Jon Ossoff

Democrat candidate for U.S. Senate in Georgia, the incumbent. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-28.

At a glance

PartyDemocrat
Running forU.S. Senate, Georgia
Born1987
EducationWalsh School of Foreign Service; London School of Economics and Political Science; The Paideia School
Occupationpolitician, chief executive officer, film producer, investigative journalist

Source: Wikidata

Record

U.S. Senator, Georgia2021–presentBiographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Full official biography, including earlier offices (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress)

In Congress: 149 bills and resolutions sponsored, 833 cosponsored, 4 became law on their own (a bill folded into a larger law isn't counted). Congress.gov

Confirmation votes

Every Supreme Court confirmation while in the Senate, and Cabinet confirmations in the last two Congresses. Senate records, newest first.

Supreme Court

Cabinet

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Where they stand

In their own words, from their campaign and official websites, summarised in plain English. Under each issue, their Senate votes: Final passage votes in the Senate in the last two Congresses (2023 to now), matched to each issue by Congress.gov's own topic for the bill (and its subject tags, unless it is a catch-all bill with dozens), closest votes first: a lopsided vote says little about where anyone stands.

Health care

Ossoff says he has worked to cap insulin costs for seniors at $35 a month, upgrade health care for pregnant women, babies, and children, and strengthen health care facilities across Georgia.

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Social Security and Medicare

Ossoff says he has helped pass legislation capping the cost of insulin for seniors at $35 a month.

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Immigration and the border

Ossoff says he has worked to tackle the opioid epidemic and prevent fentanyl trafficking across the Southern Border.

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Abortion

No stated position on their website.

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Foreign policy and defense

Ossoff says he has worked to expand veterans' access to mental health care, upgrade child development centers for military families and barracks for enlisted personnel, and strengthen VA health care for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.

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Money

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Jon Ossoff (DEM, incumbent)

