Jon Ossoff#Personal life

Ossoff was born on February 16, 1987, in Atlanta, Georgia.{{Cite web|title=Ossoff, Thomas Jonathan (Jon)|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/O000174|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}} He was raised in Northlake, an unincorporated community.{{cite press release |url=https://electjon.com/news/2017/1/4/jon-ossoff-announces-congressional-bid-in-georgia|title=Jon Ossoff Announces Congressional Bid |date= January 5, 2017| access-date=February 21, 2017|url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170222084607/https://electjon.com/news/2017/1/4/jon-ossoff-announces-congressional-bid-in-georgia|archive-date=February 22, 2017}} Ossoff's mother, Heather Fenton, is an Australian immigrant who was born and raised in Sydney{{cite news|last1=Knott|first1=Matthew|date=January 6, 2021|title=Almost Australian: the Georgia run-off candidate with roots Down Under|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/almost-australian-the-georgia-run-off-candidate-with-roots-down-under-20210106-p56s01.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127013709/https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/almost-australian-the-georgia-run-off-candidate-with-roots-down-under-20210106-p56s01.html|archive-date=January 27, 2021}} and immigrated to the United States at the age of 23.{{Cite news|last=Bethea|first=Charles|date=March 3, 2017|title=Can This Democrat Win the Georgia Sixth?|magazine=The New Yorker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/can-this-democrat-win-the-georgia-sixth|url-status=live|access-date=March 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512051104/https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/can-this-democrat-win-the-georgia-sixth|archive-date=May 12, 2021}} She co-founded NewPower PAC, an organization that works to elect women to local office across Georgia.{{cite news|last=Bluestein|first=Greg|date=January 5, 2017|title=A Democrat with a pile of cash commitments announces for Tom Price's seat|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/democrat-with-pile-cash-commitments-announces-for-tom-price-seat/QkAhhMjELzBuaxzDCZs6cP/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412110036/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/democrat-with-pile-cash-commitments-announces-for-tom-price-seat/QkAhhMjELzBuaxzDCZs6cP/|archive-date=April 12, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2017|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}} His father, Richard Ossoff, who is of Russian Jewish and Lithuanian Jewish descent, is an attorney who owns Strafford Publications, a specialist publishing company, and who was active in the 1980s fight against the Presidential Parkway planned for intown Atlanta.{{cite web |last1=Garbus |first1=Rachel |title=Before there was "Stop Cop City," there was "Stop the Road" |date=September 13, 2023 |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/before-there-was-stop-cop-city-there-was-stop-the-road/ |publisher=Atlanta Magazine |access-date=1 January 2024}} Ossoff was raised Jewish and, due to his mother being a gentile, formally converted to the religion prior to his bar mitzvah.{{cite news|url=http://www.jta.org/2017/03/21/news-opinion/politics/a-jewish-candidate-gives-democrats-hope-in-atlantas-suburbs|title=A Jewish candidate gives Democrats hope in Atlanta's suburbs|last=Kampeas|first=Ron|date=March 21, 2017|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|access-date=March 28, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/us-elections/everything-you-need-to-know-about-jewish-democratic-senator-jon-ossoff-654529|title=Everything you need to know about Jewish Democratic senator Jon Ossoff|first=Philissa|last=Cramer|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=January 7, 2021}} His ancestors fled pogroms in the early 20th century, and he noted in an interview that he grew up among Holocaust survivor relatives and detailed how this greatly influenced him and his worldviews.{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-jon-ossoff-tells-haaretz-how-his-jewish-upbringing-taught-him-to-fight-for-justice-1.9386302|title=Jon Ossoff Tells Haaretz How His Jewish Upbringing Taught Him to Fight for Justice|agency=Haaretz|author=Etan Nechin|date=December 20, 2020}} He previously held dual Australian citizenship through his mother.

He attended The Paideia School, a private school in Atlanta. While in high school, he interned for civil rights leader and U.S. representative John Lewis. In 2009, Ossoff graduated from Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service with a Bachelor of Science in culture and politics.{{cite news| url= https://thehoya.com/news/ossoff-sfs-09-sworn-into-senate-georgetown-students-reflect-on-campaign/|title=Ossoff (SFS '09) Sworn Into Senate, Georgetown Students Reflect On Campaign|last= Gibbons| first=Breandan|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=April 1, 2025|newspaper=The Hoya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250401055638/https://thehoya.com/news/ossoff-sfs-09-sworn-into-senate-georgetown-students-reflect-on-campaign/|archive-date=April 1, 2025|url-status=live}} He attended classes taught by former U.S. secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren.{{cite news| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/02/23/daily-202-will-anti-trump-backlash-let-democrats-win-the-georgia-special-election-to-replace-tom-price/58ae458be9b69b1406c75ceb/|title=The Daily 202: Will anti-Trump backlash let Democrats win the Georgia special election to replace Tom Price?|last= Hohmann| first=James|date=February 23, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/could-the-resistance-start-with-georgias-special-election|title=Could The Resistance Start With Georgia's Special Election?|last=Murphy|first=Patricia|date=February 27, 2017|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=March 1, 2017}} He earned a Master of Science degree in international political economy from the London School of Economics in 2013.{{Cite news|last=Galloway|first=Jim|title=Jon Ossoff and Al Jazeera: The truth is far more interesting|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/jon-ossoff-and-jazeera-the-truth-far-more-interesting/mx9Je0M4q875VVNSIAlQ3H/|access-date=January 6, 2021|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=April 15, 2017}}

After receiving a recommendation from John Lewis, Ossoff worked as a national security staffer and legislative assistant for foreign affairs and defense policy for U.S. representative Hank Johnson from 2007 to 2012.{{Cite news|last1=Nadler|first1=Ben|last2=Bynum|first2=Russ|date=December 23, 2020|title=Georgia US Senate race: Ossoff again campaigning in overtime|url=https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2020/12/23/georgia-us-senate-race-ossoff-again-campaigning-in-overtime/|publisher=WKMG-TV|agency=Associated Press}}{{Cite news|last=Nolin|first=Jill|date=December 21, 2020|title=Ossoff aims to connect John Lewis legacy with a new generation|url=https://georgiarecorder.com/2020/12/21/ossoff-aims-to-connect-john-lewis-legacy-with-a-new-generation/|work=Georgia Recorder}}{{Cite news|last=Jacobson|first=Louis|date=April 3, 2017|title=How extensive was Jon Ossoff's national security background?|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/03/jon-ossoff/jon-ossoff-national-security-background/|publisher=PolitiFact|access-date=April 6, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff|url=https://www.senate.gov/senators/117thCongress/ossoff-jon.htm|website=www.senate.gov|access-date=January 23, 2021}} From 2013 to 2021, Ossoff was the managing director and chief executive officer of Insight: The World Investigates (TWI), a London-based investigative television production company that works with reporters to create documentaries about corruption in foreign countries.{{cite news |last1=Wilkins |first1=Emily |title=Georgia Democrats See Another Opportunity in Race Against Perdue |url=https://about.bgov.com/news/georgia-democrats-see-another-opportunity-in-race-against-perdue/ |access-date=June 30, 2020 |publisher=Bloomberg Government |date=June 25, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Ravindran|first=Manori|date=March 5, 2020|title=Doc Producer Jon Ossoff on His Run for a U.S. Senate Seat in Georgia|url=https://variety.com/2020/politics/news/jon-ossoff-senate-georgia-1203522791/|work=Variety|access-date=April 17, 2020}} The firm produced BBC investigations about ISIS war crimes and death squads in East Africa. Ossoff was involved in producing a documentary about the staging of a play in Sierra Leone. Ossoff had previously received an inheritance of an unknown amount from his grandfather, a former co-owner of a Massachusetts leather factory, of which he used $250,000 to co-fund Insight: TWI alongside company founder and former BBC reporter Ron McCullagh, who first met Ossoff when he was 16 years old during a family vacation to France and with whom he kept in contact afterward.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ossoff-senate-georgia-family-money/2020/12/22/617bd4b0-34e0-11eb-afe6-e4dbee9689f8_story.html|title=How Senate candidate Jon Ossoff used family wealth to bolster his international media career|first=Michael|last=Kranish|author-link=Michael Kranish|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 23, 2020}}

{{main|2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election}}

File:2017 GA-06 congressional district special election - Results by county.svg; Ossoff lost to Karen Handel 52 to 48 percent.]]

