Tag: PA-18

Bar­ring a recount that pro­duces a dif­fer­ent out­come, young Demo­c­ra­t­ic con­gres­sion­al hope­ful Conor Lamb has eked out a nar­row vic­to­ry over Repub­li­can oppo­nent Rick Sac­cone in Penn­syl­va­ni­a’s Trump-friend­ly 18th Con­gres­sion­al Dis­trict, con­found­ing Repub­li­cans and delight­ing Democ­rats across the country. 

A mas­sive vote swing against Don­ald Trump and the Repub­li­cans in west­ern Penn­syl­va­nia has put the par­ty in jeop­ardy of los­ing a ger­ry­man­dered dis­trict it has pre­vi­ous­ly had no trou­ble win­ning to a resur­gent Demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty hun­gry for more spe­cial elec­tion vic­to­ries ahead of the 2018 midterms.