Jon Ossoff’s strong finish in Tuesday’s special House election in Georgia should juice Democratic fundraising and boost candidate recruitment, imperatives for the party to challenge Republicans for control of Congress in 2018.

The 30-year-old former congressional aide fell short of 50 percent and winning the suburban Atlanta 6th district outright, providing the GOP a measure of comfort. Karen Handel, who emerged in second from a crowd of Republicans, is favored to win the June 20 runoff.