After learning that Republican Tom Price of Georgia's 6th congressional district had been appointed secretary of health and human services by president-elect Donald Trump, Ossoff announced his candidacy for the special election on January 5, 2017. Ossoff quickly emerged as the most viable Democratic candidate out of a large field of candidates.{{cite news|first=Ed|last=Kilgore|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/02/georgia-special-house-election-still-gops-race-to-lose.html|title=Georgia's Special Election to Replace Tom Price Is Still the GOP's Race to Lose|date=February 16, 2017|work=Daily Intelligencer}} He was endorsed by congressmen Hank Johnson and John Lewis,{{cite news|last=Barrow|first=Bill|date=February 14, 2017|title=Georgia special election shapes up as referendum on Trump|url=https://apnews.com/article/75e4d661a17743768202f23cd05d7a9e|work=Associated Press}}{{cite news|last=Roarty|first=Alex|date=February 23, 2017|title=Democrats hope Trump backlash begins in this ruby-red House seat|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article134490239.html|work=The Miami Herald|access-date=February 25, 2017}} and state House Democratic leader Stacey Abrams.{{cite news|last=Bluestein|first=Greg|date=February 9, 2017|title=Democrat aiming for Tom Price's seat picks up key supporter|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/democrat-aiming-for-tom-price-seat-picks-key-supporter/uvSP7I0glk0RhO1taiHMhK/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201218184657/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/democrat-aiming-for-tom-price-seat-picks-key-supporter/uvSP7I0glk0RhO1taiHMhK/|archive-date=December 18, 2020|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=December 18, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Darnell|first=Tim|date=February 28, 2017|title=Race to replace Price: Leading in polls, Ossoff doesn't live in district|url=http://www.11alive.com/news/politics/elections/race-to-replace-price-leading-in-polls-ossoff-doesnt-live-in-district/414685623|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20170418062332/http://www.11alive.com/news/politics/elections/race-to-replace-price-leading-in-polls-ossoff-doesnt-live-in-district/414685623|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2017|publisher=WXIA-TV|access-date=March 1, 2017}} He also received public support from U.S. senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.{{cite news|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=April 21, 2017|title=Sanders endorses Ossoff, but won't call him a progressive|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/329927-sanders-endorses-ossoff-but-wont-call-him-a-progressive/|work=The Hill|access-date=October 24, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-reload-for-georgia-runoff-but-party-divisions-remain-1492626238|title=Democrats Reload for Georgia Runoff, But Party Divisions Remain|first1=Reid J.|last1=Epstein|first2=Natalie|last2=Andrews|date=April 19, 2017|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=October 24, 2018}}{{cite news|last=Seitz-Wald|first=Alex|date=April 21, 2017|title=Sanders clarifies support for Ossoff after dustup|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/democrats-vs-trump/bernie-sanders-clarifies-support-jon-ossoff-after-dustup-n749491|publisher=NBC News|access-date=October 24, 2018}} Ossoff raised over $8.3 million by early April of that year.{{Cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406103448/https://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/ossoff-pulls-record-donations-for-georgia-special-election/MqGzLMjrzVRR8jE5YGs3rL/ |date=April 5, 2017 |first1=Aaron |last1=Gould Sheinin |first2=Greg |last2=Bluestein |archive-date=April 6, 2017 |url=https://www.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/ossoff-pulls-record-donations-for-georgia-special-election/MqGzLMjrzVRR8jE5YGs3rL/ |title=Democrat Ossoff rakes in huge amount in 6th District race|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=April 6, 2017}}

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ossoff "transformed what was expected to be a quiet battle for a long-safe Republican seat into a proxy fight over Trump, the health care overhaul, and the partisan struggle for suburbia". When he entered the race, the Cook Partisan Voting Index rated Georgia's 6th congressional district at R+14;{{cite web|url=http://cookpolitical.com/file/2013-04-49.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617193745/http://cookpolitical.com/file/2013-04-49.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 17, 2017 |title=Partisan Voting Index: Districts of the 113th Congress |work=The Cook Political Report|date=2013 |access-date=April 17, 2020}} the district was not considered competitive, and had been represented in Congress by Republicans since 1978.{{cite web |url=https://heavy.com/news/2017/04/georgia-sixth-congressional-district-last-most-recent-democrat-jon-ossoff/ |first=Brendan |last=Morrow |date=April 18, 2017 |title=When Was the Last Time a Democrat Represented Georgia's Sixth Congressional District? |website=Heavy }} Less than two months before Ossoff's announcement, Price had been re-elected in a landslide, with 62 percent of the vote.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/georgia-house-district-6-price-stooksbury |date=August 1, 2017 |title=Georgia U.S. House 6th District Results: Tom Price Wins|work=The New York Times}}

Ossoff grew up in what is now the 6th district, where his family still resides, although as of the election, he lived about {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} outside the district's boundaries in the neighboring 4th district. He said he only lived in the 4th temporarily so that his girlfriend, now wife, who was then an Emory University medical student, could walk to work.{{cite news |last1=Katz Connelly |first1=Irene |title=Who is Alisha Kramer? Meet the Jewish doctor married to Jon Ossoff |url=https://forward.com/schmooze/461581/who-is-alisha-kramer-meet-the-jewish-doctor-married-to-jon-ossoff/ |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=The Forward |date=7 January 2021 |language=en}} Members of the House are required only to live in the state they represent.{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/georgia-candidate-shrugs-off-district-issues-cnntv/index.html |title=Dem hopeful dismisses questions about residency |first=Josiah |last=Ryan|publisher=CNN|date=April 18, 2017|access-date=April 18, 2017}}{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Costa|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/georgia-house-race-stokes-gop-identity-crisis--and-opportunity-for-democrats/2017/04/18/a2231a48-242f-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html|title=Republicans avoid big loss by forcing a runoff in Ga. House race|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 18, 2017}} The two became engaged during the campaign.{{cite news |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/jon-ossoff-engaged-to-long-time-girlfriend-amid-6th-district-race |date=May 8, 2017 |title=Jon Ossoff engaged to long-time girlfriend amid 6th District Race|publisher=WAGA-TV|access-date=November 5, 2020}}

