https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/republicans-sweep-all-four-their-special-elections

(CNSNews.com) - "High-Stakes Referendum on Trump Takes Shape in a Georgia Special Election," said the headline in The New York Times on June 18. "Republican Claims House Seat in Georgia," said the New York Times headline three days later.

The most expensive House race in history ended badly for Democrats and their politically inexperienced candidate, who no longer lived in the district he wanted to represent.

Republican Karen Handel easily defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff in Tuesday's special election to replace Tom Price, who is now serving as Health and Human Services Secretary.

Handel received 134,595 votes, or 51.9 percent, to Ossoff's 124,893 votes, or 48.1 percent.

“Special thanks to the President of the United States of America,” Handel said in her victory speech. Her supporters reacted with cries of "Trump, Trump, Trump!"

As expected, a Republican also won Tuesday's special election in South Carolina to replace Rep. Mick Mulvaney, now President Trump's budget director. Republican Ralph Norman got 51.1 percent of the vote to Democrat Archie Parnell's 47.9 percent.