Jon Ossoff

Jon Ossoff
United States Senator from Georgia
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2021 Serving with Raphael Warnock
Preceded by	David Perdue
Personal details
Born	Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (1987-02-16) February 16, 1987 (age 37) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Alisha Kramer ​ (m. 2017)​
Education	Georgetown University (BSFS) London School of Economics (MSc)
Website	Campaign website

Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (born February 16, 1987)^[1] is an American documentary filmmaker and politician. Ossoff is the Senior United States Senator from Georgia since 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2017 special election in Georgia's 6th congressional district.^[2][3][4][5]

Ossoff ran against Republican Georgia Senator David Perdue in the 2020 election for United States Senate.^[6] He won the election in a run-off race on January 5, 2021. Ossoff is the first Millennial senator to be elected.^[7]

1. ↑ Mr. Thomas Jonathan Ossoff, Insight Twi Limited; findthecompany.co.uk^{[permanent dead link]} (subscription required)
2. ↑ "Insight TWI: The World Investigates".
3. ↑ Bluestein, Greg (January 5, 2017). "A Democrat with a pile of cash commitments announces for Tom Price's seat". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
4. ↑ "About Jon". Jon Ossoff for Congress. 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
5. ↑ Bill Barrow (February 14, 2017). "Georgia special election shapes up as referendum on Trump". Associated Press. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
6. ↑ Astor, Maggie (2019-09-09). "Jon Ossoff Will Run for Senate in Georgia". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
7. ↑ Bill Bostock (January 6, 2020). "Jon Ossoff is the youngest Democrat elected to the Senate since Joe Biden in 1973". Business Insider. Retrieved January 6, 2020.