I have lived in Canonsburg and North Strabane (Washington Co PA) my whole life

[scheming daemons]

...except for 4 years at Pitt.

The only thing Canonsburg has been known nationally for is being the home of Perry Como and Bobby Vinton.

It has been surreal seeing Kasie Hunt reporting from Lamb headquarters literally 500 yards from my house...Seeing Sarris Candies on the news...hearing CNN talking for 15 minutes about 6 precincts in neighboring Peters Township that i can practically walk to.

You all don't understand how non competitive this district has been my whole adult life. Half the time we never even had a Democrat on the ballot.

I have been living in red hell. To think I might be represented in DC by a Democrat, even if only for 9 months, blows my mind.

Blue wave, yinz guys, blue wave.

[underpants]

1. Awesome. Thanks for the local knowledge

[lindysalsagal]

2. We thought bush ruined the gop. Not so. It took a reality show money laundering grifter to do that.

People can't wait to vote them all out.

[C Moon]

32. +1

[calimary]

45. You forgot "treasonous". Maybe between "laundering" and "grifter."

Biden is right. This is treason. What trump & comp have done is TREASON.

[Egnever]

55. He did

We let them recover by letting them pretend the Tea party was something other than a way to recapture lost republican votes.

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Thank you for the joyful post! Enjoy the victory

[Stuart G]

4. Thanks for the info....wonderful news..!!!

[NBachers]

5. A salute to you, scheming daemons- you're in the center of the tempest. Hold tight.

I'm allowing myself to feel hopeful, but I'm not counting on anything 'till it's actually called. It's been stuck at 579 votes for Lamb for awhile now- I was hoping to get to bed early tonight; my plans may change.

[mia]

6. It's good to read real news.

Thank you.

[Cha]

7. Makes me cry..

it's so poignant.

I so want Conor to win.

[oasis]

8. The beginning of the coming blue wave...you were there.

[dchill]

10. Riding the crest of the Big Blue Wave!

[eleny]

9. I'm delighted for you!

[PearliePoo2]

11. Perhaps you are responsible! You and your little sign. The first one bravely stuck in the lawn!

Your sign asked for company and GOT it.

[scheming daemons]

12. I have been used to writing angry letters to my congressman...

...because he has always been a Republican.

I am not sure how to go about writing supportive letters. Haha.

[Staph]

13. Yum!

Sarris chocolate covered pretzels!

(I have family in Washington and elsewhere in the Pittsburgh area.)

[The Polack MSgt]

14. It is odd to see guntown Strabane and Peters Township

On Tv.

Grew up in Canonsburg moved out in 81. Joined the Air Force .

It was pretty Democratic in the 70s- then everyone bought Reagan's bullshit hook line and sinker

[Wellstone ruled]

15. Howard Dean had the right

idea. You have to be in every District and you can not just rely on 13 States Strategy for a win.

Can we move on to a successful Fall Campaign in every District?

[appalachiablue]

16. Amen! Dean's strategy was correct, all areas must be covered.

[Wellstone ruled]

21. Been down that road,

worked a Campaign in a mega Red District,knowing full well if we got 21% we would be f--n lucky. Hey we ended up with 29%. Not bad for a eight week Campaign in one of the Reddest States in America.

[appalachiablue]

23. Terrific and vey commendable of you. Hard work but gotta be done.

Reddest like what state, WV, WY?

[Wellstone ruled]

24. UT.

[appalachiablue]

28. Got it.

[EarnestPutz]

40. I'll see your Utah and raise you...

....my idiot state of Idaho. Now, now. Settle down.
Congressman Raul Labrador takes a backseat to no one
in terms of crazy ideas.

[Wellstone ruled]

44. Yup,dealiing with the same Cult.

Tough for a Liberal in the State of Deseret. Ezra Taft Benson made sure the Flock would be kept in line for Generations to come.

[Awsi Dooger]

17. Fantastic

I was rooting hard and thinking about you and your daughter.

