Conor Lamb declared the winner

[malaise]

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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahah - well done Dems!

[honest.abe]

1. Officially?

[malaise]

2. YES! n/t

[honest.abe]

4. Cooooooool!!

[LBM20]

5. By whom?

[pnwmom]

6. MSNBC says he's the apparent winner.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210354725

[KewlKat]

3. 641 votes that separate right now.

[rpannier]

43. Just remind republikkans who say it isn't over and that 641 is awfully close that

Bush was ahead by 600 in a whole state and they gleefully trumpeted his victory

[NurseJackie]

56. I wonder... will this trigger an "Automatic Recount"? Or will the GOP try to fight it...

... right down to a coin-toss as they did recently in Virginia.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

61. There is no automatic recount in Penn

There will be a recount. For sure.

[The Polack MSgt]

70. Automatic recounts are only in play for state wide races...

In this election, IIRC, there need to be 3 registered voters in the district willing to swear that there were errors or fraud in the vote count or voting procedures...

I figure we're safe because there is no way that the GOP could come up with THREE people willing to lie...

[BumRushDaShow]

7. K&R

[True Blue American]

8. Kornacki

Said the few votes remaining could not change the Out come.

Steve stayed up all night to the end. He promised and kept his word.

I wish we had Steve more often but understand they moved him up at NBC.

[Skittles]

9. link?

not seeing it yet (?)

[True Blue American]

10. Steve just announced it.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/conor-lamb-rick-saccone-face-tight-pennsylvania-race-article-1.3873079

About all there is now.

[malaise]

11. Kornacki

and GEM$NBComcast

[Skittles]

13. niiiiiiiiiiice

[malaise]

14. Lamb will be on Morning JoeSCum

[Dorian Gray]

12. If I were Lamb

I'd say: "I'd like to thank every single person who so tirelessly worked on my campaign and getting the vote out. Especially Donald Trump. If he weren't such an asshole, none of this would be possible."

[malaise]

15. Well he'll be on Morning JoeScum so we'll see

[Dorian Gray]

17. LOL

If only dreams actually came true. I'll be watching though!

[True Blue American]

22. He did just that early this morning!:)

Gave credit to those who voted for him and talked about what he was for.

I have not had much sleep in the last 8 hours.

Am praying this will flow over to Ohio and Richard Cordray.

Unions went all out for Conor and Union members came back home.

[Dorian Gray]

25. That's greta

and I'm with you.

But did he get in the part about Donald Trump being such a large asshole that it wouldn't have been possible without him????

[True Blue American]

32. Nah,:)

Conor never mentioned Trump. He was too busy thanking the smart ones!

I did hear that Unions are having a big resurgence with the Teachers in WV and now Union members coming on strong for Conor!

We handed Kasich his head at the ballot box when he first came in. He tried to kill Public Unions. 1.3 Million signatures hauled to Columbus and a resounding vote against him. I have never seen so many angry 🚒.

A couple of years ago Republicans tried to pass a Right To Work law. The Leaders told them,” Kasich will not sign such a bill!”

[Kurt V.]

24. That's great

[mrmpa]

28. Nah....Lamb went to catholic school...........n/t

[IronLionZion]

42. He did, he said the voters are tired of Trump and his style of campaigning

[PunksMom]

52. Hahaha

[Poiuyt]

16. CNN is not calling it yet (5:00am)

But they say that it is unlikely that the outcome will change

[malaise]

19. From Saccone sent his supporters home last night

the writing was on the wall.

[DinahMoeHum]

18. Patience, folks. Saccone has not conceded.

. . .and there will probably be a recount.

Either way, Trump and the GOP are FUCKED. Come the November elections, when the redistricting takes hold, doubly so.

[malaise]

20. Neither has Roy Moore but

who fugging cares?

[dchill]

41. Everyone's life is on hold...

waiting for that Roy Moore concession speech. Just to make everything official, you know.

[malaise]

55. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahhaha

and a good morning to you too

[spinbaby]

21. Have the absentee ballots been counted?

I’d imagine there will be a recount, too. Let’s not get too smug about this.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. They counted them in 2 of the bigger counties

There were some in smaller counties still out.

They still have to count provisionals.

[Cattledog]

26. There are only 200 absentee ballots outstanding.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. That must be the Greene County ones. nt

[True Blue American]

33. Exactly

Steve said it could not change the Out come.

BTW, Richard Painter is exporing running for Al Franken’s seat. I like Richard, but he is a Republican and way too old.

[pazzyanne]

45. Please don't scare me this early in the morning.

Minnesotans think they dodged a bullet with Michelle Bachmann, and we sure don't need Richard Painter running for a Minnesota Senate seat.

[True Blue American]

50. Sorry, but Richard has an exploritory Committee

Made me sick when I found out which state.

Who else is running? The lady who replaced Al? Turned my stomach at what Gillibrand and her flunkies did on such flimsy evidence by a woman trying to get a Sinclair hosting position.

Especially after I saw her other videos.

[pazzyanne]

51. Thank you, I too am still sick about this!

As I said before, Minnesota is a purple state, so what happens here is a toss up. We are now fighting for two Senatorial seats, not one.

[True Blue American]

53. Klobucher and Smith?

What a win for both women and Minnesota!

