Who is Jon Ossoff? 30-year-old Democrat running for Congress in Georgia

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All political eyes are on Georgia's Sixth Congressional District on Tuesday and many are wondering who the young Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff is and where he came from.

The 30-year-old is taking on veteran Republican candidate Karen Handel in what is the most expensive House race ever.

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The special runoff election is a key test for both parties heading into the 2018 midterm elections.

Ossoff won the first round of the special election on April 18 with 48 percent of the vote -- just shy of the 50 percent he needed to avoid the runoff. Handel earned second place with just 19 percent of the vote.

Check out some interesting facts about Ossoff below:

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