Saccone was just opining that his opponents hate Trump, they hate America, and by God, they even hate God.
Just because I was getting ready to put on my black robe and dance around my pentagram.
Considering that Saccone is a psychopath.
Politico.com shows all precincts in and lamb up by 0.2.
113,211 - 112,532. Has anyone called it yet (I’m not by a tv)
Or will they wait on the provisionals to call it when it’s so close?
The New York Times says:
This is likely to shift further to Lamb as the absentee ballots get counted.
I don’t think anyone has called it yet*.
Fair odds of him arranging a recount, I’d guess.
*Apparently the DCCC has called it for Lamb, and are being roundly mocked for doing so.
Some scratch-pad figuring.
The absentee ballots from Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties have yet to be counted.
Per CNN, there’s 3206 absentee ballots all up.
Assuming they break the same as the average in those three counties thus far*, that’ll add 1796 votes for Saccone, and 1410 for Lamb.
That would put the vote totals at 114,328 for Saccone, and 114,521 for Lamb, giving the win to Lamb by 193 votes.
That said, I gather absentee votes tend to break left; I’m happy to be corrected if that’s not the case.
*56% Saccone, 44% Lamb, in those three counties.
From the live blog at DailyKos:
Lamb gave a victory speech somewhere around 12:45am EDT. Good for him!
Nothing new in the count overnight - still a 579 vote lead with less than 1400 absentee ballots to be counted.
If there were exactly 1400 absentee ballots out there, Saccone would have to win those by 990-410 to overcome Lamb’s 579-vote margin. So assuming no tabulation errors, it’s very very unlikely that Saccone can catch up.
Unlikely, but not impossible. Can Saccone pay for a recount if he wants to? Maybe?
The Washington County absentee votes are in and increased Lamb’s lead to 641.
A recount in PA is a pretty big long-shot. Aside from the absentee votes, we use machines with no paper trail. I’d imagine you’re mostly making sure you didn’t miss a machine in the count.
This is an interesting bit.
Lamb 113,720
Saccone 113,079
Absentee ballots still to be counted
(this was from CNN, **Mithras ** has newer info)
Brian
I can see trump’s next tweet.
Knew that loser would lose. Total loser. He should have listened to me when I offered to help. Sad.
(Assuming of course, the Saccone takes 2nd place.)
Am I correct in assuming that Trump’s sudden decision to slap 25% tariffs on steel, hurting US companies and consumers not to mention very possibly setting off a trade war, was basically a political stunt aimed at tilting the election in PA?
I was thinking that, but I think once again his lack of awareness hurt his cause again, as it forced the rest of the GOP as a unified entity to come out on the record against doing anything to help steel.
Clearly the timing of the tariff announcement was no coincidence.
Can’t help but wonder what bullshit the GOP is going to come up with to steal this one like they did with that bullshit in Virginia.
We stayed up past our bedtimes following the election results. Hoping for a Lambslide, but a win is a win.
I know it’s petty, but I so want Lamb to thank Donald Trump for his victory.
Is there really any point to a recount for a seat that won’t exist in the fall elections, and where the result won’t affect the standings in the current House? Regardless who wins this, the GOP has a firm majority in the House until next January.