On April 18, 2017, no candidate received 50 percent of the vote in the blanket primary.{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/georgia-house-6th-special-election-jon-ossoff/index.html |date=April 19, 2017 |title=Ossoff falls just short in Georgia special election|first=Eric |last=Bradner|publisher=CNN|access-date=April 19, 2017}} Ossoff led with about 48.1 percent of the vote, Republican candidate Karen Handel received 19.8 percent, while the remainder of votes were scattered for 16 other candidates.{{cite news |date=April 19, 2017 |title=Unofficial Results |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/67317/Web02-state/ |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |location=Atlanta, Georgia |access-date=April 19, 2017}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-special-election-district-6|title=Election Results: Ossoff, Handel Advance in Race for Georgia's Sixth Congressional District |work=The New York Times|date=April 19, 2017}} Because no candidate secured an absolute majority, the two leading candidates, Ossoff and Handel, competed in a runoff election on June 20, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/176134/jon-ossoff/ |title=The Voter's Self Defense System|publisher=Vote Smart|access-date=April 20, 2017}} Ossoff won all but 1 percent of the Democratic vote, while the Republican vote was more heavily split. Republicans collectively won 51.2 percent of the overall vote.{{cite news|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/04/ossoff-to-face-handel-in-georgia-special-election-runoff.html |date=April 19, 2017 |title=Ossoff Falls Short of a Majority in Georgia House Race, Heads to Runoff|first=Ed|last=Kilgore|work=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=May 11, 2017}}

Ossoff broke national fundraising records for a U.S. House candidate.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/us/politics/ossoff-handel-georgia-house-special-election.html |first1=Jonathan |last1=Martin |first2=Rachel |last2=Shorey |title=Ossoff Raises $23 Million in Most Expensive House Race in History|work=The New York Times|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=July 13, 2017}} In total, his campaign raised more than $23 million, two-thirds of which was contributed by small-dollar donors nationwide.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/ossoff-social-media-campaign/ |first=Issie |last=Lapowsky |date=June 21, 2017 |title=Jon Ossoff, the Congressional Candidate Social Media Built|magazine=Wired|access-date=July 13, 2017}} Combined spending by the campaigns and outside groups on their behalf added up to over $55 million, which was the most expensive House election in U.S. history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/20/us/politics/georgia-6th-most-expensive-house-election.html|title=Who Financed the Georgia Sixth, the Most Expensive House Election Ever|last1=Parlapiano|first1=Alicia|date=June 20, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 23, 2017|last2=Shorey|first2=Rachel}} During the campaign, Republican strategy focused on connecting him to Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi, regarded as a polarizing and unpopular figure by Republicans; Ossoff declined to say whether he would, if elected, support Pelosi for Speaker.{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/republicans-nancy-pelosi-georgia/index.html |title=Trump and Republicans Don't Want Pelosi To Go|last=Bradner|first=Eric|date=June 22, 2017|publisher=CNN|access-date=October 24, 2017}}

In the June 20 runoff, Ossoff was defeated by Handel, by 9,282 votes.{{cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/70059/Web02-state/#/|title=Election Night Reporting|website=results.enr.clarityelections.com}} According to Atlanta Magazine, "while his percentage of the total vote remained steady from April to now, Ossoff garnered 32,220 more votes in those three months, a 34 percent increase ... Ossoff and his allies might have scooped up nearly every Democrat vote there was to get—and it still wasn't enough to overcome the GOP's numerical advantage."{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Henry |access-date=December 18, 2020 |url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/planned-parenthoods-800000-fight-get-jon-ossoff-elected-wasnt-enough/ |title=Planned Parenthood's $800,000 fight to get Jon Ossoff elected wasn't enough|magazine=Atlanta|date=June 21, 2017}} The New York Times reported that he "produced probably the strongest Democratic turnout in an off-year election in at least a decade", "brought a surprising number of irregular young and nonwhite voters to the polls,"{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/upshot/why-strong-turnout-was-not-enough-for-democrats-in-georgia.html|title=Democrats' Turnout in Georgia Blew Past Typical Off-Year Levels |first=Nate|last=Cohn|date=June 26, 2017|work=The New York Times}} and nearly doubled youth turnout in the 6th district from the 2014 midterm election. However, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "surging Democratic turnout wasn't enough to overcome heavy GOP voting in a district where Republicans far outnumber Democrats".{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/handel-preps-another-6th-district-campaign-ossoff-hints-comeback/PsDYoQhTSRIsq6myncmmuO/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610124617/https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/handel-preps-another-6th-district-campaign-ossoff-hints-comeback/PsDYoQhTSRIsq6myncmmuO/ |date=August 3, 2017 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |title=Handel preps another 6th District campaign as Ossoff hints at comeback |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |first=Greg |last=Bluestein |access-date=December 18, 2020 }} Following reports of the election results, Frank Bruni, in an op-ed for The New York Times, characterized the race as "demoralizing for Democrats".{{cite news|first=Frank|last=Bruni|author-link=Frank Bruni|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/opinion/georgia-election-karen-handel-jon-ossoff.html|title=After Georgia Election, Democrats Are Demoralized, Again|work=The New York Times|date=June 20, 2017}} This was as close as a Democrat had come to winning this district since it assumed its current configuration as a northern suburban district in 1992; Democratic challengers had won more than 40 percent of the vote only twice before.{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=421 |title=Our Campaigns – Container Detail Page|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=May 11, 2017}}

On February 23, 2018, Ossoff announced he would not seek the seat in the election in 2018; the seat was won by Democrat Lucy McBath in November 2018.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/e056ebf3a45f4b158586caec5ee11dc1 |title=Ossoff not seeking rematch in Georgia race for US House seat |date=February 23, 2018 |work=Associated Press}}

{{main|2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia}}

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File:Jon Ossoff's Kick-off Drive-In Rally 9O3A9559 (50589009451).jpg

Ossoff ran in the Democratic primary election to unseat then-incumbent Republican senator David Perdue in the 2020 Senate election in Georgia.{{Cite news|last=Astor|first=Maggie|date=September 9, 2019|title=Jon Ossoff Will Run for Senate in Georgia|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/politics/jon-ossoff-2020-georgia-senate.html|access-date=September 10, 2019}} On June 10, Ossoff advanced to the general election by winning 53 percent of the vote. In July 2020, Perdue's campaign ran a Facebook advertisement in which Ossoff's nose was digitally altered to be larger, which Ossoff criticized as "one of the most classic anti-Semitic tropes".{{Cite news|last=Hurt|first=Emma|title=Georgia Senator Criticized For Ad With Altered Image Of Jewish Opponent|date=July 28, 2020|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896334942/georgia-senator-criticized-for-ad-with-altered-image-of-jewish-opponent|access-date=January 6, 2021|publisher=NPR}} Perdue's campaign said that Perdue had not seen the image and that the widening and elongation of his nose was done by a vendor.{{cite news |last1=Greenwood |first1=Max |title=Anti-Semitism charges roil David Perdue's reelection bid as polls tighten |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/509422-anti-semitism-charges-roil-david-perdues-reelection-bid-as-polls-tighten/ |access-date=August 21, 2020 |work=The Hill|date=July 28, 2020}} The Perdue campaign pulled the advertisement.{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Sophie |title=Georgia senator removes ad that made Jewish opponent's nose appear bigger |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ossoff-nose-distorted-david-perdue-removes-ad-jewish-opponent-nose-bigger/ |access-date=August 21, 2020 |publisher=CBS News |date=July 28, 2020}}

By October 2020, Ossoff raised over $100 million for his campaign, making him the best-funded Senate candidate in U.S. history.{{Cite news|last=Rojas|first=Rick|date=December 25, 2020|title=Democrats in Georgia Runoffs Bring in Record Haul|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/25/us/politics/georgia-senate-record-fundraising.html|access-date=January 2, 2021}}{{Cite news|title=Democrats shatter fundraising records ahead of Georgia Senate runoffs|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/24/democrats-fundraising-records-georgia-senate-runoffs-450440|access-date=January 2, 2021|work=Politico|first1=James|last1=Arkin|first2=Zach|last2=Montellaro|date=December 24, 2020}}