Hey, she is undefeated as a voter.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. You'ins done it !!! How exciting - especially for you SD. !!!

[vkkv]

19. thank you.. great post. K&R !!!

[SunSeeker]

20. I've spent some time in Canonsburg (long story). You ain't kidding it's red.

If I had known there were people like you there, I might have stayed longer.

[Sugarcoated]

22. Cool beans

all around

[Honeycombe8]

25. WE NEED A BLUE WAVE EMOJI! Blue wave, blue wave!

[smirkymonkey]

26. Congrats to you and your daughter!

[flibbitygiblets]

27. Thanks for the encouraging post, SD! We're rooting for you all across the country.

You're our bellwether of what is to come. This is VERY good to hear.

[Mme. Defarge]

29. Beautiful!

And how exciting for you to have played a part in giving all of us hope. Well done!

[pat_k]

30. The suspense is painful... and with provisionals, it will probably be at least a week...

And I'm guessing there is little doubt that there will be a recount.

If it ends up being a razor thin loss, still good, but a Lamb WIN would really shake things up!

Fingers crossed. For others who want to check in for latest count, here are results reported by PA dept of state:
http://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/Special/OfficeResults?ElectionID=62&ElectionType=S&IsActive=1

And ABC Radio seems to be posting frequent updates. Westmoerland absentees are now reported. Lamb still ahead, but only by 579. Your county should be finished with absentees by tomorrow am, and Greene tomorrow (but not a lot of votes there to worry about). But, provisionals are all still out. Yikes!

http://abcnewsradioonline.com/politics-news/pennsylvanias-special-election-appears-to-be-a-dead-heat.htmlrep

P.S. I hope Democratic party monitors are keeping a close eye. In a Republican stronghold, I fear there could be some big thumbs around trying to tip the balance. (Don't need a big conspiracy... just a few rank and file die hards with few scruples in the "right places."

[Upthevibe]

31. Thank you so much for

keeping us posted along the way....

[hvn_nbr_2]

33. "yinz guys"

I thought it was pronounced "yunz guys." That's how I remember it from a bit east of you (Carlisle). May be there's a regional difference, or maybe just interpretive spelling.

[MyOwnPeace]

34. If you're

from "dahn tahn" then yinz would know that yunz can spell it either way!

[hvn_nbr_2]

37. "dahn tahn" sounds specifically Pennsylvania Dutch to me.

That's how I heard it said in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties. But my memory may not be completely accurate--I've been in California for 40 years.

[timber84]

35. UPPER ST CLAIR!

My home. I literally was screaming when CNN was talking about USC and Peters Township last night. You can take a girl out of the Burgh, but it's ALWAYS home.

[OneGrassRoot]

36. From the South Hills area myself...

It was surreal to see people being interviewed in small towns like Pleasant Hills and such. Glad to see everyone interviewed (at least on the stations I watched) were voting for Lamb - even if they had voted for Biff.

[Dulcinea]

47. So true!

I grew up in Monroeville, still have family all over the area. Once a Pittsburgher, always a Pittsburgher.

[True Blue American]

38. Even the Mayor said he was voting for the good man,Conor Lamb!

[IronLionZion]

39. human life is developed in 9 months

a lot can happen in 9 months. We need as many Dems as we can, both as voters and as politicians. This momentum needs to keep going as a big blue tidal wave into November and beyond

[packman]

41. Canonsburg - Is Sarris's Ice Cream still there?

Last edited Wed Mar 14, 2018, 12:56 PM - Edit history (2)

Fantastic ice cream and chocolate stuff at one time

[scheming daemons]

42. Yes. Donald Trump Jr was campaigning there are Monday.

[Dulcinea]

48. Yum!

We always had Sarris chocolate at the holidays.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

43. congrats and thanks!

Really appreciated your updates and local descriptions along the way.

