossoff on a bipartisan investigation into the medical mistreatment of women in U.S. detention Recorded November 15, 2022
Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (/ˈɒsɒf/OSS-off; born February 16, 1987) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Ossoff was previously a documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist.
Born in Atlanta to a Jewish father and an Australian mother, Ossoff was the Democratic nominee in the 2017 special election for Georgia's 6th congressional district, which had long been considered a Republican stronghold. The special election proved competitive. It generated national attention, and became the most expensive House election in U.S. history. Ossoff narrowly lost the race to former Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel.
In 2020, Ossoff won the Democratic nomination for the 2020 U.S. Senate election in Georgia to run against then-incumbent Republican senator David Perdue. Neither candidate reached the 50 percent threshold on the November 3 general election, triggering a runoff election on January 5, 2021, which Ossoff won. Ossoff serves alongside fellow Democrat Raphael Warnock, who defeated incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler in the 2020 Senate special election runoff, also on January 5, 2021. The two races attracted significant national attention and spending, as they decided which party would control the Senate in the 117th Congress. Warnock and Ossoff's victories helped the Democrats attain a 50–50 split in the Senate, which made an effective majority due to the tie-breaking vote of the Vice President, Kamala Harris. He took office on the same day as the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, ultimately becoming the senior senator from Georgia.
With his victory, Ossoff became the youngest member of the Senate elected since Don Nickles in 1980 as well as the first Jewish member of the Senate from Georgia, the first Jewish senator from the Deep South since Dick Stone of Florida, who was elected in 1974, the first senator born in the 1980s, and the first millennial United States senator. Warnock and Ossoff are the first Democrats to represent Georgia in the United States Senate since Zell Miller in 2005.
Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (/ˈɒsɒf/ OSS-off; born February 16, 1987) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Georgia since...
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election, which he won by more than 93,000 votes. With Warnock's win and JonOssoff's victory in the concurrent regularly scheduled election, Democrats won...
senator Sam Nunn. Perdue ran for reelection in 2020, losing to Democrat JonOssoff, a former investigative journalist and filmmaker, in a January 5, 2021...
Senate to represent the state of Georgia. Incumbent Democratic Senator JonOssoff, who was first elected in 2021 is running for re-election to a second...
1964. JonOssoff (D-GA) is the youngest sitting senator at 37, replacing Josh Hawley, who at 41 was the youngest senator of the 116th Congress. Ossoff is...
"simps" expressing affection toward then-Georgia Senate candidate JonOssoff. Ossoff won the election and was sworn in as a senator on January 20, 2021...
Washington (1993–present), President pro tempore of the Senate (2023–present) JonOssoff, Georgia (2021–present) Alex Padilla, California (2021–present), Secretary...
(September 10, 2019). "JonOssoff became an unlikely Democratic star in Georgia. Now, he's running for Senate". The Washington Post. "Ossoff wins in Georgia...
start; however, on January 20, 2021, three new Democratic senators – JonOssoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla of California – were sworn...
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2021. In August 2021, three US Senators (Amy Klobuchar, Bill Cassidy, JonOssoff) sent a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, questioning the safety of the...
When Perdue's term ended on January 3, 2021, and he was succeeded by JonOssoff, Loeffler ascended to be the senior senator from Georgia, a position she...
made on behalf of a super PAC that targeted Senators Raphael Warnock and JonOssoff. In the ad, she calls on viewers to "fight back now, before it's too late"...
vote in the 2020–21 Georgia Senate election, was shared by candidate JonOssoff on his own TikTok account. By January 2021, she had acquired 565,000 followers...
Georgia has been represented in the Senate by Democrats JonOssoff and Raphael Warnock. Ossoff defeated Republican David Perdue in the regularly-scheduled...
2017, for Georgia's 6th congressional district 2017 special election for JonOssoff, and she later posted photos of herself with the voters on Instagram....
re-elected in 2020 with 59.4% of the vote. Incumbent Democratic Senator JonOssoff is running for re-election to a second term in office. He was first elected...
Noem called the two newly elected Democratic senators from Georgia, JonOssoff and Raphael Warnock, "communists" in an op-ed for The Federalist, prompting...
alphabetically is considered the senior senator. This happened with Senators JonOssoff and Raphael Warnock, both of Georgia, who were sworn in on January 20...
won Miller's former seat in the 2020–2021 special runoff election and JonOssoff won the Class 2 seat in the 2020–2021 regular runoff election. Miller...
in Georgia's 6th congressional district, against Democratic candidate JonOssoff. Former U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss endorsed Handel. During the April...
County Register. April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2017. "'A New Hope.' JonOssoff backers embrace 'Star Wars' attack ad". Political Insider blog. Retrieved...
presidential election, and candidate JonOssoff, who ran for Georgia's 6th congressional district in its 2017 special election. Ossoff received more than $1 million...
effective January 20, as a result of electoral victories in Georgia by JonOssoff in a runoff election for a six-year term and Raphael Warnock in a special...
20, 2021, when Vice President-elect Harris and senators Alex Padilla, JonOssoff, and Raphael Warnock were sworn into office. Democrats gained control...
correspondent was $45,457. Notable former legislative correspondents include JonOssoff, Ben Cline, Joshua DuBois, and Stacey Plaskett. Congressional Staff: Duties...
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