In the November 3 general election, Perdue received 2,462,617 votes (49.73%), while Ossoff received 2,374,519 votes (47.95%).{{citation |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/105369/web.264614/#/summary |title=2020 General Election Results |access-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106102028/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/105369/web.264614/#/summary |url-status=live }} Since no candidate received a majority of the vote on November 3, the top two finishers (Perdue and Ossoff) advanced to a January 5, 2021, runoff election.{{cite news|last1=Bluestein|first1=Greg|date=November 5, 2020|title=Ossoff, Perdue appear headed for runoff in Georgia|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/nbc-makes-call-ossoff-perdue-head-for-runoff-in-georgia/675VCH4CEVGWFLWIHZLZE52NKU/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221154331/https://www.ajc.com/politics/nbc-makes-call-ossoff-perdue-head-for-runoff-in-georgia/675VCH4CEVGWFLWIHZLZE52NKU/|archive-date=December 21, 2020}}{{Cite news|last1=Fausset|first1=Richard|last2=Epstein|first2=Reid J.|date=June 10, 2020|title=Jon Ossoff Wins Democratic Senate Primary in Georgia|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/us/politics/jon-ossoff-georgia-senate.html|access-date=June 11, 2020}}

The closing argument of the Ossoff campaign focused on the $2,000 stimulus payments that he and Raphael Warnock would approve if they were to win their elections and give Democrats a majority in the Senate.{{Cite news|title=In Georgia, Democrats close with populist pitch vowing $2,000 stimulus checks|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/georgia-democrats-close-populist-pitch-vowing-2-000-stimulus-checks-n1252805|access-date=January 5, 2021|publisher=NBC News|first=Sahil|last=Kapur|archive-date=January 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106141559/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/georgia-democrats-close-populist-pitch-vowing-2-000-stimulus-checks-n1252805|url-status=live}}

Ossoff declared victory on the morning of January 6, 2021, and most major news outlets called the race for him later that day.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/952417689/democrat-jon-ossoff-claims-victory-over-david-perdue-in-georgia-runoff|title=Jon Ossoff Wins Georgia Runoff, Handing Democrats Senate Control|publisher=NPR|first=Alana|last=Wise|date=January 6, 2021}} While Perdue won more counties, Ossoff won overwhelmingly in the inner ring of the Atlanta metropolitan area. He won Cobb and Gwinnett counties, which have recently swung Democratic, by over 40,200 and 74,200 votes, respectively. The latter exceeded his statewide margin of about 55,000 votes.[https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/georgia/senate-runoff Election results] from CNN He ran slightly behind Warnock, who defeated Kelly Loeffler by 70,400 votes by also running up his margins in the Atlanta area. Perdue conceded the election on January 8.{{Cite news|last=Bluestein|first=Greg|date=January 8, 2021|title=David Perdue concedes to Jon Ossoff, ending Georgia Senate runoffs|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/david-perdue-concedes-to-jon-ossoff-ending-georgia-senate-runoffs/JLHHQVA6FZC7TPT3VJVCH4GZWM/|access-date=January 8, 2021|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}

The vote was certified on January 19, which allowed the newly elected senators to take office the following day.{{Cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Amy|last2=Werner|first2=Erica|date=January 19, 2021|title=Georgia certifies Ossoff and Warnock victories, paving the way for Democratic control of Senate|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/georgia-certifies-ossoff-warnock-victories-paving-way-for-democratic-control-of-senate/2021/01/19/8b9cf672-5a59-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html|access-date=January 19, 2021}} On January 20, Ossoff was sworn into the Senate by the Vice President Kamala Harris.{{Cite news|last=Pramuk|first=Jacob|date=January 20, 2021|title=Democrats take Senate majority, sealing control of the White House and Congress|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/democrats-to-take-senate-majority-when-warnock-ossoff-and-padilla-are-sworn-in.html|access-date=January 20, 2021|publisher=CNBC}}

When Ossoff took office, he became the first Jewish senator from Georgia and the first Jewish senator elected from the Deep South since Richard Stone of Florida in 1974, the first senator born in the 1980s, and, at 33, the youngest member of the chamber and the first millennial senator to be elected.{{cite news|last=Stuart|first=Tessa|date=January 6, 2021|title=Warnock Makes History and Democrats Gain Senate Majority|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/georgia-runoff-results-1109665/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512043403/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/georgia-runoff-results-1109665/|archive-date=May 12, 2021}}{{cite news|author=Bill Bostock|date=January 6, 2020|title=Jon Ossoff is the youngest Democrat elected to the Senate since Joe Biden in 1973|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jon-ossoff-becomes-youngest-democrat-senator-elect-since-biden-2021-1|access-date=January 6, 2020|work=Business Insider}}{{cite news |author1=Steve Peoples |author2=Bill Barrow |author3=Russ Bynum |title=Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control |url=https://www.startribune.com/warnock-ossoff-win-in-georgia-handing-dems-senate-control/600007237/ |work=Star Tribune |date=January 6, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127041140/https://www.startribune.com/warnock-ossoff-win-in-georgia-handing-dems-senate-control/600007237/ |url-status=dead }} He was sworn into office using the Bible of Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, the late rabbi of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple in Atlanta, which was bombed in 1958 by white supremacists for Rothschild's civil rights activism.{{Cite news|date=January 20, 2021|title=Ossoff, Warnock Sworn In; Senate Officially Democrat-Controlled|url=https://patch.com/georgia/atlanta/ga-senate-heres-when-ossoff-warnock-will-be-sworn|access-date=January 21, 2021|work=Atlanta, GA Patch}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/jon-ossoff-will-be-sworn-in-on-a-bible-owned-by-a-rabbi-who-forged-ties-between-black-and-jewish-georgians|title=Jon Ossoff will be sworn in on book of scripture owned by rabbi of Atlanta synagogue bombed by white supremacists|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}} Ossoff had his Bar Mitzvah at the Temple.{{Cite news|url=https://businessinsider.mx/jon-ossoff-was-sworn-in-using-a-hebrew-bible-from-a-rabbi-who-was-an-ally-to-mlk-and-had-his-synagogue-bombed-by-white-supremacists/ |title=Jon Ossoff was sworn in using a Hebrew Bible from a rabbi who was an ally to MLK and had his synagogue bombed by white supremacists |work=Business Insider| date=January 21, 2021}}

Ossoff is the first Democrat elected to a full term in the Senate from Georgia since Max Cleland in 1996. He and Warnock are the first Democratic U.S. senators from Georgia since Zell Miller left office in 2005. Ossoff assumed the role of senior U.S. senator from Georgia once he was sworn into office, making him the youngest senior senator since Robert M. La Follette Jr. and the most junior senior senator since Hiram Fong, who was 99th in seniority from Hawaii's admission until the end of the 86th Congress in 1961.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

Ossoff's election alongside Raphael Warnock was critical in securing a 50–50 Senate majority for Democrats, with Vice President Kamala Harris serving as the tie-breaking vote.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-06 |title=Democrats retake the Senate with Georgia sweep |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/warnock-celebrates-runoff-win-455308 |access-date= |website=POLITICO |language=en}}

File:P20210319AS-2441 (51130180548).jpg meet with the President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at Emory University on March 19, 2021.]]

