Republicans are favored in the next two House special elections, despite good news for Democrats
Democrats are feeling good about the 2018 midterms after a House special election win in Pennsylvania.
House special elections in Arizona and Ohio later this year could be much tougher for the party to win.
Democrats have outperformed 2016 results in multiple special elections since President Donald Trump took office.
Jacob Pramuk | @jacobpramuk
Published 12:00 PM ET Sun, 25 March 2018
Democrats' triumph in a House special election in Pennsylvania gives them hope for big gains in November's midterm elections.
But the party still faces a tough path toward winning two other House special elections set for later this year.
Democrat Conor Lamb scored a narrow of win in Pennsylvania's 18th District, which Republicans recently dominated. With fewer than 1,000 votes separating the candidates, Republican Rick Saccone conceded to Lamb on Wednesday, more than a week after the election. Ex-GOP Rep. Tim Murphy represented the area for more than a decade, and President Donald Trump carried it by about 20 percentage points in 2016.
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