Poll shows Conor Lamb with double-digit lead over Keith Rothfus
Democrat Conor Lamb holds a double-digit lead over Republican Keith Rothfus in the race for the newly drawn 17th Congressional District northwest of Pittsburgh, according to a new Monmouth University poll.
Fifty-one percent of potential voters support Lamb, compared to 39 percent for Rothfus, according to the results. Nine percent were undecided. Monmouth polled a group of 401 people in the district who have either voted in an election since 2010 or who have recently registered to vote, and the margin of error was 6.8 percent.
Lamb, 34, of Mt. Lebanon won a special election in March to serve out the remainder of former Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy’s term in the existing 18th Congressional District south of Pittsburgh. Since then, the state Supreme Court implemented a new congressional district map after ruling the old map had been unconstitutionally gerrymandered to benefit Republicans.
Rothfus, 56, of Sewickley has represented the 12th District since 2012, when he unseated incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Critz.
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Rothfus has run virtually unopposed in the old heavily gerrymandered district. Now that he's got a real opponent (finally) in Conor Lamb, people will see this and vote against him. I say this with all respect for Mr. Lamb, who is a great candidate for ANY district!
Pennsylvania needs more guys/gals like Conor Lamb to step forward and carry the torch of leadership.
