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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs This Marine Veteran the Next Doug Jones?
Is This Marine Veteran the Next Doug Jones?
Its the next big congressional race, one that Republicans were supposed to have in hand. But Conor Lamb has Democrats feeling bullish.
Gideon Resnick
12.15.17 5:00 AM ET
For Democrats, Alabama was a shocker. Virginia was a tsunami. But Pennsylvania may end up being the bellwether.
The party, resurgent as President Trumps first year in office draws to a scandal-ridden, unpopular close, will face its next major test on a potential path to winning back a majority in the House of Representatives in a March special election in Pennsylvanias 18th district.
The seat, held by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) since 2003, was left vacant following his resignation in October after a stunning report revealed that he had told a mistress to abort a possible pregnancy. Comprising a mix of coal-mine country, rural regions in the southwest corner of the state, and the very wealthy suburbs outside of Pittsburgh, its the kind of district that has been trending Republican for at least a decade. And its one where President Trump won by almost 20 points in the 2016 election, helping him win the state and ultimately the presidency.
But Democrats, who didnt even put up a candidate to challenge Murphy in 2016, believe that they have a shot at winning this district back due to the strength of their candidate, a weaker Republican opponent, and a national climate that spells a wave for the party in next years elections.
Their hopes rest on 33-year-old veteran Conor Lamb, a former assistant U.S. attorney selected by local Democrats to be their standard-bearer last month.
Each party has their base, but you have a guy like Conor who is going to have a lot of cross-party appeal, John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and candidate for lieutenant governor, told The Daily Beast. I think the Democrats picked extremely well and I think the Republicans picked extremely poorly.
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Is This Marine Veteran the Next Doug Jones? (Original Post)
babylonsister
Dec 2017
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Lets hope that Lamb can pull it off. Saccone sounds like a total tRump/Moore/Bannon clone.
lkinwi
Dec 2017
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lkinwi
(1,477 posts)1. Lets hope that Lamb can pull it off. Saccone sounds like a total tRump/Moore/Bannon clone.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2. Trump is to Republicans what a glacier was to the Titanic.
oasis
(49,390 posts)3. "a lot of cross-party appeal". That's the ticket.
mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)4. Great candidate..
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)5. The candidate's WEB sites:
Conor Lamb for Congress: https://conorlamb.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConorLambPA/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConorLambPA
Thanks for bringing this race to our attention!
Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)6. K&R n/t
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)7. This man has a LOT going for him. He also has a family name with history in Pennsylvania politics
He's a Marine.
It also doesn't hurt that he's attractive, physically fit, well-educated and intelligent.
If a person with all these attributes can't get people in this district to vote for him then probably no democrat can.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)8. This would be a GREAT win! Lamb has a chance.
I will mention something superficial, though. The name "Lamb." I can see all sorts of clever ads by the Repubs, using that name.
But this is doable.
DFW
(54,410 posts)9. A scene from the movie: "He chose poorly." If only it happened this way more often.....