It’s official: Democrat Conor Lamb wins Pennsylvania special election in major upset

[tulc]

It’s official: Democrat Conor Lamb wins Pennsylvania special election in major upset

In a stunning upset, Democrat Conor Lamb won an incredibly close special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, beating out Republican candidate Rick Saccone in a deeply conservative district the nonpartisan Cook Political Report rated R+11.

The race stretched into Wednesday midday, when CNN reported Lamb was in the lead with 627 votes, with 100 percent of precincts reporting. State law does not mandate a recount in district-level elections.
Conventional wisdom suggested that Saccone — a candidate who once declared himself “Trump before Trump was Trump” — would do well in a district that turned out in droves for President Donald Trump in 2016. But in recent weeks, Republicans were in full panic mode, dumping more than $9 million into the race. Lamb’s victory shows they were right to be so worried.

And it wasn’t just Republicans who feared losing this district — it was Trump himself.

I think it's a little premature calling this a "groundswell" but it does show that voting is still important.
tulc(is going to raise a cup of coffee in honor of Conor Lamb)

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

I'll raise a cup of coffee to honor the other Lamb. He deserves it more.

 

[Dale]

It’s official: Democrat Conor Lamb wins Pennsylvania special election in major upset

I think it's a little premature calling this a "groundswell" but it does show that voting is still important.
tulc(is going to raise a cup of coffee in honor of Conor Lamb)

Some think that Trump's surprise announcement on new tariffs for steel and aluminum was aimed at this Congressional district. If so, it looks like it wasn't enough to sway the election.

 

[AvilaSurfer]

I dunno.....if you look at statements and history, it was kind of a choice between republican and republican lite. I don’t think it’s a big deal.

 

[mark kennedy]

The district itself will disappear this year, thanks to a court decision that struck down a Republican-drawn map. So he is going to have to run again real soon.

 

[miamited]

The district itself will disappear this year, thanks to a court decision that struck down a Republican-drawn map. So he is going to have to run again real soon.

Hi mark,

Right! I find it mind boggling the amount of money that was spent to win this barely nine months remaining office. But, now that it's over, I do think that it is a portent of things to come.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

 

[mark kennedy]

Hi mark,

Right! I find it mind boggling the amount of money that was spent to win this barely nine months remaining office. But, now that it's over, I do think that it is a portent of things to come.

God bless,
In Christ, ted

I think he will end up running in whatever the 9th district will becomes, with his grass roots supporters still in place. It's going to be a lot different with so many House races going on across the country but it's shaping up to be a blue wave.

 

[Steve Petersen]

It’s official: Democrat Conor Lamb wins Pennsylvania special election in major upset

I think it's a little premature calling this a "groundswell" but it does show that voting is still important.
tulc(is going to raise a cup of coffee in honor of Conor Lamb)

Russian collusion.

 

[tulc]

Russian collusion.

I heard the Russians were going to investigate this election, they suspect there may have been some American colluding going on among American voters to influence the election.
tulc(heard Rep. Nunes will be chairing the committee for President Putin)

 

[Ringo84]

Good The Simpsons GIF - Find & Share on GIPHY

Hope this bodes well for the rest of this midterm year. "All you fascists are bound to lose" - Woody Guthrie
Ringo

 

[Root of Jesse]

meh

 

[CGL1023]

It’s official: Democrat Conor Lamb wins Pennsylvania special election in major upset

I think it's a little premature calling this a "groundswell" but it does show that voting is still important.
tulc(is going to raise a cup of coffee in honor of Conor Lamb)

Lamb ran a as center-left candidate and won this race in PA. I have read on more than one occasion that this is the template for Democrat victories in November. The push-back will come from the hard-left majority who will not want such candidates on the ballot.

 

[mark kennedy]

Lamb ran a as center-left candidate and won this race in PA. I have read on more than one occasion that this is the template for Democrat victories in November. The push-back will come from the hard-left majority who will not want such candidates on the ballot.

He didn't have to run in a primary race, here in a few months he will. What he says he learned in the race was that even progressives were saying we need candidates who can win.

 

[DawnStar]

The Republicans should take heed from this. Instead of voting for far right (I'm a God-fearing Christian who wishes that the U.S.A. could become a theocracy) candidates. They need to vote for moderacy.

 

[Archivist]

Part of what hurt Saccone and helped Lamb were the high number of anti-Lamb ads run by the Republicans. Some were just downright nasty, and I think they resulted in many people instead voting for Lamb. BTW, I'm not saying that Lamb didn't run ads attacking Saccone. He did. But not nearly so many as were run by the GOP against him.

Republicans are firing all their missiles against a surging Democratic candidate in the biggest election of the year