According to sources Democrat Conor Lamb is the apparent winner of a House seat in Pennsylvania's Trump country by a razor thin margin, an upset that gives Democrats a boost as they try to take control of Congress later this year. Meanwhile at around 5:30 a.m. news agency reported that it appeared that Lamb had won. Further the only outstanding votes are the approximately 200 absentee votes in Greene County, it said, and the provisional ballots that the district will count within the next seven days.
Meanwhile even with those added to the count, it does not appear that rival Rick Saccone can catch up. As per report it was possible that there may be a recount ordered. Moreover with the anticipated win Democrats get confidence they can compete or win in some red House regions carried by Trump in 2016.
Furthermore the polls showed momentum for Lamb in
the final days of the special election race. Meanwhile his campaign had raised
more than four times the money Saccone's did, though the GOP got a hand in the
form of more than $10 million in spending from outside Republican groups.
