Jon Ossoff

Jon Ossoff shares his Atlanta home with his wife, obstetrician Alisha Kramer, and their daughters, Eva and Lila.¹² He grew up in the Atlanta area and was mentored by Congressman John Lewis before entering elected politics.²¹

He studied at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and earned a master’s degree from the London School of Economics.¹ Before working in journalism, he was a national security aide to Congressman Hank Johnson, handling defense and economic policy.¹ He became CEO of Insight TWI in 2013, leading a company producing investigations of corruption, organized crime and war crimes.¹ Its subjects included human trafficking and the diversion of international food and medical aid.¹

In the Senate, Ossoff worked with Republican Mike Braun and Democrat Dick Durbin on the Federal Prison Oversight Act, signed into law in 2024.³ It requires independent prison inspections and establishes a confidential channel for complaints from incarcerated people, families and legal representatives.⁴ He also voted for the 2025 Laken Riley Act, whose House sponsor was his current opponent, Mike Collins.⁵

Defending his seat against Republican Collins, Ossoff supports restoring enhanced Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies and opposes the Medicaid reductions enacted in 2025.⁵ He opposes Trump’s tariffs and supports federal infrastructure and manufacturing investments, arguing they can help Georgia’s economy.⁵ Their tax debate centers on the 2025 tax and spending law: Collins backed it, while Ossoff opposed it.⁵