The
dismayed laborers from shuttered coal yards and steel mills didn't have
to shift political allegiances to vote for President Trump in this part
of the Rust Belt. They had been electing Republicans long before he
showed up on the ballot.
That
explains why party leaders in a congressional district stretching from
the Pittsburgh suburbs to the West Virginia border are so panicked that
their candidate is flailing, with a special election only weeks away.
A
poor showing here would signal trouble for the midterm elections in
November, in which GOP control of the House and Senate hangs in the
balance. Republicans are trying to hold on to a seat being vacated by
once popular Rep. Tim Murphy, who resigned after the disclosure of text
messages in which the pro-life crusader pressured his mistress to seek
an abortion.
Source : latimes
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