Not with the messaging this campaign had. No candidate is winning with the messaging the GOP keeps throwing out here.
Reschenthaler won PA-37 by 55-44 in 2015. He did better than President Trump did in 2016. If Reschenthaler would have ran again tonight, he would have won by a similar margin.
This is completely on par with Smith’s win in 2012, and this seat can be flipped back with a better candidate.