Conor Lamb raises question for red district Democrats: Back or buck Pelosi?
by Laura Barrón-López
| March 15, 2018 12:59 PM
Democrat Conor Lamb sang it loud, clear, and early: He would not support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., if elected to Congress.
“He ran a bloody ad on it for God sakes,†said Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore.
Lamb, a 33-year-old Marine veteran and former prosecutor, ran as a centrist Democrat in a district Republicans have held the last 15 years, and that President Trump won by 20 points in 2016. Democrats never imagined one of their own could close such a gap in an R+11 district — they didn’t even recruit Lamb.
Had Lamb ended Tuesday 1 to 2 points behind Republican candidate Rick Saccone, Democrats would still be claiming a victory. Instead, Lamb is holding onto a 627-vote lead. His apparent but once unthinkable triumph can be partly attributed to the distance he put between himself and his party, repudiating Pelosi repeatedly. A number of Democrats said that it was a crucial part of his path to success .
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