On January{{nbsp}}20, 2021, Ossoff was sworn into the United States Senate in the 117th Congress by Vice President Kamala Harris, alongside newly-elected fellow Senator Raphael Warnock and former California Secretary of State Alex Padilla.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

On December 3, 2021, Ossoff petitioned Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona requesting Morris Brown College, a historically black college which Ossoff pledged to help during his campaign,{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/education/morris-brown-college-students-get-approval-to-apply-for-federal-aid/A4UGRUAZD5EDJDX7R6BVVV5RIM/|title=Morris Brown College students get approval to apply for federal aid|first1=Eric|last1=Stirgus|first2=Ernie|last2=Suggs|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=December 10, 2021}} regain their accreditation after having lost it in 2002 due to "years of financial issues and mismanagement."{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/education/ossoff-seeks-federal-support-for-morris-brown-college/DSOV4OMSONBDZK6SMFFY3XNRII/|title=Ossoff seeks federal support for Morris Brown College|first=Eric|last=Stirgus|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=December 6, 2021}} After Ossoff's petition, students were granted the ability to apply for federal financial aid by the Department of Education, and the school regained accreditation in April 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/atlantas-morris-brown-college-regains-full-accreditation-after-two-decades-194354390.html |title=Atlanta's Morris Brown College regains full accreditation after 2 decades | date=April 28, 2022 |work=Yahoo}}

According to a FiveThirtyEight analysis, Ossoff votes in the 117th Congress were in alignment with Joe Biden 97% of the time.{{Cite web |last=Bycoffe |first=Anna Wiederkehr and Aaron |date=2021-04-22 |title=Does Your Member Of Congress Vote With Or Against Biden? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/jon-ossoff/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507132619/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-congress-votes/jon-ossoff/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=FiveThirtyEight |language=en}} He was a reliable supporter of Joe Biden’s legislative efforts during his presidency.{{Cite news |title=Georgia And Arizona Senators Show Progressive-Centrist Split In Democratic Party |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/17/997051449/what-path-is-best-in-a-swing-state-georgia-arizona-senators-try-diverging-messag |access-date=2025-02-05 |work=NPR |language=en}}

In January 2022, Ossoff introduced legislation that would ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading stocks.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/jon-ossoff-stock-trade-ban-members-of-congress-pelosi-2022-1|title=Sen. Jon Ossoff set to introduce bill barring members of Congress from trading individual stocks: report|access-date=January 11, 2022|date=January 9, 2022|work=Business Insider|author=John L. Dorman}}

119th Congress{{Cite web |date=2025-01-02 |title=Leader Schumer Announces New Senate Democratic Committee Assignments {{!}} Senate Democratic Leadership |url=https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/leader-schumer-announces-new-senate-democratic-committee-assignments |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.democrats.senate.gov |language=en}}

• Committee on Appropriations
• Committee on Rules and Administration
• Select Committee on Intelligence

• Committee on Rules and Administration
• Select Committee on Intelligence{{Cite web|url=https://www.moultrieobserver.com/news/ossoff-named-to-senate-intelligence-committee-warnock-re-appointed-to-ag-committee/article_60131628-9dc6-11ed-a996-0fafff5d2ecc.html|title=Ossoff named to Senate Intelligence Committee; Warnock re-appointed to Ag Committee|website=Moultrie Observer|date=January 26, 2023 }}

• Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (117th Congress)

• Committee on the Judiciary{{Cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Tia|title=Ossoff, Warnock receive their Senate committee assignments|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/ossoff-warnock-receive-their-senate-committee-assignments/IB33TPH2FFHE3L7RF2LLSDSVFU/|access-date=February 2, 2021|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}
• Subcommittee on the Constitution
• Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism
• Subcommittee on Human Rights (Chair){{cite web |title=Subcommittees {{!}} United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/subcommittees |website=www.judiciary.senate.gov |access-date=1 October 2023 |language=en}}
• Subcommittee on Intellectual Property
• Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
• Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
• Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight
• Subcommittee on Investigations (Permanent) (Chair, 117th Congress){{cite web |title=Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations |url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/subcommittees/investigations/ |website=Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs |access-date=1 October 2023}}

According to The New Yorker in 2017, Ossoff has "progressive positions on women's issues and health care" and "moderate stances on jobs and security".{{cite news|first=Charles|last=Bethea |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/can-this-democrat-win-the-georgia-sixth|title=Can This Democrat Win the Georgia Sixth?|date=March 3, 2017|magazine=The New Yorker}} Matthew Yglesias of Vox called his 2017 run for office an "Obama-style campaign."{{Cite news|last=Yglesias|first=Matthew|date=June 13, 2017|title=That Jon Ossoff's message seems moderate is a sign of how far Democrats have shifted|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/13/15786220/jon-ossoff-ad|work=Vox|access-date=June 13, 2017}} According to The Washington Post, the 2017 Ossoff campaign opted not to turn the special election into a referendum on Trump's alleged scandals, but to focus on "policy decisions by the president and congressional Republicans".{{cite news|last=Kane|first=Paul|date=May 20, 2017|title=Analysis: For Democrats, special elections may be preview of 2018 campaigns|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/2017/05/20/4dbc06e6-3d7e-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post}} The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote that he "often tried to avoid nationalizing that campaign over fears of losing moderate voters".{{cite news|last1=Bluestein|first1=Greg|date=October 8, 2019|title=How impeachment is already reshaping Georgia politics|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/how-impeachment-already-reshaping-georgia-politics/gLxcCv78jxG9AENIGoBTvM/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221154523/https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/how-impeachment-already-reshaping-georgia-politics/gLxcCv78jxG9AENIGoBTvM/|archive-date=December 21, 2020|url-status=live|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=August 21, 2020}} The New York Times observed that his 2017 campaign distanced itself from the national Democratic Party.{{Cite news|last=Burns|first=Alexander|date=June 8, 2017|title=Takeaways From the Georgia Special Election Debate: A Sharper Clash|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/08/us/politics/georgia-special-election-ossoff-handel.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 13, 2017}}

In 2020, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote that Ossoff was "more unapologetic about embracing liberal policy ideas than his Democratic predecessors during past statewide races. And where he once hesitated to hit Trump directly, he now pulls no punches as he seeks to tie Perdue to his White House ally."{{cite news|last1=Hallerman|first1=Tamar|date=November 30, 2020|title=Ossoff sharpens tone in second run for office|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/ossoff-sharpens-tone-in-second-run-for-office/MJSY7CFITFD4LDDI5E52H5F6U4/|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=December 17, 2020}}

In 2023, the Lugar Center ranked Ossoff in the top third of senators for bipartisanship, placing at number 33.{{Cite web |title=Our Work |url=https://www.thelugarcenter.org/ourwork-85.html |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=www.thelugarcenter.org}} The Associated Press in 2025 wrote that "There's the Jon Ossoff who built his political career around criticizing Donald Trump. There's also the Ossoff who works with Republicans, advancing the interests of Georgia's farmers and military bases."{{Cite web |date=2025-05-05 |title=Balancing Trump criticism and bipartisanship, Democrat Jon Ossoff walks a fine line in Georgia |url=https://apnews.com/article/georgia-senate-2026-jon-ossoff-democrat-dde4e55d7d2e12e6fc166f436a83ea8c |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Ossoff supports abortion rights.{{cite news|last1=Bluestein|first1=Greg|date=May 21, 2017|title=Abortion debate divides candidates in Georgia's 6th District race|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/abortion-debate-divides-candidates-georgia-6th-district-race/AwjZ8WkOxxhUQNf50lC1hP/|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=August 21, 2020}} He pledged to support only those judges who would uphold Roe v. Wade, and he supports Planned Parenthood.{{cn|date=June 2025}} In response to the June 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, Ossoff stated that the Supreme Court "stripped American women of autonomy over their most personal health care decisions."{{cite web |last1=Ossoff |first1=Jon |title=Sen. @ossoff statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. |url=https://twitter.com/SenOssoff/status/1540449557116600322/photo/1 |website=Twitter |access-date=June 24, 2022 |language=en}}

