In another tweet, the Republican president asserted that Ossoff is also “very bad” on Second Amendment issues.

Later Tuesday afternoon, Trump wrote that he had “just learned” that Ossoff doesn't live in the district he is seeking to represent. “Republicans, get out and vote!” Trump said.

Ossoff has emerged as the front-runner among an 18-candidate field in Tuesday’s election to succeed Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), now Trump’s health and human services secretary.

The field includes both Democrats and Republicans, and to prevail, Ossoff would need to receive more than 50 percent of the vote. Otherwise, the top two contenders will move into a runoff, where prospects for a Republican victory are better in a district Trump barely won last year.

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Candidates for Congress aren't required to live in the district they represent. During an interview on CNN on Tuesday that aired hours before Trump's tweet on the subject, Ossoff said he has been “very transparent” about the fact that he has temporarily moved a short distance outside the suburban Atlanta district in which he is running.

“I’ve been living with Alisha, my girlfriend of 12 years, down by Emory University, where she’s a full-time medical student,” he said. “And as soon as she concludes her medical training, I’ll be 10 minutes back up the street into the district where I grew up, but I want to support her and her career and do right by her.”

A Democratic victory in the district — which former House speaker Newt Gingrich once represented — would be widely viewed as a bellwether of Trump’s standing ahead of next year’s congressional midterm elections.

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Underscoring Trump's interest in the race, a robo-call from the president also went out Monday, in which he urged voters in the district not to let Democrats take away a Republican seat.

Trump started attacking Ossoff on Twitter on Monday, calling him a “super Liberal.”