Lamb vs. Saccone Special Election PA18

NY Times ^ | March 13, 2018

[Pinkbell]

A thread to discuss the results.

I feel like Lamb has a lot of momentum, has run as a moderate, and has run a better campaign. I'll predict he'll win tonight (although I'd like to see Saccone win).

NYT does a good job with election results.

[Catsrus]

if Lamb does lose, he can join Hillary on her “What Happened” tour.

[cdcdawg]

GOP could learn a lot of those same lessons. As far as I can tell, Saccone is in favor of forming a committee to appoint a panel to discuss the possibility that perhaps something could hypothetically be done about allowing criminal illegal aliens who have committed violent felonies to stay in our country for an infinite amount of time, as long as nobody at the NYT or WaPo calls him a bad name or something. He’s less clearcut than that on the opioid epidemic and trade.

[Art in Idaho]

How many of these people that vote for the libertarian know anything about the guy? A protest vote? Never understood it.

[romanesq]

Four digit absentees not counted in Westmoreland.

[snarkytart]

LOL you went from Saccone is going to win to “Well the dem win tonight is not a victory”

Yes it is. Nobody cares about the margin. He’s another DEM in congress. It’s a BIG WIN for them.

[silverleaf]

Don’t get those senior citizen pollwatchers upset now!

[Sacajaweau]

1000, 2000...3000....4000

If it's 2000, we can pick up about 800 votes

[Lurking Libertarian]

One thing is clear: there is no Blue Wave. If Democrats can’t beat a Republican candidate in a competitve district by a healthy margin, forget about them taking over the House.

Competitive district? Trump carried it by 20%, and the Dems haven't even run anyone for Congress in the last two elections.

[snarkytart]

and what of those two precincts out? The non absentee votes?

[Conserv]

No need to be a little bish

[fortheDeclaration]

Not if the district is going to be eliminated anyway.

[Revel]

““3 hours to count 1195 ballots in Washington county tonight per Bret Baier.”

Don’t be surprised if voter turnout is “higher than expected”
Maybe 1195 will become 2000 or even 3000.

[rlmorel]

Without knowing, I am going to guess he was a JAG type. The type of people who our men in combat have to be concerned about, and for good reason.

Like this POS, looking to punch a ticket. From what I can tell, the guy Saccone is not a bad guy, but he seems stodgy in comparison to this leftist he ran against.

People are shallow.

[fortheDeclaration]

It shows nothing of the sort!

We are going to have a lot to vote for in Nov., maybe even another SC seat.

[Steven W.]

Not any more! ;)

Donald Trump dissolves voter fraud commission - "It will get done faster, but the Democrats no longer have a seat at the table,” Mr. Kobach said. “If they think this is a victory for the left, they are wrong.

Executive Order on the Termination of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

[goldstategop]

You’re right about that - they will chalk it up as a defeat for Trump should Lamb win.

I actually expected Lamb to win. I just didn’t expect him to struggle to get over the finish line.

Cuz the polls are never wrong, are they?

[1035rep]

Nate Cohn ‏Verified account @Nate_Cohn 24m24 minutes ago .@DecisionDeskHQ says last two Westmoreland precincts are Latrobe2 and NLigonier. Then we have the absentees.

[fortheDeclaration]

Agreed. It seems to be a meaningless victory anyway if the district is eliminated.

The Dem ran as a Trump supporter, not as a Pelosi Democrat.

He won't be able to vote that way!

[Major Matt Mason]

8 years of Clinton and 8 years of Obama will have that effect.

[FreeReign]

If it's 2000, we can pick up about 800 votes

That would be 70%. That's a high percentage.