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Jon Ossoff's rise to US Senate: how high can he go?

The Georgia Democrat is defying predictions of a tight re-election battle and has said at a debate and on local TV he has no 2028 plans; zero repeated.

On air: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on Wake Up, America
Published 5:34 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger on this story, from Wake Up, America at 5:34 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Guardian's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by The Guardian: “Jon Ossoff’s rise to US Senate was meteoric – how high can he go?”
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5:34 AM ET on Wake Up, America, by Chip Darnell and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Jon Ossoff, Senate, US.
BBN covered this story before: Sullivan, Peltola clash over Iran, consumer prices in Alaska Senate… (October 16).

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The GuardianJon Ossoff’s rise to US Senate was meteoric – how high can he go?

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Guardian says Georgia Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff is defying predictions of a tight re-election fight, and his fast rise has people asking how high he can go.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorDoes he want to be president? Because that sounds like a man who wants to be president.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe says he has zero interest in running in twenty twenty-eight, and he has said so at a debate this week and to a local TV station last month.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorZero, three times?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLast question, what happens next, and does any of this change my Friday?
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour Friday is safe. His re-election is the next test, and nobody knows yet whether he ever changes his answer on twenty twenty-eight.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorHank, a man who says zero that many times is practicing, and nobody practices zero.

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