Republicans Avoid Special Election Defeat

The Republican party in the US has narrowly managed to avoid defeat in a special election in the state of Georgia, a vote seen as a test of President Trump's popularity.

Democrat Jon Ossoff, who raised over 8 million dollars for the campaign, fell short of the 50% needed to win outright, meaning he'll now face a run-off in June.

Our US correspondent Lorna Shaddick reports.

IN: 30 year old...
OUT: SOC
DUR: 45 seconds
POT: 31, 37 seconds

AIR: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-air.mp3
ARN: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-arn.mp3
FM4: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-fm4.mp3
GENERIC: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-generic.mp3
ICRT: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-icrt.mp3
NIGERIA: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-von.mp3
RNZ: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-rnz.mp3
SRN: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-srn.mp3
VATICAN: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-vat.mp3
ZIZ: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-ziz.mp3
938: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419ossoff-ls-938.mp3

AUDIO:

Both Jon Ossoff and his Republican rival Karen Handel say they're ready for the contest in June:

IN: We will be...
OUT: ...bring it on
DUR: 13 seconds

http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419candidates.mp3

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told NBC that the vote should be a wakeup call for the party:

IN: There are districts…
OUT: ...win this seat
DUR: 10 seconds

http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419graham.mp3

The head of the Democratic National Committee, Tom Perez, said his party will be organising ahead of the run-off on 20th June:

IN: We’re going to...
OUT: … of the vote
DUR: 24 seconds

http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0419perez.mp3