The contest that has tested the strength of President Donald Trump’s grasp on blue-collar America against the left
The outcome could offer signs of what’s to come in November’s midterm elections.
County election officials are estimating turnout of above 20 percent and potentially above 30 percent in some counties before polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
President Donald Trump dominated the district in the 2016 presidential election and offered his backing to Saccone.
Voter surveys show a close race, and a Democratic upset could rattle GOP confidence as it tries to defend its House majority.
Lamb has positioned himself as a moderate and could offer a roadmap for other Democratic candidates running in areas outside liberal strongholds.
Saccone is President Donald Trump’s man to the end. He campaigned letting voters know he’d go to Washington to have the president’s back.
Saccone told Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business Network in an Election Day interview that Trump is “getting beat up in Washington” by the media, bureaucrats and Hollywood. Saccone says Trump “needs a good wingman.”
The seat opened last October when Republican Tim Murphy resigned amid a sex scandal.
Lamb acknowledges the intense opposition to Trump among liberal voters but says the election shouldn’t be about Trump.
