New York Times calls Pa. House race for Dem Conor Lamb

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 03/14/18 05:53 PM EDT

The New York Times has called the Pennsylvania House special election in favor of Democratic candidate Conor Lamb.

Lamb had declared victory in the race to fill the seat in the Pennsylvania district early Wednesday morning, but most media outlets have yet to call the tight race.

Lamb currently holds a less-than-700-vote lead over Republican candidate Rick Saccone in the traditionally red district.

Saccone has been declining to concede the race and the GOP said they may seek a recount.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/378475-new-york-times-calls-pa-house-race-for-dem-conor-lamb

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Conor Lamb Wins Pennsylvania House Seat, Giving Democrats a Map for Trump Country

By ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTINMARCH 14, 2018

Conor Lamb, a Democrat and former Marine, scored a razor-thin but extraordinary upset in a special House election in southwestern Pennsylvania after a few thousand absentee ballots delivered Democrats a win in the heart of President Trump’s Rust Belt base.

The victory still may be contested, but Mr. Lamb’s 627-vote lead Wednesday afternoon appeared insurmountable, given that the four counties in Pennsylvania’s 18th district have about 500 provisional, military and other absentee ballots left to count, county election officials said. That slim margin, out of almost 230,000 ballots cast, nonetheless upended the political landscape ahead of November’s midterm elections and emboldened fellow Democrats to run maverick campaigns even in deep-red areas where Republicans remain bedeviled by Mr. Trump’s unpopularity.

Republican officials in Washington said they were likely to demand a recount through litigation, and the National Republican Congressional Committee put out a call for voters to report any irregularities in the balloting. Matt Gorman, a spokesman for the committee, said the party was “not conceding anything.”

But absent significant adjustments in the tally, Mr. Lamb, a 33-year-old former prosecutor from a local Democratic dynasty, pulled off a staggering upset over Rick Saccone, a Republican state legislator, in a district that Mr. Trump carried by nearly 20 percentage points in 2016.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/politics/democrats-republicans-pennsylvania-special-election.html?smid=tw-bna

[bucolic_frolic]

1. HOLD THE PHONE!

Alex Jones says dead people made the margin of victory! He's telling Foxxie News! Hannity is listening!
Trump will tweet it tomorrow at 4 am! The election is #FakeNews! Conor Lamb was really a Trumpie
in disguise! Lawyers are heading to court as we speak! Trump never loses a rigged election because
he holds the ropes!

[NastyRiffraff]

2. In 24 hours, they changed their tune.

Republicans Tuesday: Conor Lamb is a raving Liberal who will take away your guns, force your women to have abortions, and forbid you to say Merry Christmas.

Republicans today: He won because he ran as a Republican.

[onetexan]

3. Vox called it several hours ago as well

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/14/17109448/pennsylvania-special-election-conor-lamb-defeats-rick-saccone

[DonViejo]

4. MSNBC, Steve Kornacki, called it at 5:55 a.m. today

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142012994