OPINION: 7 takeaways from Conor Lamb's huge but very close night in Pennsylvania

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Posted on AllSides March 14, 2018

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Democrat Conor Lamb appeared to eke out a massive -- and massively important -- special election victory over state Republican Rep. Rick Saccone to claim a southwestern Pennsylvania congressional district that Donald Trump won by 20 points in 2016.

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