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Pennsylvania Sends Tough Message to Republicans
A Democrat is close to victory in a special congressional election where Trump won by 20 percentage points.
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Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesRepublican anxiety about the midterm congressional elections has been building throughout President Donald Trump’s first year in the White House. Now it’s about to explode.
A Democrat was clinging to a 641-vote lead after all the votes were counted in a special congressional election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday. In a heavily Republican district that Trump carried by almost 20 percentage points in 2016, that’s a big problem for Republicans even in the unlikely event that a recount changes the result.