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What Conor Lamb does and doesn’t tell us about the 2018 electorate

By Salena Zito
Published March 11, 2018 4:01am ET
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What Conor Lamb does and doesn’t tell us about the 2018 electorate
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a rally for Conor Lamb, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, at the Carpenters Training Center on March 6 in Collier Township, Pa. (Photo by Justin Merriman) | Justin Merriman

WAYNESBURG, Pa. — Everyone in some way or another is going to get the results of the Pennsylvania House special election wrong.

Why? Because the story is not neat on a number of levels. First, it is complicated by optics and message: The young, charming Democratic candidate Conor Lamb is running like a Republican on matters from guns to getting rid of Nancy Pelosi. And sly as a fox, Lamb is not taking any firm stances on any other issues.

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