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President Trump will touch down in Pennsylvania on Thursday, where hell make an appearance in the Pittsburgh-area district thats home to the next high-profile special House election.
Trump is scheduled to give a speech at a local manufacturing plant not to hold a campaign event for GOP state Rep. Rick Saccone, who is running in the March 13 special election and is expected to be in the audience.
But Trumps appearance in the district, coupled with reports that Vice President Pence will travel to the district in the coming weeks, underscores the heavy investments Republicans are making to prevent Democrats from pulling off another special election upset.
Pennsylvanias 18th District seat is now vacant thanks to former Rep. Tim Murphys (R) resignation, sparked by allegations surrounding an affair. Murphy had long faced little electoral opposition in the district, a stretch of suburban and rural areas surrounding Pittsburgh.
Democrats have the registration advantage in the overwhelmingly white congressional district, and can count on support from local unions. But the more conservative voters still lean heavily in favor of the Republican Party, and the district lacks the strong minority population that Democrats have mobilized to boost their vote share in recent wins.
Aware of the implications of how another Democratic upset would affect GOP momentum going into the 2018 midterm elections, Republicans are flooding the district with resources.
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/369464-gop-looks-to-avoid-pa-upset
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(52,791 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)If this guy loses, Trump will call him weak.
Gothmog
(145,965 posts)bdamomma
(63,974 posts)the person who is running probably will lose, just like Roy Moore.