Tighter-than-tight PA congressional race too close to call
The contest in the
At midnight with all precincts reporting, unofficial results had Lamb leading Saccone by fewer than 600 votes. Several thousand absentee ballots were still being counted as the effort carried into Wednesday, and the final result could well be decided by a recount.
The stakes in the high-profile special election were more political than practical.
The ultimate winner will face re-election in just eight months, and the congressional district as currently shaped will likely vanish next year. Yet
The
Saccone was upbeat as he addressed supporters near midnight. "It's not over yet, we're going to fight all the way, all the way to the end, we'll never give up," he told a cheering crowd in a hall near his home 15 miles southeast of
In a race this close, either candidate's supporters can ask for a recount. However there are stiff requirements, including requiring three voters in the same precinct who can attest that error or fraud was committed.
Lamb, a 33-year old Marine veteran and former federal prosecutor, downplayed his opposition to the Republican president on Tuesday and insisted instead that the race hinged on local issues.
"This didn't have much to do with
Because of a state court decision redrawing
For the
The president has campaigned in the district twice and sent several tweets on Saccone's behalf. Other recent visitors include the vice president, the president's eldest son, the president's daughter and the president's chief counselor. Outside groups aligned with
For
Lamb was watching election returns privately, but hundreds of his family, friends and supporters were enjoying a buffet and drinks at a
The excited supporters included Lamb's middle school football and basketball coach,
The former coach described the district as having "a lot of suit-and-tie people and people who dig in the dirt." Lamb, he said, "can talk to all of them, and that's why he can win."
Registered Republican
"Saccone backs a lot of
It was open now only because longtime Republican congressman
After voting Tuesday in
"The
Besides bruising the president, a Lamb defeat also could shake Republican self-assurance that their new tax law can shield them from other political woes.
With polls showing a tight race for months, Saccone tried to persuade the
Saccone, a 60-year-old
Yet Saccone struggled to raise money and stir the same passions that helped Trump on his way to the
Lamb, meanwhile, excited core
"We worked really hard for it," Lamb said after voting.
He did it though national Republican groups filled airwaves and social media with depictions of the first-time candidate as little more than a lemming for
Lamb answered the criticism by saying he wouldn't support Pelosi as floor leader, much less as speaker if the
Lamb largely avoided mentioning Trump, who remains generally popular in the district even if slightly diminished from his 2016 dominance.
Lamb embraced Democratic orthodoxy on the new
The
In a final-hours message on
"He's getting beat up in
Peoples reported from
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