Pennsylvania race to test Democrats' hopes for anti
HOUSTON  Pa. (Reuters) - The conservative southwest corner of Pennsylvania  a patchwork of small towns  farms and Pittsburgh suburbs where voters backed Republican Donald Trump by 20 percentage points in 2016  seems an unlikely spot for a possible Democratic renaissance.
In a district where  Trump  remains popular and Democrats have not even fielded a candidate in the previous two congressional elections  Saccone has tied himself closely to the president. The conservative 59-year-old state legislator has joked he “was  Trump  before  Trump  was  Trump .”
Democrat Lamb  who hails from a prominent Pennsylvania political family  rarely mentions  Trump   focusing on economic issues  healthcare and protecting Social Security and Medicare.
To head off Republican charges he would be a loyal follower of Democratic House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi  he said he would not support her for speaker and has promised to work with  Trump  if it would help the district.
HOUSTON  Pa. (Reuters) - The conservative southwest corner of Pennsylvania  a patchwork of small towns  farms and Pittsburgh suburbs where voters backed Republican [TGT] by 20 percentage points in 2016  seems an unlikely spot for a possible Democratic renaissance.
In a district where  Trump  remains popular and Democrats have not even fielded a candidate in the previous two congressional elections  Saccone has tied himself closely to the president. The conservative 59-year-old state legislator has joked he “was  Trump  before  Trump  was  Trump .”
Democrat Lamb  who hails from a prominent Pennsylvania political family  rarely mentions  Trump   focusing on economic issues  healthcare and protecting Social Security and Medicare.
To head off Republican charges he would be a loyal follower of Democratic House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi  he said he would not support her for speaker and has promised to work with  Trump  if it would help the district.