More trouble for Trump's candidate in Pennsylvania special election
WASHINGTON - Republicans desperate to hold onto a congressional seat in the heart of Trump country received more bad news Monday, just days after the president parachuted into western Pennsylvania to give their struggling candidate a boost.
Republican Rick Saccone, according to a new Monmouth University poll, is still losing ground in Tuesday's election to fill a vacant seat in the district near Pittsburgh that Trump won by 20 points. Some $8 million in spending by national Republican groups aimed at propping up the state lawmaker hasn't seemed to give him the boost he badly needs to take a lead against his political-neophyte opponent, Conor Lamb.
The poll found Lamb leading 51 percent to 45 percent if turnout reflects the patterns of other similar special elections held this year, in which there was a Democratic surge. Even if turnout is lackluster, as it tends to be for a routine special election, the poll still shows Lamb winning by two points.
Saccone should be winning handily in the district, given its solidly Republican performance in recent elections, but he has struggled, steadily losing ground to Lamb despite the huge infusion of GOP money into the race.
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