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Pastor Fireball wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... ction.html

Conor Lamb (D) - 105,473
Rick Saccone (R) - 104,678
97% reporting as of 10:20 PM EDT

No way this is not going to a recount.

Bob78164 wrote:

Pastor Fireball wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... ction.html

Conor Lamb (D) - 105,473
Rick Saccone (R) - 104,678
97% reporting as of 10:20 PM EDT

No way this is not going to a recount.

With all precincts reporting: Lamb has 113,111, Saccone has 112,532, and Miller has 1372. --Bob

Pastor Fireball wrote: Let us also not lose sight of the fact that the 18th District will have new voters in November, as a result of the court's redistricting last month. Even if Lamb is certified the winner of this race, this area will become the new 14th District, which will shed southern Allegheny County and take in the heavily Republican Fayette County.

silverscreenselect wrote:

Pastor Fireball wrote: Let us also not lose sight of the fact that the 18th District will have new voters in November, as a result of the court's redistricting last month. Even if Lamb is certified the winner of this race, this area will become the new 14th District, which will shed southern Allegheny County and take in the heavily Republican Fayette County.

My understanding is that Lamb will probably run in the neighboring district (the 17th?), which will take in the Allegheny County voters and be considerably less Republican skewing. The current representative in that district will probably run in the 18th.

Pastor Fireball wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... ction.html

Conor Lamb (D) - 105,473
Rick Saccone (R) - 104,678
97% reporting as of 10:20 PM EDT

No way this is not going to a recount.

Pastor Fireball wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:

Pastor Fireball wrote: Let us also not lose sight of the fact that the 18th District will have new voters in November, as a result of the court's redistricting last month. Even if Lamb is certified the winner of this race, this area will become the new 14th District, which will shed southern Allegheny County and take in the heavily Republican Fayette County.

My understanding is that Lamb will probably run in the neighboring district (the 17th?), which will take in the Allegheny County voters and be considerably less Republican skewing. The current representative in that district will probably run in the 18th.

If Lamb actually lives in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), then he would definitely run in the new 17th District against incumbent Republican Keith Rothfus, who represents most of this area in his old 12th District. Rothfus's district has gone from R+9 to R+3, so it would be a hotly contested race in November regardless.

The new 18th District has no sitting representative. Saccone actually lives in Allegheny County, so he would certainly not run in either of Pittsburgh's districts. He could move across the county line to run in the new 14th District, if he wanted.

mrkelley23 wrote:

Pastor Fireball wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:
My understanding is that Lamb will probably run in the neighboring district (the 17th?), which will take in the Allegheny County voters and be considerably less Republican skewing. The current representative in that district will probably run in the 18th.

If Lamb actually lives in Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), then he would definitely run in the new 17th District against incumbent Republican Keith Rothfus, who represents most of this area in his old 12th District. Rothfus's district has gone from R+9 to R+3, so it would be a hotly contested race in November regardless.

The new 18th District has no sitting representative. Saccone actually lives in Allegheny County, so he would certainly not run in either of Pittsburgh's districts. He could move across the county line to run in the new 14th District, if he wanted.

In PA, my understanding is that there is no requirement you live in the district you represent. I have a feeling both Lamb and Saccone, not to mention their respective parties, will study the election results carefully before deciding whether to run and in what district.

mrkelley23 wrote: In PA, my understanding is that there is no requirement you live in the district you represent. I have a feeling both Lamb and Saccone, not to mention their respective parties, will study the election results carefully before deciding whether to run and in what district.

Vandal wrote:Someone get Tony a knife:

Pastor Fireball wrote:It has been confirmed that Lamb lives in Mt. Lebanon, which is in the new 17th District. Regardless of the recount results, Lamb has already stated that he is petitioning to run against Rothfus in November.

Bob78164 wrote:

Pastor Fireball wrote:It has been confirmed that Lamb lives in Mt. Lebanon, which is in the new 17th District. Regardless of the recount results, Lamb has already stated that he is petitioning to run against Rothfus in November.

Cook Political Report now rates this race Leans Democratic, one of two such races in the country with a Republican incumbent. I haven't been able to locate the other. --Bob

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

Pastor Fireball wrote:It has been confirmed that Lamb lives in Mt. Lebanon, which is in the new 17th District. Regardless of the recount results, Lamb has already stated that he is petitioning to run against Rothfus in November.

Cook Political Report now rates this race Leans Democratic, one of two such races in the country with a Republican incumbent. I haven't been able to locate the other. --Bob

Hold everything... Jon Ossoff is getting into the race!

