Democrats claim tight victory in Pennsylvania

Result is an ‘ominous sign’ for Republicans in lead up to November midterms

Democrat Conor Lamb has claimed a narrow victory in Pennslyvania
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Democratic candidate Conor Lamb has claimed an extremely narrow victory in Pennsylvania’s 18th District special election held yesterday, in a district Donald Trump won by 20 points in the 2016 presidential election.

With 99.9% of the vote counted at midnight local time, Lamb held a very slim lead over GOP rival Rick Saccone, 49.9% to 49.5% – a difference of just 579 votes with more than 225,000 ballots cast.

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