On the issue of cannabis legalization, Ossoff says "It's past time to legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis – whose prohibition only enriches cartels, bail bondsmen, and the owners of private prisons."{{cite news |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |title=Ossoff sharpens populist message as he weighs US Senate run |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/ossoff-sharpens-populist-message-with-pledge-end-broken-college-debt-system/UpTyUMmhxMvHp0y0wRm2RM/ |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=April 14, 2019}} Ossoff says that as a member of the Senate he will push for "nationwide legalization" of cannabis, a substance that he says is "much less dangerous than alcohol".{{cite news|last1=Jaeger|first1=Kyle|date=December 14, 2020|title=Georgia's Senate Runoffs Could Decide Federal Marijuana Policy In 2021: Here's Where The Candidates Stand |url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/georgias-senate-runoffs-could-decide-federal-marijuana-policy-in-2021-heres-where-the-candidates-stand/|work=Marijuana Moment|access-date=January 13, 2021}}

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In 2020, Ossoff opposed prison sentencing for nonviolent drug offenses.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbs46.com/jon-ossoff-d/article_dd53da9e-0414-11eb-9bee-cfd38a28f388.html |title=Jon Ossoff on the Issues |publisher=WGCL-TV |date=October 1, 2020 |access-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108060739/https://www.cbs46.com/jon-ossoff-d/article_dd53da9e-0414-11eb-9bee-cfd38a28f388.html |url-status=dead }} His 2017 website said, "Violent crime, murder, rape, human trafficking, and corruption are rampant, while we spend billions locking up nonviolent drug offenders."{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pb/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/04/17/the-georgia-special-election-shows-why-trump-may-sink-the-gop/|title=The Georgia special election shows why Trump may sink the GOP|last=Rubin|first=Jennifer|author-link=Jennifer Rubin (columnist)|date=April 17, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Ossoff opposes both defunding the police, as well as abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.{{dead link|date=June 2025}}

Ossoff supported increasing economic relief for businesses and households affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|title=Ossoff on relief bill: 'The bottom line is that $600 is a joke'|publisher=WXIA-TV|url=https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/elections/ossoff-covid-relief-response/85-454fa38d-4af5-4efb-951d-2c8d0e565db6}} Ossoff voted in favor of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

Ossoff voted in favor of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00314.htm |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=www.senate.gov}}

He accepts the scientific consensus on climate change, and has said that "climate change is a threat to our security and prosperity".{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-looms-over-georgia-special-election-a-proxy-battle-for-2018/2017/06/10/a9fddce4-4ddd-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html |first=Karen |last=Tumulty |title=Trump looms over Georgia special election, a proxy battle for 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=June 10, 2017|access-date=June 12, 2017}} He supports U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement. He is not in favor of the Green New Deal.{{cite news|last=Talev|first=Margaret|date=November 10, 2020|title=Jon Ossoff: Georgia opponent Sen. David Perdue embodies "Trumpism in a nutshell"|work=Axios|url=https://www.axios.com/jon-ossoff-georgia-senate-runoffs-axios-on-hbo-08be103c-ff01-40b7-98b9-e3d694d62b21.html |access-date=November 11, 2020}}{{dead link|date=June 2025}}

In 2022, Ossoff blocked a proposed titanium mine in the Okefenokee Swamp after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service warned of severe potential damage to the wildlife refuge. The mine was proposed by Twin Pines Minerals LLC in 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/04/okefenokee-mine-blocked/ |title=Army Corps blocks strip mine near Okefenokee wetlands after opposition | first=Hamza |last=Shaban |newspaper=Washington Post |date= June 4, 2022}}

File:Συνάντηση ΥΠΕΞ Ν. Δένδια με Γερουσιαστές ΗΠΑ C. Murphy & J. Ossoff (Αθήνα, 06.09.2021) 01.jpg meet with Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, September 6, 2021.]]

Ossoff resisted criticizing President Joe Biden for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, as other Democratic politicians had at the time, instead stating he was focused on "supporting the State Department and the Department of Defense as they work with limited time to expedite the evacuation" of stranded Americans and American-allied Afghans.{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-jon-ossoff-toes-party-line-on-afghanistan/VDEYI5T6ZVBEZOHSN2NFYBYELA|title=The Jolt: Jon Ossoff avoids Biden bashing on Afghanistan|first1=Patricia|last1=Murphy|first2=Greg|last2=Bluestein|first3=Tia|last3=Mitchell|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=August 24, 2021}} Ossoff would condemn the subsequent airport attack in Kabul, which killed 13 American military personnel, stating: "I condemn this cowardly and despicable terrorist attack."{{cite web|url=https://www.wtoc.com/2021/08/26/ga-leaders-respond-kabul-bombing-that-killed-american-troops/|title=Ga. leaders respond to Kabul bombing that killed American troops|author=WALB News Team|publisher=WALB|date=August 26, 2021}}

Ossoff was part of a bipartisan visit to China led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in October 2023, where they met with General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping in Beijing. The delegation also met Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Zhao Leji, and Party Secretary of Shanghai Chen Jining.{{Cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Amber |last2=Han |first2=Bochen |date=9 October 2023 |title=US senators defy backlash at home to test China's engagement first-hand |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3237169/us-senators-defy-backlash-home-test-chinas-engagement-first-hand |access-date=19 December 2024 |work=South China Morning Post}}

Ossoff led a group of 25 Democratic senators who called for an immediate ceasefire in a joint statement during the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis.{{cite web|url=https://www.wjcl.com/article/led-by-georgias-jon-ossoff-25-plus-senators-call-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-middle-east/36446423|title=Led by Georgia's Jon Ossoff, 25-plus senators call for immediate ceasefire in Middle East|work=CNN|publisher=WJCL|date=May 17, 2021}} The statement said: "Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas' rocket attacks, in a manner proportionate with the threat its citizens are facing." Ossoff has stated Israel's situation holds high importance to him due to him having Orthodox relatives in the country, saying he wishes for "a future where all people in the region live in peace, live in prosperity and have equal rights."{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/unlike-fellow-dems-jewish-senator-ossoff-favors-tight-lipped-approach-on-israel/|title=Unlike fellow Dems, Jewish senator Ossoff favors tight-lipped approach on Israel|first=Jacob|last=Magib|work=The Times of Israel|date=September 20, 2021}}

On November 20, 2024, Ossoff was among 19 senators to support resolutions proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders that would block U.S. military aid to Israel amidst the Gaza war. The resolutions failed to pass but were designed to show Democratic opposition to U.S. support for Israel.{{cite news |title=19 Senators Vote Against More U.S. Weapons For Israel In Rebuke To Biden |first=Akbar Shahid |last=Ahmed |work=HuffPost |date=November 20, 2024 |access-date=November 21, 2024 |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-vote-against-israel-weapons_n_673e5dfae4b0045528dbd05c}}{{cite news |title=Nineteen Senate Democrats vote to block U.S. aid to Israel |first1=Marc |last1=Rod |first2=Emily |last2=Jacobs |work=Jewish Insider |date=November 20, 2024 |access-date=November 21, 2024 |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2024/11/nineteen-senate-democrats-vote-to-block-u-s-aid-to-israel/}}

