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_Mother Jones Daily_. The vote-counting stretched into Wednesday morning in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Conor Lamb narrowly leads Republican Rick Saccone in a congressional district that
President Donald Trump carried by 20 points. Our own Clint Hendler spent Tuesday evening at the Hilton Garden Inn in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, where Lamb supporters gathered to watch the
results. Check out live coverage from him and others below. UPDATE 10 Most news outlets are still saying the race is to close to call, but Lamb declared victory early Wednesday morning. “It
took a little longer than we thought,” he told cheering supporters. “But we did it.” As the _Pittsburgh Post-Gazette _reported Wednesday morning, Lamb’s lead does appear to be holding, for
now: > With 100 percent of the vote count in, Mr. Lamb was ahead by more > than 600 votes. However, absentee and provisional ballots were still > being counted overnight. Washington
County finished tallying early > Wednesday morning, showing Lamb with 609 votes and Saccone, 547. > > Greene County absentee votes were still out. > > […] > > If the
race is still too close to call after the absentee ballots > are counted, voters or candidates could call for a recount or > recanvass of votes, but the process is onerous. Voters
have until > officials are done with the computation of the votes on Friday to > file a challenge with their county Board of Elections. The > computation includes the counting of
absentee ballots. > Lamb’s victory speech goes heavy on themes of civility and > consensus. But he was sure to get in some praise for his union > backers, and closed with a strong
rebuke to those who would paint > him as GOP lite: “I’m a Pennsylvania Democrat, and a proud > Democrat.” > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 UPDATE 9 As of 11:40
pm ET, the race was still too close to call, with Lamb clinging to a lead of fewer than 900 votes. The AP has said it won’t be projecting a winner tonight: > ADVISORY: The Associated
Press is not declaring a winner in > Tuesday's special election for PA's 18th CD because the race between > Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone is too close to
> call. > Under PA state law, supporters of the trailing candidate can request > a recount. > > — Stephen Ohlemacher (@stephenatap) March 14, 2018 UPDATE 8 Not much left to
count. Still incredibly close. > Conor Lamb has increased his lead by 752 votes through absentee > votes in Allegheny County. He now leads by 847 votes with Washington > Co
absentees, Washington Co 3 precincts & absentees. Won’t know > until tomorrow. > > — bill peduto (@billpeduto) March 14, 2018 > Scattered groans as a dump of Westmoreland
votes come in and CNN > cuts Lamb’s lead to just 95 votes. Ballroom’s current > soundtrack? “Don’t Stop Believin’” > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 But are
they playing “Fight Song,” Clint? > This has gone on so long the Lamb campaigns’ election night > playlist is repeating. > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018
UPDATE 7 The race is getting pretty tight: > “Keep positive!” one Lamb backer tells her friends, as more and > more Saccone votes come in and the Democrat’s lead narrows. > > —
Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 UPDATE 6 Bad news for anyone following the infamous _New York Times _needle. But the good news is that Clint’s tweets will be unaffected. >
Well folks, we have some bad news. Westmoreland County has told us > that they aren't going to report results by precinct tonight (though > they had previously told us they
would). The model runs on precinct > results so, this is a problem. > > — Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 14, 2018 Wasserman points to the same issue with the way results are being
reported. Looks like we’ll just have to wait for them to count the actual votes. > So far, Lamb (D) is doing well enough in Westmoreland to pull this > out: he's above 43% w/ 53%
of precincts reporting there. BUT, > unclear what precincts are left there. #PA18 > > — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018 UPDATE 5 > *Now* Westmoreland is starting to
come in, and things are > tightening. > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 Meanwhile, Lamb supporters are still seem confident: > Well punned.
pic.twitter.com/78pSGC5ivx > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 UPDATE 4 > No results from Westmoreland County yet, home to many Trump voting > democrats, and it
could be favorable turf for Saccone. > https://t.co/WEKdPQPHjs pic.twitter.com/xGhBd0zYFZ > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 UPDATE 3 The _New York Times’_ Nate
Cohn says we could be in for a late night: > Overall, things are looking a lot like we thought a tied race would > look, if a hair better for Lamb. It's going to be a while. >
pic.twitter.com/Bspgue32GU > > — Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) March 14, 2018 UPDATE 2 Here’s some more early data from the _Cook Political Report’s _Dave Wasserman: > More good news for
Lamb. Bridgeville precinct 2 (Allegheny Co.): > > 2016: Clinton (D) +0.5% > 2018: Lamb (D) +25.3% > > Lamb's above where he needs to be there. > > — Dave
Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018 > Just in…Scott Township 2-2 (Allegheny Co.): > > 2016: Clinton (D) +9.2% > 2018: Lamb (D) +30.2% > > Lamb is exceeding what he
needs in Allegheny. Need to see more of > #PA18… > > — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018 > The most GOP-heavy Allegheny precinct that's reported so far >
(Jefferson Hills) is only at 54.7% of its 2016 turnout, while most > Dem-heavy precinct (Mt. Lebanon 5-7) is at 75.2% of its 2016 > turnout. > > That mirrors 2017 specials and
it's pretty ominous for Saccone (R). > #PA18 > > — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018 UPDATE 1 > The crowd is cheering very hard as CNN displays the first… 864
> votes, which look good for Lamb. > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 > John Fetterman, the Bernie ‘16 backing mayor of Braddock, PA, and > a Lt. Gov
candidate tells me that Lamb has “deftly” handled > balancing progressive priorities with this conservative district. > All wings of the party “can celebrate the message Conor Lamb’s
> win will send.” pic.twitter.com/G1Prlz5cM9 > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 > First 2 precincts in Greene Co. give Lamb (D) a 212-196 lead. > Clinton (D)
didn't come close to winning a single precinct there in > 2016. Good news for Lamb. #PA18 > > — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) March 14, 2018 ORIGINAL POST: > I’m on the
scene at @ConorLambPA’s election night event, in a > Hilton Garden Inn ballroom in Canonsburg, PA, about a half hour > south of Pittsburgh. pic.twitter.com/cKfAxEoAyt > > —
Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 13, 2018 > Best thing I’ve seen so far is this bundt cake lamb, baked by > Tricia Connell of Scott Township, PA. “Lambs are a positive > thing…He
reminds me of one of my nephews, tall and thin. I’m old > enough to be his mother.” pic.twitter.com/WNVOKJQQQP > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 13, 2018 > Can’t help
but share the eye catching get ups of Judy and Mark > Kramer of Bavington, PA, who helped found a Dem activist group in > mostly red Washington County. pic.twitter.com/7iVuoQDTaV >
> — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 13, 2018 > Things are filling up. Polls close at 8, and Republican sources have > pretty loudly been signaling their candidate,
@Saccone4PA18, is > going down. People here are optimistic, and primed for good news. > pic.twitter.com/eIamkwbxp7 > > — Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018 >
They’ve got CNN up, and when Rick Santorum come on screen, he was > greeted by boos. These Pennsylvania voters don’t miss him as their > senator. pic.twitter.com/gMUP9FdrSD > >
— Clint Hendler (@clinthendler) March 14, 2018