I think only California has that! Will watch that one carefully.

We have Sherrod Brown. And Rob Portman whose family is prominent in Southwestern Ohio.

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2018/01/odds_still_favor_sen_sherrod_b.html

[pazzyanne]

59. Yep, both would be great wins for Minnesota.

However, it depends who runs against Tina. She is vulnerable if the right republican runs against her. There is a very active republican group of voters here. I am relieved that Tim Pawlenty decided not to run, as he does have a following, though I don't know why. When he left, he left a mess behind, both financial and policy wise. Mark Dayton, our present governor has done a great job of bringing Minnesota back from the brink that Pawlenty left. However, he is not running and his office is up for grabs in 2020. Methinks that Timmy is looking at that slot for himself - again. Personally I hope I am wrong. We don't need that disaster back in the Governor's Mansion again.

[True Blue American]

60. Yes, I remember Tim

You state has always been progressive. I was so pleased when Franken won.

Any chance Al will run for Governor? Or,is he sick of his own party while a leach like Trump remains in office?

[pazzyanne]

69. Many of us are encouraging him to do just that.

Time will tell, but maybe he needs time to heal a little. He took a real gut punch, as did we that supported him.

[Demsrule86]

34. Recount's rarely change.

[getagrip_already]

46. PA is all electronic except for absentee and provisionals....

nothing to recount.

[Cobalt Violet]

27. Wow. Koch's couldn't buy them again!

Good work! Lets waste more Koch $$$.

[trusty elf]

29. Fantastic news!

[VOX]

31. Be watchful for recounts & KGOP operatives going into PA and starting shit. They've done it before.

Florida, 2000, during the recount-mess there. A bunch of Republipunks-- including ROGER STONE swarmed the ballot counters in what was termed the "Brooks Brothers Riot."

Per Wikipedia:

Hundreds of paid GOP operatives descended upon South Florida to protest the state's recounts, with at least half a dozen of the demonstrators at Miami-Dade paid by George W. Bush's recount committee. Several of these protesters were identified as Republican staffers and a number later went on to jobs in the Bush administration.

DO NOT let them get into this!

[Demsrule86]

35. This seat goes away in less than a year thus, not worth it for them.

[Dave Starsky]

44. The GOP spent 15 million bucks on this.

That's about 14 Trump golfing weekends at Marm-A-Lado.

[spinbaby]

57. Thats Obscene

My math skills aren’t what they once were, but I figure that’s over $100 for every vote they got.

[beachbum bob]

40. no "ballots" to be recounted, no chads...its rerunning all the vote tallies and thats it

nothing like florida and at this point GOP already wasted millions in losing with little hope of changing the outcome. I don't believe in dark conspiracies of changing electronic tallies as that would initiate a great outrage across our country when found out

[Demsrule86]

36. This shows if we get a candidate who is right for the district, we can win.

Lamb is a moderate.

[gademocrat7]

37. Yes

Blue wave! Congratulations Conor!

[brewens]

38. Last thought before I fell asleep last night. Atta boy Conor! Had his speech on MSNBC

with my off timer set for 90 minutes. Better than the most soothing music to drift off to! I highly recommend it.

[beachbum bob]

39. no winner has been certified at all and a recount will most likely happen that will

delay the official declaration of a winner for a few weeks

news organizations don't get to declare a winner

[getagrip_already]

48. it doesn't matter.....

The "Win" is political. This seat will only last for six months, and it isn't going to impact ANY house vote between now and january.

Its impact has already happened. Even if, by some unholy alliance, saccone ends up the winner it won't matter. The headlines are set, the fear is real, and momentum is ours.

We won this already. Who goes to washington is secondary at this point (but it will be lamb - eventually).

[beachbum bob]

49. this is true

this is a win no matter how we look at it but lamb will be going to washington too

[bucolic_frolic]

47. Republicans spent what? Did I read $17 million on this race? Bleed them well please

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/pennsylvania-special-election-conor-lamb-rick-saccone-n856411

NBC reporting Democrats didn't alienate conservatives the way we did in Georgia? I must have missed it.

I'm glad we've won, hope it holds for sure, it would take dynamite to shift it now I think, but did we win because
of message or personality? Lamb is a great find and he defeated a genuine Pennsylvania fuddy-duddy which is not
a knock on Saccone or the state, just that he fits into their mix in a way that Roy Moore for example never could.
IOW we win a nail-biting real election!

Best note of all in this NBC article is that Lamb brought unions home with his retirement security message. We have
been losing that for a long time with union households, though they really should have figured out we were on their
side a long time ago.

I can be corny and call it a Lambslide but I'll let the candidate bask in the sunshine in his own manner.

[True Blue American]

54. Koch Brothers money.

[workinclasszero]

58. Ride the wave democrats!

Drown like gutter rats Trump republicans!

[bdamomma]

62. nice graphic

[workinclasszero]

65. I just found it this morning on the internets

I love it too!

[bdamomma]

67. hey you

couldn't put an elephant on that board it would probably sink!!!!

[workinclasszero]

68. LOL I bet you are right!

[malaise]

63. Sweet

Go Tom Perez

[workinclasszero]

64. Tom has been killing it

hasn't he?

[malaise]

66. Yes indeed