In April 2025, Ossoff voted against a pair of resolutions from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to withhold billions of dollars in offensive weapons sales and other military aid to Israel in April 2025.{{Cite web |last=Neukam |first=Stephen |date=2025-04-03 |title=15 Senate Dems vote to cancel billions in Israeli military aid |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/senate-democrats-cancel-military-aid-israel |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Axios |language=en}} Ossoff repeatedly has stressed the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship as "ironclad."{{Cite web |last=Bookman |first=Jay |date=2025-02-20 |title=Bookman: Ossoff chose principle over politics voting against some weapons for Israel • Georgia Recorder |url=https://georgiarecorder.com/2025/02/20/bookman-ossoff-chose-principle-over-politics-voting-against-some-weapons-for-israel/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Georgia Recorder |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rod |first=Marc |date=2024-11-22 |title=Georgia's only Jewish state legislator slams Ossoff, Warnock for votes against Israel aid |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2024/11/esther-panitch-georgia-jon-ossoff-raphael-warnock-israel-gaza-arms/ |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Jewish Insider |language=en-US}}

Ossoff has called for the repeal of "wasteful, anti-competitive special interest subsidies that make it hard for entrepreneurs to raise capital, enter the market, create jobs, and compete with larger firms who have lobbyists in Washington". He has said the government funds "$16 billion in duplicate programs. That can be cut," an assertion that PolitiFact rated "Mostly True".{{Cite news|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/apr/27/jon-ossoff/checking-jon-ossoff-16-billion-government-waste/ |first=Louis |last=Jacobson |date=April 27, 2017 |title=Checking Jon Ossoff on $16 billion in government waste|publisher=PolitiFact|access-date=June 17, 2017}}

Ossoff supports statehood for the District of Columbia and for Puerto Rico.{{cite news |last=Talev |first=Margaret |date=November 10, 2020 |title=Jon Ossoff: Georgia opponent Sen. David Perdue embodies "Trumpism in a nutshell" |work=Axios |url=https://www.axios.com/jon-ossoff-georgia-senate-runoffs-axios-on-hbo-08be103c-ff01-40b7-98b9-e3d694d62b21.html |access-date=November 11, 2020}}{{dead link|date=June 2025}}

Ending stock trading by members of Congress was a theme of Ossoff's 2020 campaign.

Ossoff supports the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare). His health care policy includes three principles: "One, no American should suffer or die from preventable or treatable illness. Two, no one should go broke because they get sick. And three, no business should go under or lay off employees because it can't keep up with health insurance premiums."{{cite news|last=Bluestein|first=Greg|date=April 17, 2017|title=How top Sixth District contenders stack up on healthcare, taxes and transportation|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/how-top-sixth-district-contenders-stack-healthcare-taxes-and-transportation/CTbfYqjU8PFZzc0NICj18H/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421003349/http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2017/04/17/how-top-sixth-district-contenders-stack-up-on-healthcare-taxes-and-transportation/|archive-date=April 21, 2017}} He does not support pushing for a single-payer health care system, such as Medicare for All. He opposed both the March 2017 and May 2017 versions of the American Health Care Act, the House Republican bill that would have repealed the Affordable Care Act.{{Cite news|first1=Elise|last1=Viebeck|first2=David|last2=Weigel|author-link2=David Weigel|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gop-candidate-now-embracing-trump-in-georgias-6th-district-runoff/2017/04/30/28a89bb0-2c5f-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 30, 2017|title=GOP candidate now embracing Trump in Georgia's 6th District runoff}} He said that the May 2017 version was worse than the earlier one "because it does even less to protect those with pre-existing conditions".{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Bluestein|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/6th-district-rift-over-the-house-healthcare-plan-tom-price-old-turf/WVVQblWFJTRe6iWdexKljJ/ |title=A 6th District rift over the House healthcare plan in Tom Price's old turf|date=May 4, 2016|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722202652/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/6th-district-rift-over-the-house-healthcare-plan-tom-price-old-turf/WVVQblWFJTRe6iWdexKljJ/ |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |url-status=live }}

Ossoff told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he supported tax credits for small businesses related to health care.{{Cite news|first1=Robert|last1=Farley |first2=Eugene|last2=Kiely|url=http://www.factcheck.org/2017/04/trump-distorts-ossoffs-record/|title=Trump Distorts Ossoff's Record|date=April 18, 2017|publisher=FactCheck.org}}

Ossoff supports comprehensive immigration reform that would both strengthen enforcement along the Mexican border and provide a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants.

Following the murder of Laken Riley, Ossoff blamed former President Donald Trump for the failure of a bipartisan immigration bill.{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/laken-riley-killing-shaping-immigration-213327512.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall | title=How Laken Riley's killing is shaping the immigration debate on both sides of the aisle | date=February 26, 2024 }} In 2025, Ossoff was one of 12 Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the final passage of the Laken Riley Act in the Senate.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5095996-senate-passes-laken-riley-act/|title=Senate passes Laken Riley Act in first move after Trump inauguration|work=The Hill|first=Al|last=Weaver|date=January 20, 2025|accessdate=January 20, 2025}}

Ossoff describes his support for the LGBTQ community as "unwavering".{{cite news|last1=Bauer|first1=Sydney|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/georgia-senate-race-holds-far-reaching-implications-especially-lgbtq-americans-n1251264|title=Georgia Senate race holds far-reaching implications — especially for LGBTQ Americans|publisher=NBC News|date=December 16, 2020|access-date=March 12, 2021}} He also supports the Equality Act, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation.{{cite news|last1=Bauer|first1=Sydney|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lgbtq-georgians-hopeful-following-warnock-ossoff-senate-victories-n1253485|title=LGBTQ Georgians hopeful following Warnock, Ossoff Senate victories|publisher=NBC News|date=January 9, 2021|access-date=March 12, 2021}}

Ossoff has been sharply critical of President Donald Trump, criticizing what he calls Trump's "divisive approach to government",{{Cite news|first=Cristiano |last=Lima|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/georgia-ossoff-special-election-237307|title=Georgia Democrat rebuffs Trump: 'I don't have great personal admiration' for him|work=Politico|date=April 17, 2017}} and saying: "I have great respect for the office. I don't have great personal admiration for the man himself."{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/329242-george-dem-on-trump-i-dont-have-great-personal-admiration-for/|title=Georgia Dem Ossoff: 'I don't have great personal admiration' for Trump|last=Greenwood|first=Max|work=The Hill|date=April 18, 2017}} After Trump sent out a tweet the day before Ossoff's primary on April 19, 2017, calling him a "super Liberal Democrat" who wanted to "protect criminals, allow illegal immigration and raise taxes," Ossoff dismissed Trump's claims and called him "misinformed".{{Cite news|first=Alex|last=Seitz-Wald|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/democrats-vs-trump/trump-rips-top-democrat-jon-ossoff-georgia-special-election-n747361|title=Trump takes to Twitter to blast leading Dem as 'super Liberal'|publisher=NBC News|date=April 17, 2017}} FactCheck.org found that Trump's claim was a distortion, and that there was no evidence that Ossoff had ever advocated for any broad-based tax hikes. Nevertheless, Ossoff said that he would be willing to work with Trump on issues of mutual interest, such as infrastructure spending.

