Jon Ossoff

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Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (born February 16, 1987) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Georgia since January 20, 2021. A Democrat, Ossoff previously worked as an investigative producer focusing on national security and government accountability issues. Prior to his Senate election, he unsuccessfully ran as the Democratic nominee in Georgia's 6th congressional district special election in 2017, receiving 48.2 percent of the vote against Republican Karen Handel.

Ossoff's 2021 Senate victory came in a January 5 runoff against Republican David Perdue, where he secured 50.6 percent of the vote, flipping the seat and contributing to Democratic control of the chamber. At age 33 upon taking office, he became the youngest U.S. senator serving at the time. In the Senate, Ossoff has prioritized bipartisan legislation, enacting more standalone bills as a freshman than any other senator in recent history, including measures to combat fentanyl trafficking, enhance veteran mental health services, and protect minors from online exploitation. His work emphasizes infrastructure improvements, such as broadband expansion and port upgrades in Georgia, alongside investigations into prison conditions and foster care abuses.

Ossoff resides in Atlanta with his wife, Alisha Kramer, a physician, and their two daughters. Before entering politics, he founded a media company producing documentaries on war crimes, corruption, and human trafficking, and served as a congressional staffer mentored by Representative John Lewis.

In brief

Jon Ossoff learned politics as a staffer and learned narrative as a documentary producer. The 2017 special election made him a national name; the 2021 runoff made him a senator.

He is still the youngest person in that chamber. The job, for a filmmaker turned legislator, is to treat a hearing the way he once treated a cut: keep only what the story needs.