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Poll Night: PA-18 Special Election
Topic Started: Mar 13 2018, 08:48 PM (104 Views)
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...polls closed about 45 minutes ago; we now pick up coverage of the election as results come in....

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(Daily Kos) Polls close at 8 PM ET in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, where Republican Rick Saccone faces Democrat Conor Lamb in a special election for the final months of former Republican Rep. Tim Murphy’s term. This Western Pennsylvania seat backed Trump 58-39 and Romney 58-41, but Republicans are worried that Trump’s unpopularity, as well as a weak campaign by Saccone and a strong effort from Lamb, will allow Democrats to flip this district. While a new map ordered by the state Supreme Court will dramatically change this seat’s boundaries ahead of the November general election, Republican outside groups have still spent millions to avoid what would be an embarrassing loss.
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--The latest from #PA18:

Allegheny County
2016: R+4%
2018 (so far): D+15%

Greene County
2016: R+43%
2018 (so far): R+17%

Washington County
2016: R+26%
2018 (so far): D+8%

Westmoreland County
2016: R+34%
2018 (so far): R+10%
(Ryan Struyk, CNN - 13 March 2018)
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(Daily Kos) With a big dump of votes from Westmoreland County taking us to 71% reporting, Lamb’s lead narrows to 51.5 to 48.
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(Daily Kos) With 71% reporting, following a dump of votes from Saccone-friendly Westmoreland County, Lamb's lead has shrunk to its smallest of the night, 51.5 to 48.
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(New York Times, 13 March 2018)
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(Daily Kos) This is a good time for a reminder that, once again, this district never should have been competitive to begin with. Donald Trump carried it by a giant 58-39 margin in 2016, and Democrats weren’t even able to field a candidate here either that year or in 2014. Yet Republicans have had to spend over $10 million to try to defend this seat. They simply can’t do that for seats this red in November—and there are a ton of seats that are bluer.
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--Breaking: 100% of Greene Co. now reporting. Final precinct there pushed Lamb (D) up to 42. That's 1% above what thought he needed there to win #PA18. (Dave Wassermann, Cook Political Report - 13 March 2018)
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(Daily Kos) It’s almost neck-and-neck now: With 83% reporting, it’s now 51-48 Lamb. Most of Allegheny County, Lamb’s friendliest turf, has reported.
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(Dialy Kos) Another batch of votes takes us to 87% reporting, and the race is the closest yet: 50.4 for Lamb, 49.0 for Saccone.
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(Daily Kos) We’re now at 91% reporting, and Lamb’s up by exactly a point: 50.2 to 49.2.
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(Daily Kos) Hoo boy it’s tight: 95% reporting and Lamb is ahead 49.9 to 49.5.
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(Daily Kos) In terms of raw votes, it’s Lamb 101,907, Saccone 100,979. The small bit of good news for Lamb is that his raw vote lead actually grew slightly with the last update.
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(Daily Kos) Remaining precincts: 12 in Allegheny, 5 in Westmoreland, 13 in Washington.
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(Daily Kos) Three precincts came in, and Lamb went up to +1,100 votes from +900, and his margin increased to 50.0 to 49.4, but those three precincts were all from Lamb-friendly Allegheny County, meaning there’s now less good turf remaining for him.
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--There are 119 GOP-held House seats bluer than #PA18. (Daily Kos Elections, 13 March 2018)
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(Daily Kos) With 96% of precincts reporting, Lamb remains up 50.0 to 49.4 on Saccone, a margin of 1,238 votes.
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