Raised
$77.3M through 2026-06-30 individuals $67.8M · PACs $920K · party $11K · from the candidate's other committees $7.9M · cash on hand $42.6M
Outside spending
$11.0M opposing Ossoff · $235K supporting Ossoff · latest reported 2026-09-26
Largest outside spenders
SLF PAC — $7.6M opposing Ossoff · 2 ads on this pageLargest donors: ONE NATION $70.7M (28%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Miriam Adelson $30.0M (12%), Adelson Drug Clinic, Physician; Stephen A Schwarzman $17.0M (7%), Blackstone, Chairman & CEO; Paul Elliott Singer $14.5M (6%), EMC, President; Elon Musk $10.0M (4%), Space Exploration Technologies Corp., CEO NO GOING BACK PAC INC. — $3.0M opposing Ossoff NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND — $136K opposing Ossoff AMERICA ONE — $88K opposing Ossoff Largest donors: AMERICA ONE POLICIES $850K (30%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); COTTON MAJORITY COMMITTEE $303K (11%); ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC $300K (11%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); Alexander C Karp $125K (4%), Palantir Technologies Inc., Executive; David Millstone $120K (4%), Standard Industries, CO-CEO FORWARD BLUE — $74K supporting Ossoff Largest donors: SCHOFF, KEN $420K (30%); FIDELITY INVESTMENTS $210K (15%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC) and 17 more
Bundled through PACs
$283K through 10 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-09-20 JSTREETPAC — $228K from 356 gifts Lobbyist/registrant PAC JDCA PAC — $19K from 7 gifts ADVANCING DEMOCRACY AND MOBILIZATION PAC — $10K from 3 gifts SERVE AMERICA PAC — $7,000 from 2 gifts PAC FOR GOOD — $5,000 from 3 gifts and 5 more
162 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • A NEW DIRECTION PAC $10K
  • ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • ADVANCING DEMOCRACY & MOBILIZATION PAC $10K
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTL. PAC $10K
  • ALABAMA PEANUT PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, PEANUTPAC OF ALABAMA $2,500
  • ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PAC $10K
  • ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $6,500
  • ALSOPAC $10K
  • AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION-COPE $10K
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $5,000
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $10K
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY $1,000
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY (RHEUMPAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT EMPL PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES $10K
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $10K
  • AMERICAN FRUIT & VEGETABLE PAC AKA FAV-PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $6,000
  • AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('HOTELPAC') $7,500
  • AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN MOBILIZATION PAC $10K
  • AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC INFORMATION ASSOCIATION PAC $1,500
  • AMERICAN PEANUT SHELLERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTION $10K
  • AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $5,000
  • ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC (ASCO ASSOCIATION PAC) $3,000
  • BEAT THE ODDS PAC $10K
  • BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC) $1,000
  • BLUE AMP ACTION PAC $1,000
  • BLUE HEN FEDERAL PAC $10K
  • BLUE SENATE PAC $10K
  • BUILDING BLUE $10K
  • CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $5,000
  • CLEAN ENERGY FOR AMERICA ACTION PAC $500
  • COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000
  • COMMITTEE TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE PAC $1,000
  • COMMON GROUND PAC $10K
  • COMMON SENSE COLORADO $10K
  • COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $5,000
  • COURAGE TO CHANGE $5,000
  • CTIA THE WIRELESS PAC $3,500
  • D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) $10K
  • DEFEND THE DREAM PAC $7,500
  • DEFEND THE DREAM PAC $2,500
  • DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PAC $2,000
  • DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PAC $1,000
  • EDUCATE AND INNOVATE PAC $5,000
  • ELECT DEMS NOW PAC $1,500
  • END CITIZENS UNITED $5,000
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC) $2,000
  • EVERY VOTE PAC $5,000
  • FAYETTE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE $500
  • FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PAC $2,000
  • FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR FUND $10K
  • FORWARD TOGETHER PAC $10K
  • FRIENDS OF DICK DURBIN COMMITTEE $2,000
  • FRIENDS OF TOM BYRNE $2,000
  • GEORGIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, INC. FEDERAL IMPACT FUND $3,300
  • GIDDY UP PAC $10K
  • GIFFORDS PAC $2,500
  • GRANITE VALUES PAC $10K
  • GREAT LAKES PAC $10K
  • HAWAII PAC $10K
  • HOOPS PAC $10K
  • HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $1,118
  • HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND PAC $2,000
  • I GOT YOUR BACK PAC $10K
  • IBEW PAC VOLUNTARY FUND $5,000
  • IMPACT $10K
  • IN OUR HANDS PAC $10K
  • INT'L. ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL & REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $1,000
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC $7,500
  • INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $10K
  • INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $10K
  • JUNTOS PAC $5,000
  • KEYSTONE AMERICA PAC $10K
  • KIDSPAC $5,000
  • LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
  • LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $2,615
  • LIFTOFF PAC $10K
  • LOBO PAC $10K
  • M-PAC $10K
  • MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $10K
  • MAKE IT WORK PAC $5,000
  • MAPLE PAC $5,000
  • MARK KELLY FOR SENATE $4,000
  • MASTERS, MATES & PILOTS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION FUND $2,500
  • MITTEN PAC $10K
  • MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MORPAC) $10K
  • MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MPAAMERICA PAC) $1,000
  • MOTOR CITY PAC $10K
  • MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION $5,000
  • NARRAGANSETT BAY PAC $10K
  • NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES (NARFE) $2,500
  • NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) $2,500
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF THE USA POLITICAL FUND $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION FOR CANDIDATE ELECTION (PACE) $2,000
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION $5,000
  • NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC) $2,500
  • NATIONAL ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL NURSES UNITED PAC $2,000
  • NATIONAL PEANUT BUYING POINTS ASSOCIATION PEANUT BUYING POINT PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL PECAN FEDERATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PECAN PAC) $5,000
  • NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL PORK PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION - DIVISION OF LABORERS' INT'L UNION OF NORTH AMERICA $5,000
  • NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS ASSOCIATION PAC $7,500
  • NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES ORGANIZATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $5,000
  • NICK ALEX FOR CONGRESS $1,000
  • NO SURRENDER FUND $5,000
  • NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND $3,000
  • NRDC ACTION FUND PAC $1,000
  • NUTMEG PAC $10K
  • OCEANS PAC $10K
  • PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES $5,000
  • PAC TO THE FUTURE $5,000
  • PEOPLE'S VOICES PAC $10K
  • PERIMETER PAC $10K
  • PINEAPPLE PAC $10K
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND, INC. PAC $782
  • PRAIRIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • PROFESSIONAL AVIATION SAFETY SPECIALISTS PAC $5,000
  • PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $5,000
  • PURPOSE PAC $10K
  • REV UP PAC $10K
  • RISING DEMS $3,500
  • SAVE DEMOCRACY PAC $10K
  • SECURITIES INDUSTRY AND FINANCIAL MARKETS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $5,000
  • SERVING OUR COUNTRY PAC $2,000
  • SHEET METAL WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $5,000
  • SMALL BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AMERICA-PAC $1,000
  • SMART SOLUTIONS PAC $10K
  • SOUTHEAST COTTON COMMITTEE (SECC) SOUTHERN COTTON GROWERS INC/SE COTTON GINNERS ASSN $5,000
  • SPEAK UP PAC $8,500
  • STAND UP FOR WORKERS PAC $5,000
  • STANTON FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • TECHNOLOGY NETWORK (TECHNET) FEDERAL PAC $2,500
  • TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION $2,500
  • TRUEDEM LEADERSHIP FUND $5,000
  • TURQUOISE PAC $10K
  • UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION $1,500
  • UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA - COAL MINERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND $1,000
  • UNITED STATES PEANUT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (US PEANUT PAC) $5,000
  • US TRAVEL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • USA RICE FEDERATION PAC $1,000
  • VELVET HAMMER PAC $5,000
  • VICTORY NOW PAC $10K
  • VOTER PROTECTION PROJECT $10K
  • YOUTH SAVE DEMOCRACY $5,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Praise and criticism

