Conor Lamb, Rick Saccone ramping up campaigns in special U.S. House race
U.S. House candidates Conor Lamb and Rick Saccone say they plan to campaign aggressively through the holidays and winter to make their cases to voters before a March 13 special election.
Lamb, 33, a former federal prosecutor and Marine Corps veteran from Mt. Lebanon, won the Democratic nomination Sunday to run for the 18th Congressional District seat, which represents about 707,000 people in parts of Allegheny, Washington, Westmoreland and Greene counties. Saccone, 59, a state representative from Elizabeth Township, got the GOP nod the previous weekend.
The special election is being held to fill the seat vacated by former U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, a Republican from Upper St. Clair who resigned last month following revelations about an extramarital affair.
Since celebrating his nomination with an event at The Saloon in Mt. Lebanon, Lamb said he and his campaign have been working nonstop. By Tuesday, he said, he had met with other candidates who sought the Democratic nomination, union officials and state and local party representatives in an attempt to shore up their support.
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