Posted on 03/14/2018 7:49:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republicans are panicked after Democrat Conor Lamb closed in on a victory over Republican Rick Saccone in a Pennsylvania congressional district that went for President Donald Trump by 20 points in 2016.
That Lamb could perform so well in a district that overwhelmingly supported Trump and had sent a Republican to Congress without much contention for the better part of two decades signaled major challenges for the party as it seeks to maintain its congressional majorities in this year's midterm elections.
"It's really hard to see how anyone looks at the factors Republicans are facing at this time, and the environment Republicans are in, and conclude anything other than that we are heading for a very difficult cycle," a Republican strategist close to the race told Business Insider.
"The narrow margin in a district the president won handily should be a serious wake up call for Republican incumbents across the map," the person added late Tuesday night. "No suburban district is safe and every candidate better be ready for the most difficult cycle of their career."
There are roughly 120 House seats currently controlled by Republicans in districts that are not as solidly Republican as Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District.
Lamb's results came on the heels of Democratic Sen. Doug Jones' shocking win in Alabama and big wins for the party in New Jersey and Virginia late last year. As of 12:30 a.m. on the East Coast, Lamb led Saccone by a slim margin of just more than 500 votes with only some absentee ballots outstanding. Lamb declared victory, and Democratic campaign groups followed suit.
Needing a huge boost from those ballots to leapfrog Lamb, Saccone told supporters he was going to "fight" until the very end. But many Democrats already proclaimed Lamb the victor.
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RE: Democrat Conor Lamb is pretending to be a republican.
And the Dems are going to use this strategy for 2018. Why? Because it seems to work.
Many do, but from msm connected
The 3 majors reach 25 million a night and fox just 3 million
That’s unfortunate that so many people still watch the MSM.
If they nation is going down anyway, let the dems have it!
The Reps consider this good news. The last thing they want to do is show a modicum of leadership.
(They are hoping the dems sweep in Nov).
“Have they tossed out all of the illegal alien votes yet?”
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You probably aren’t far from the truth of “what happened.”
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/02/27/pennsylvania-sued-noncitizen-voters/
If the GOP intends to maintain control of Congress in the upcoming elections, somebody should whisper in Trump’s ear, “Make shorter speeches”.
Idiot. Those are state legislative seats.
You would think that “panicking” RINOs would demand a recount if Dem candidate leads by a slim margin of just more than 500 votes.
Possibly another rigged election.
Hacking Democracy - The Hack
Although this is not a Senate-related election, we need to get rid of ill-conceived 17th Amendment.
The 16th Amendment can disappear too.
RE: Idiot. Those are state legislative seats.
SO? They were GOP HELD. That does not bode well for Congressional elections.
Stupidity and vote fraud. The fraud could easily have made up for the vote tally difference and then some.
We were suppose to lose far more and held our losses to only 5.
So during the special elections, we have lost only one.
We have lost only one congressional seat so far in the special elections.
And by the way, the GOP won a special state election in Tenn. last night.
So, the fact that they were State elections makes it relevant to particular state issues, not the national races.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbbOquqPmfA What happened.
Very true. Candidates do matter.
The GOPestablishment have once again thrown an election to their fellow globalist conspirators, the DNCestablishment
RE: So, the fact that they were State elections makes it relevant to particular state issues, not the national races.
I don’t see it that way. State issues DO intersect with national issues. THAT, and the fact that:
1) These were GOP held seats in red states ( e.g. Oklahoma )
2) The GOP did NOT win any Democrat held seats
3) National Senate AND Congressional seats were LOST in RED districts
Tell me that this is a trend. Better not ignore this.
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