What we learned from Pennsylvania’s special election

Editor's note:

At the time of this post, the Pennsylvania 18^th District congressional election results are still too close to call.

Senior Fellow Elaine Kamarck explains the election results of the congressional race in Pennsylvania’s 18^th district, where Democrat Conor Lamb received slightly more votes than Republican Rick Saccone, and how these results can be used to forecast trends in future elections.

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Elaine C. Kamarck is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of Primary Politics: Everything You Need to Know about How America Nominates Its Presidential Candidates. She is a member of the Democratic National Committee and a superdelegate to the Democratic convention.

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What we learned from Pennsylvania’s special election

Elaine Kamarck Elaine Kamarck Founding Director - Center for Effective Public Management, Senior Fellow - Governance Studies @EKamarck

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