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In this March 11 photo, Georgia Democratic congressional candidate Jon Ossoff speaks to volunteers in his Cobb County campaign office.(Photo: Bill Barrow, AP)

Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff raised a staggering $8.3 million during the first quarter of the year in the first competitive House election since President Trump took office.

Ossoff, a 30-year-old political newcomer, is running for a Republican-held seat in suburban Atlanta. His bid in the April 18 special election has generated national attention as a symbol of Democratic oppositionto Trumps agenda.

Some 95% of Ossoffs donations have come from outside Georgia, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The NRCC, the House Republicans campaign arm, said Ossoffs reliance on out-of-state money shows hes a far-left Washington insider whose campaign is propped up by Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders andthe like.

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Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker and former Capitol Hill staffer, ended March with $2.1 million in the bank.

His first-quarter haul far exceeds the amounts reported so far by his Republican rivals.

In all, 18 candidates are running for the seat vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top two finishers, regardless of party, will compete in a June 20 runoff.

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