Democrat Connor Lamb takes about 700 votes from absentee ballots counted in Allegheny County, giving him an 847-vote edge over Republican Rick Saccone. #PA18 https://t.co/EqdpkVG4Ji
Winners: Conor Lamb, the Marine Corps, and civics teachers telling their students every vote counts.
Losers: Rick Saccone, Donald Trump, and the Times's needle.
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Here is a breakdown of Democrats' over performance tonight in all 4 contested special elections:
SC #HD99: D+13.08%
WI #AD58: D+24.90%
WI #SD10: D+27.52%
IA #HD06: D+20.44%
That is an average Dem over performance tonight of D+21.49%
That's... significant.