Jon Ossoff looks like he has his eyes on 2028

His political biography has the structure of a story Democrats badly need right now. In April 2017, at 29 years old, with no elective experience and a resume built on documentary filmmaking and a congressional staff job, he ran in a special election for Georgia’s 6th District. The seat had belonged to Republicans since Newt Gingrich won it in 1978. Tom Price had just vacated it to become Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services. Democrats, smelling blood in the Atlanta suburbs, poured money in. Ossoff raised $8.3 million before the first vote was cast. He finished first in a crowded field with 48.1% of the vote, nearly 30 points ahead of Republican Karen Handel, but fell just short of the 50% threshold Georgia requires to avoid a runoff. Two months later, Handel beat him, 51.8% to 48.2%.