 The race received significant national attention after being highly touted as an early test of how the first few months of Donald Trump's presidency may have shifted the opinions or voter enthusiasm of suburban voters who live in swing districts.Combined spending by both candidates' campaigns reached over $55 million, which was the most expensive U.S. House election in history.On June 20, 2017, Handel won the special election runoff and defeated Ossoff 51.87% to 48.13%.