What named supporters and critics say, as reported. Shown in equal numbers.

Praise

Bernie Sanders: Says it is imperative Ossoff be elected and applauds the energy of his campaign nbcnews.com

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Jen Jordan: Expressed gratitude for Ossoff's endorsement in her Georgia Supreme Court campaign cbsnews.com

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Eric (a sales representative): Said Ossoff has 'super progressive views' despite wishing for a more diverse candidate washingtonexaminer.com

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Jeff Flake: Endorsed Ossoff, saying character matters more than policy disagreements usatoday.com

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Criticism

Nikema Williams: Called on Perdue to apologize to Ossoff over an ad seen as anti-Semitic, implicitly condemning the attack on him usatoday.com

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Mike Collins: Mocked Ossoff's appearance and likened him to Bernie Sanders usatoday.com

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Donald Trump: Called Ossoff a communist and mocked his appearance thehill.com

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One Nation: Said Ossoff would be giving in to party bosses by opposing the spending bill nbcnews.com

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Controversies

Stated as reported. Most are reported by at least two independent news outlets or found in an official record; any with only one source so far is marked Single source.

Settlements

FEC enforcement action over excessive 2020 campaign contributions

The FEC initiated proceedings against Jon Ossoff for Senate and its treasurer over allegations the committee failed to timely remedy excessive, prohibited, and other impermissible 2020 election contributions totaling $363,272.43. The committee agreed to implement compliance procedures, retain an outside consultant, and pay a $27,000 civil penalty.

Sources: fec.gov

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Allegations

Ties to Southern Poverty Law Center after group's indictment Single source

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Federal prosecutors indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center's affiliated organization for alleged financial crimes; Republicans noted Ossoff received more than $700,000 from the group's 501(c)(4) arm in 2020 and had praised it, and the RNC alleged he was 'complicit' for not returning the money or condemning the group. Ossoff did not comment on the indictment and his campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

Sources: foxnews.com

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Donations linked to Epstein associate Reid Hoffman Single source

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Republican opponent Mike Collins alleged Ossoff was a 'hypocrite' for accepting a maximum $7,000 donation from billionaire Reid Hoffman, who has acknowledged visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island, while Ossoff campaigned against an 'Epstein class' of elites; Hoffman also gave $1 million to a PAC opposing Collins. Hoffman has not been accused of wrongdoing.

Sources: foxnews.com

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Viral remark about White House aide Natalie Harp Single source

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Ossoff said at a campaign rally that Trump would rather 'build a ballroom and travel with Natalie' than do his job, referring to aide Natalie Harp; conservatives and Trump allies, including Rep. Mike Collins, called the remark sexist and misogynistic and said it revealed how Ossoff views women. Ossoff said he was referring to Harp as Trump's 'security blanket' and denied any other insinuation, and later said White House staffers should not have their feelings prioritized over public accountability.

Response: I’ve heard this particular aide referred to as his security blanket. And I think we could say that about any number of the senior aides in the White House. They’re not telling him what he needs to hear. They’re telling him what he wants to hear.

Sources: foxnews.com

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Ethics complaint alleging Rep. Hank Johnson improperly aided Ossoff's 2017 campaign Single source

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An ethics watchdog group, FACT, alleged that Rep. Hank Johnson, Ossoff's former boss, improperly used his official House website to campaign for Ossoff during the 2017 special election runoff.

Sources: ajc.com

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Overstated national security clearance claims in 2017 campaign Single source

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During his 2017 House campaign, Republicans accused Ossoff of inflating his résumé after reports surfaced that he held a high-level national security clearance for only five months while on Rep. Hank Johnson's staff; Ossoff had emphasized the clearance early in the campaign before backing off the claim.

Sources: cnn.com

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From Semblen

Semblen analyzed 31 ads from Jon Ossoff's campaign; 17 used at least one manipulation technique, most often False Urgency, Loaded Language, Name Calling. See the ads, the money and every candidate in this race →

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