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Jersey Devil

(9,881 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:40 PM Nov 2018

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Conor Lamb Dem pickup PA nt

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Conor Lamb Dem pickup PA nt (Original Post) Jersey Devil Nov 2018 OP

Hold. BlueStater Nov 2018 #1

Isn't it a new district? MissB Nov 2018 #3

No - Lamb was not the incumbent - he held office in a different district Jersey Devil Nov 2018 #5

Isn't that a hold? NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #2

New district BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #6

It is a pickup, not a hold Jersey Devil Nov 2018 #4

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)

1. Hold.

Reply to Jersey Devil (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:41 PM

Nov 2018

He was the incumbent.

MissB

(15,814 posts)

3. Isn't it a new district?

Reply to BlueStater (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:42 PM

Nov 2018

Jersey Devil

(9,881 posts)

5. No - Lamb was not the incumbent - he held office in a different district

Reply to BlueStater (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:44 PM

Nov 2018

This is a new district and the incumbent is a Repub

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)

2. Isn't that a hold?

Reply to Jersey Devil (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:41 PM

Nov 2018

or was it considered Red since the redistricting?

BumRushDaShow

(130,397 posts)

6. New district

Reply to NewJeffCT (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:47 PM

Nov 2018

his previous district was a pickup and then was redrawn and will probably go to an (R).

Jersey Devil

(9,881 posts)

4. It is a pickup, not a hold

Reply to Jersey Devil (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2018, 10:43 PM

Nov 2018

It is a new district in which 2 incumbents, one a Dem and one a Repub, are running against each other. Lamb, the Dem, makes it a pickup by eliminating a Repub

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