WAYNESBURG, Pa. — When Democrat Conor Lamb stood in a sea of United Mine Workers of America here in early March, it was clear that Democrats had found a way to bring the blue-collar worker back into their camp.
Lamb would go on to win the special election in this southwest Pennsylvania district that Donald Trump had carried by 18 points.
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