Bob78164 wrote:

Pastor Fireball wrote:It has been confirmed that Lamb lives in Mt. Lebanon, which is in the new 17th District. Regardless of the recount results, Lamb has already stated that he is petitioning to run against Rothfus in November.

Cook Political Report now rates this race Leans Democratic, one of two such races in the country with a Republican incumbent. I haven't been able to locate the other. --Bob

elwoodblues wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:Cook Political Report now rates this race Leans Democratic, one of teewo such races in the country with a Republican incumbent. I e seen of her she doesn't haven't been able to locate the other. --Bob

Hold everything... Jon Ossoff is getting into the race!

Seriously, what is your problem?

flockofseagulls104 wrote: From what I've seen of her she couldn't tell the difference between Syria and celery.

silverscreenselect wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote: From what I've seen of her she couldn't tell the difference between Syria and celery.

Whereas Donald Trump impresses everyone with his erudition every time he opens his mouth or issues a Tweet.

flockofseagulls104 wrote: Trump is the republican version of Ocasio-Cortez, but at least he is not a socialist.

Over the weekend, the self-described “conservative” writer [WSJ reporter Virginia] Kruta attended a rally in St. Louis at which Ocasio-Cortez stumped for Cori Bush, the woman who aims this week to unseat seven-term incumbent William “Lacy” Clay Jr. in a Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st congressional district.

Kruta told the Fox & Friends hosts that she went to the rally to “see what the fuss was about” and “why the message was resonating.” Asked why voters might be drawn to a Democratic Socialist message, she added, “They talk about things that everybody wants, especially if you’re a parent. They talk about education for your kids, health care for your kids, the things that you want.” In her article for The Daily Caller, she wrote that she could see “how easy it would be, as someone who has struggled to make ends meet, to accept the idea that a ‘living wage’ was a human right.”

Co-host Ainsley Earhardt wanted to know how this made Kruta feel, “as a conservative,” asking, “Were you angry? Were you more drawn to that?”

“I was mostly uncomfortable, because I was surrounded by a group of people who were talking about how they had gotten involved because they were tired of being angry all the time. It seems like so much effort to be angry about everything, instead of to focus on what you could do to change it.”

flockofseagulls104 wrote:

elwoodblues wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote: Hold everything... Jon Ossoff is getting into the race!

Seriously, what is your problem?

What is MY problem? I think the people whose lives hang in the balance for any election that may somehow swing their way and elevate their candidate to sainthood might have the actual problem. I think it's funny.
Ocasio-Cortez is their newest messiah. From what I've seen of her she couldn't tell the difference between Syria and celery.

silverscreenselect wrote:

flockofseagulls104 wrote: Trump is the republican version of Ocasio-Cortez, but at least he is not a socialist.

Sounds like Ocasio-Cortez has gotten Republicans uncomfortable...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-f ... ortez-trap

Over the weekend, the self-described “conservative” writer [WSJ reporter Virginia] Kruta attended a rally in St. Louis at which Ocasio-Cortez stumped for Cori Bush, the woman who aims this week to unseat seven-term incumbent William “Lacy” Clay Jr. in a Democratic primary for Missouri’s 1st congressional district.

Kruta told the Fox & Friends hosts that she went to the rally to “see what the fuss was about” and “why the message was resonating.” Asked why voters might be drawn to a Democratic Socialist message, she added, “They talk about things that everybody wants, especially if you’re a parent. They talk about education for your kids, health care for your kids, the things that you want.” In her article for The Daily Caller, she wrote that she could see “how easy it would be, as someone who has struggled to make ends meet, to accept the idea that a ‘living wage’ was a human right.”

Co-host Ainsley Earhardt wanted to know how this made Kruta feel, “as a conservative,” asking, “Were you angry? Were you more drawn to that?”

“I was mostly uncomfortable, because I was surrounded by a group of people who were talking about how they had gotten involved because they were tired of being angry all the time. It seems like so much effort to be angry about everything, instead of to focus on what you could do to change it.”

She sounds smart enough to get the best of a Wall Street Journal reporter. You may disagree with her platform, but she's outlined a pretty comprehensive list of proposals that obviously are resonating with a lot of people who are tired of Republican guff. She may not be an accomplished public speaker, but she's also a 28-year-old who was working at Trader Joe's a year ago, and smoothness will come with more experience at public speaking.

You have complained time and time again that Democrats don't stand for anything except being anti-Trump (which isn't true), and now when someone does come forward with a platform that's a lot more comprehensive that anything Trump's said in his two years in office, you can't stand that either.

flockofseagulls104 wrote: "Make America Venezuela!"