Finally official: Conor Lamb certified winner of congressional seat
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Finally official: Conor Lamb certified winner of congressional seat
JULIAN ROUTH
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
jrouth@post-gazette.com
APR 2, 2018 11:21 AM
The last county left to certify its election results for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional district did so Monday morning, leaving no more obstacles separating Conor Lamb and his seat in the U.S. House. ... Allegheny County's Board of Elections certified its results at a 10 a.m. meeting, and plans to send them to the Pennsylvania state department on Tuesday, according to county spokeswoman Amie Downs.
The certification is the final step in officially declaring Mr. Lamb the winner of the March 13 special election, which was to fill the vacancy left by former Rep. Tim Murphy's resignation last year.
Mr. Lamb's victory on election night -- by a margin of just hundreds of votes -- was marred by uncertainty for more than a week as his Republican opponent, Rick Saccone, waited for military and overseas ballots to be counted. ... Mr. Saccone conceded the race on March 21 as the margin appeared to be too much to overcome, but official certifications were still to come. ... Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties certified their results the week of March 23. Allegheny was awaiting hearings on 24 preliminary ballot challenges, which were all withdrawn the day before.
There is no date set for Mr. Lamb's swearing-in to Congress, but it is expected to be shortly after the House returns from recess April 9.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2018/04/02/Conor-Lamb-Allegheny-County-election-results-certified-winner-congressional-seat/stories/201804020086
Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold
Keep an eye on how many Democrats look to the Lamb campaign as a model. Could have implications for the Dem leadership races post election and the tilt of the conference...
Link to tweet
Conor Lamb is (finally) (officially) the winner of PA18. The last county left to certify its election results did so Monday morning.
= new reply since forum marked as read
Edit to add that Allegheny County (and its portion in the old PA-18) had the largest number of votes cast, so handling the provisionals and overseas votes would take time. The other 3 counties are more rural.
No more obstacles!
