Jon Ossoff is poised to become the first U.S. senator born after the U.S. Senate went on TV with C-SPAN2's launch

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C-SPAN2 premiered on June 2, 1986 to cover the U.S. Senate floor proceedings. Democrat Ossoff, who is leading the race to become one of the two U.S. senators representing Georgia, was born on Feb. 16, 1987.