After Trump's disclosure of classified information to Russia, Ossoff said of impeachment that "I don't think we're there."{{cite news|first=Greg |last=Bluestein|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/ossoff-trump-impeachment-don-think-there/OLqymNW4d7cYaus054rfiK/ |title=Ossoff on Trump impeachment: 'I don't think we're there'|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=May 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221153828/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/ossoff-trump-impeachment-don-think-there/OLqymNW4d7cYaus054rfiK/ |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |url-status=live }} He called for "a full and transparent and independent assessment of what level of interference there was by Russian intelligence services in the U.S. election. And overseers in Congress and any independent counsel or commission to do so should follow those facts wherever they lead."

Ossoff voted to convict Trump during his second impeachment on the charge of incitement of insurrection following the 2021 United States Capitol attack, joining all Democrats and seven Republicans.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/02/politics/senate-who-voted-impeachment/|title=How each senator voted in Trump's second impeachment trial|first1=Christopher|last1=Hickey|first2=Janie|last2=Boschma|first3=Sean|last3=O'Key|publisher=CNN|date=February 13, 2021}}

Ossoff supports passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.{{Cite news|last=Lewis|first=Sophie|date=December 1, 2020|title=Barack Obama narrates new Jon Ossoff ad ahead of Georgia runoff: 'Vote like our lives depend on it, because they do'|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barack-obama-jon-ossoff-campaign-ad-georgia-run-off-senate-election/|publisher=CBS News}}{{cite tweet |last=Ossoff |first=Jon |user=ossoff |date=November 16, 2020 |number=1328390660337135617 |title=We can pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. But only if we win the Senate. |access-date=January 4, 2021}}

Following passage of Georgia's controversial Election Integrity Act of 2021, signed into law by Republican governor Brian Kemp and passed by the Republican-led state legislature, several businesses from the Major League Baseball organization to the production of Will Smith film Emancipation boycotted the state in protest.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/12/985974670/mlbs-move-out-of-georgia-is-the-latest-in-a-line-of-political-boycotts|title=MLB's Move Out Of Georgia Is The Latest In A Line Of Political Boycotts|first=Domenico|last=Montanaro|publisher=NPR|date=April 12, 2021}} In an interview with CNN, Ossoff expressed his displeasure with the bill, while also saying he didn't support the corporate boycotts, stating Georgians "rely upon and hope for and welcome jobs, investment and opportunity."{{cite web|url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ampr/date/2021-04-15/segment/01|title=Confronting Violence; Afghanistan Peace Negotiations; Interview With Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA). Aired 2-3p ET|first=Christiane|last=Amanpour|author-link=Christiane Amanpour|publisher=CNN|date=April 15, 2021}}

Ossoff has been described as able to effectively appeal to young people by using TikTok, the social media app most popular with Generation Z.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/gen-z-using-tiktok-encourage-youth-voter-turnout-georgia-s-n1252787|title=Gen Z is using TikTok to encourage youth voter turnout in Georgia's runoffs|publisher=NBC News|date=January 4, 2021|last=Rosenblatt|first=Kathleen}} On the night he was elected to the Senate, Ossoff's posts on Twitter from the previous decade, which included several references to Star Wars, the musical group Imagine Dragons, and anime, attracted renewed attention on social media.{{cite news|last1=Rosenblatt|first1=Kalhan|date=January 7, 2021|title=Imagine Dragons, 'Star Wars' and anime: Jon Ossoff's old tweets become memes|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/imagine-dragons-star-wars-anime-jon-ossoff-s-old-tweets-n1253056|publisher=NBC News|access-date=January 9, 2021}} He is described as the "first Extremely Online senator".{{Cite news|last=Robertson|first=Derek|date=January 10, 2021|title=An Annotated Guide to Jon Ossoff's Extremely Online Twitter Feed|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/10/jon-ossoff-old-tweet-twitter-imagine-dragons-456713|work=Politico|access-date=January 12, 2021}}

In January 2021, Vogue reported on an "adoring" Instagram account of self-declared "simps" expressing affection toward Senator Ossoff.{{cite web|last1=Ruiz|first1=Michelle|date=January 4, 2021|title=The Internet Thirst for Jon Ossoff Is Strong |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/jon-ossoff-internet-thirst-strong|work=Vogue|access-date=May 2, 2021}} After Ossoff's election, in July 2021, The Daily Beast reported on an "Ossimp Patrol" on Twitter that monitors "Ossoff simps" on the platform, and replies to their tweets with an ActBlue link prompting to donate to Senator Raphael Warnock's 2022 reelection campaign, and get out the vote organizations in Georgia and Texas.{{Cite news|last=Brodey|first=Sam|date=July 9, 2021|title=Dems Convert Jon Ossoff Thirst Into Campaign Cash|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-convert-jon-ossoff-thirst-into-campaign-cash|access-date=July 10, 2021}} When shown this by The Daily Beast, Ossoff is said to have "paused for a moment" and "furrowed his brow" before saying he wasn't aware of any of this, but did commend the "great community" he had that supported him during his 2020-2021 senate campaign.

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Ossoff is married to Alisha Kramer, an obstetrics and gynecology resident at Emory University, and a graduate of Georgetown University and Emory University School of Medicine.{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Elena |title=Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff Attempts Homebound Political Comeback |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/04/25/843255113/georgia-democrat-jon-ossoff-attempts-homebound-political-comeback |access-date=June 11, 2020 |publisher=NPR |date=April 25, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Our Residents |url=https://med.emory.edu/departments/gynecology-obstetrics/education/residency/our-residents/index.html |website=Gynecology and Obstetrics Residency Program |publisher=Emory University School of Medicine |access-date=November 4, 2020}} Ossoff married Kramer in 2017 after 12 years of dating.{{cite web | url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/371246/jon-ossoff-pops-the-question-to-long-time-girlfriend-as-runoff-nears/ | title=Jon Ossoff Pops the Question to Long-Time Girlfriend as Runoff Nears | date=May 8, 2017 }} On the night of Ossoff's election to the United States Senate in January 2021, Kramer was working an overnight shift in Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.{{cite news |last1=Kilander |first1=Gustaf |date=January 6, 2021 |title=Jon Ossoff's wife Alisha Kramer missed his historic win to work in hospital |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alisha-kramer-jon-ossoff-wife-age-family-b1783239.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alisha-kramer-jon-ossoff-wife-age-family-b1783239.html |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |access-date=January 9, 2021}} They have two daughters, born in December 2021 and June 2025.{{Cite web |last=Ossoff |first=Jon |date=June 2, 2015 |title=Dr. Alisha Kramer, Sen. Ossoff Welcome Baby Daughter |url=https://x.com/senossoff/status/1929554581991604333?s=46 |access-date=June 2, 2025 |website=X}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| candidate = David Perdue (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 2,462,617

| percentage = 49.73%

| change = -3.16%

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| candidate = Jon Ossoff

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 2,374,519

| percentage = 47.95%

| change = +2.74%

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = Shane T. Hazel

| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| votes = 115,039

| percentage = 2.32%

| change = +0.42%

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{{Election box total

| votes = 4,952,175

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| candidate = Jon Ossoff

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 2,269,923

| percentage = 50.61%

| change = +5.40%

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{{Election box candidate with party link

| candidate = David Perdue (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 2,214,979

| percentage = 49.39%

| change = -3.50%

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{{Election box total

| votes = 4,484,902

| percentage = 100.0

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

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