[spike jones]

46. Some one has to do this, it might as well be me..

Blue Velvet- Bobby Vinton

[BumRushDaShow]

49. From Philly - we are happy

for youse guys

[xxqqqzme]

50. Thrilled for you.

I'm hoping I can report a similar happy event in November when we are finally shed of 'putin's favorite congressman rohrabacher'.

[spanone]

51. K&R...

[FarPoint]

52. Is All Clad still there?

My family on my mother's side is from Bridgeville..😎

[Ohiogal]

53. Yinz did good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thirty by 30]

54. Yinz, 'n'at, indeed!

All yinz dahn 'ere did great!

[left-of-center2012]

56. I'm from further away (time and distance)

I graduated high school in New Kensington, PA (Westmoreland County) back before time began (1964).
I left in the late 60's and it's sad and disappointing to see how so many of my old class mates
became Trump supporters.

Even my siblings who remained earlier became Tea Party folk, and still are.

[MyOwnPeace]

61. left-of................

Ken Hi?
Har-Brack here!
Those were the days, weren't they?
I moved from Brackenridge to New Ken in 1970 and was there for 37 years! It's been a long downhill slide for what was once a great town (but the same story can be said for many places here in western PA).

[left-of-center2012]

64. There's a book about New Ken

“Little Chicago: A History of Organized Crime in New Kensington, Pennsylvania”

"When one thinks of the Mafia one usually thinks of the big cities of New York or Chicago, but this book tells the story of a small town in Pennsylvania that became owned, lock, stock, and barrel, by the Mafia."

Former officer to release history of New Ken crime

Organized crime can be a compelling subject to explore.
It becomes even more alluring when you're a former police officer, and the organized crime was rooted in the city where you worked.

That's what motivated Dennis Marsili, an author and retired New Kensington police officer, to write his latest book, “Little Chicago: A History of Organized Crime in New Kensington, PA.”

[left-of-center2012]

65. I was shocked at the decline in New Ken

I had left and lived/worked around the country.
With family dying or moving out of state I didn't go back until driving through PA some decades later.

So many empty boarded up and closed store fronts downtown. Empty lots where buildings once stood.
I'm glad I lived there in the early 60's when it was 'alive'.

[goodboy]

57. Hey Neighbor!

I live in Martins Ferry Ohio, about 35 min from you! All us guys over here in ohio wanna thank Yinz guys for electing Conor Lamb and those jagoff repukes all the way back to whatever fascist hellscape they came from. Always super cool to meet DU’ers who are local! PM me if you wanna connect!

[mitch96]

58. Born in Johnstown!!

My Uncle (Mineral Point) was a staunch republican and my Father (Brooklyn) a staunch Dem union guy. Fun to listen to them talk politics.. They were great friends and drinking buddies..
Then again this was back in the '50's
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[TomSlick]

59. I'm jealous down here in south Arkansas.

I fear this is going to be a red hell for years to come.

The only interesting election in Arkansas this year will be the GOP governor's primary in which the "moderate" Republican incumbant is facing the local NRA queen who runs a "Muslim Free" gun range.

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[lordsummerisle]

60. K&R n/t

[bdamomma]

62. We need to

move forward and mow them down.

[Ferrets are Cool]

63. I sure hope ( and there is NO sarcasm here) that you have better luck

with your newly elected Democrat than I have had with mine here in Alabama.
Mine voted to roll back Dodd-Frank. He had better do better in the future or he will have NO future here in Alabama.

Here are the 17 Democrats that voted against the motion to proceed:

Michael Bennet of Colorado
Tom Carper of Delaware
Chris Coons of Delaware
Joe Donnelly of Indiana
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota
Doug Jones of Alabama
Tim Kaine of Virginia
Angus King of Maine
Joe Manchin of West Virginia
Claire McCaskill of Missouri
Bill Nelson of Florida
Gary Peters of Michigan
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Debbie Stabenow of Michigan
Jon Tester of Montana
Mark Warner of Virginia