GOP Pours Cash Into Pennsylvania Special Election To Prevent An Upset Defeat

At least for one more day, the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania are alive with the sound of campaign cash.

Voters in the state’s 18th congressional district on Tuesday elect a new member of Congress. It’s a surprisingly close race in this reliably Republican district between Democratic former prosecutor Conor Lamb, and Republican state legislator Rick Saccone. GOP and conservative groups are shoveling in dollars to overcome Saccone’s lackluster fundraising — this despite his claim that he “was Trump before Trump was Trump.”