PA-18: Conor Lamb spends final weekend of campaign KNOCKING ON DOORS

[RandySF]

NOTE: Why is this important to me? It tells me that he wants to win and is not afraid to scuff his shoes in the process.



Conor Lamb spent Saturday wrapping up his campaign for Congress one voter at a time.

The Democrat running for the vacant 18th District seat knocked on doors in Jefferson Hills, reminding people to vote Tuesday and asking them to vote for him.

“Tuesday's a big day,” Lamb told Loretta Gobbie, 60, who answered her door in her bathrobe and slippers.

“I'll be there. I've told everyone,” she replied. “You've had my vote right from the start. We need some new, young blood in there.”

Lamb, 33, a former federal prosecutor from Mt. Lebanon and a Marine, is running in a special election against Republican Rick Saccone, a state representative from Elizabeth and an Air Force veteran. They seek to fill the U.S. House of Representative seat left open when Tim Murphy resigned in October amid a marital scandal.

President Donald Trump is expected to stump for Saccone on Saturday during a rally at the Pittsburgh International Airport.

Lamb started his Saturday inside a supporter's home in Pleasant Hills. Volunteers crammed into the basement and living room. Campaign staff handed out postcards, door hangers and packets with addresses of voters likely to support Lamb. Benny, an energetic beagle, wore a “We Want Conor Lamb” bandana as he greeted everyone.

“We are right where want to be,” Lamb told the volunteers. “The polls say one thing, but we know from being out there that what matters now is getting to our people and turning them out on Tuesday. That means our destiny is our own hands. If we work hard enough in the next three days, we're going to get this thing done.”


http://triblive.com/politics/politicalheadlines/13402996-74/democrat-lamb-spends-final-days-of-campaign-with-voters-on-their-doorsteps

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I am so hoping that Lamb wins it Tuesday.

Do you know what time the polls close? I will be out for most of the evening, and hope to get a quick look at the polls before I go.

*Fingers crossed*

[RandySF]

2. 5:00 p.m. Pacific

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Thanks! I'll have time to see some of the early returns.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Make us proud PA-18!

[spinbaby]

5. I delayed a vacation so I could vote in person

None of those absentee ballots for me. Not for this election.

[RandySF]

6. What is your sense on the ground?

How are your neighbors leaning?

[spinbaby]

12. My neighborhood is all Lamb signs

But I live in the city of Washington, which is very blue. The rural areas and McMansion Land are something else altogether. Republicans are definitely spending more money—tons of glossy mailers, yard signs the size of billboards, and push polls. It feels like they’re desperate.

[PA Democrat]

13. My neighborhood is very Republican. There is one Saccone sign

and 13 Lamb signs at last count. It is quite a sea change from the 2016 presidential race; there were a LOT of Trump signs and only a handful of Clinton signs.

I went to a Lamb event this past weekend and there were several people I know who were Republicans.

[RandySF]

15. I try not to get excited about yard signs, BUT

Doug Jones campaign manager, Joe Trippi said signs were very much a part of their strategy. They figured if they could get a few on a given block, it would embolden neighbors to be willing to openly support Jones and tell their family and friends.

[sharedvalues]

8. Go protest the president's rally tonight if you can

take the teeth right out of the president's effort to help Lamb's rival.

[OldHippieChick]

7. I love being an old woman

and not caring if I answer the door in my robe and slippers even if it's 2:00 p.m. I really don't give a flying frig anymore.

[IronLionZion]

9. I have voted for local candidates mainly because they showed up in person to ask

it makes a tremendous difference to some people

[BigmanPigman]

10. I'm calling PA from CA tomorrow for 3 hours

after I saw a post on DU and I signed up. Swing Left is great. They have scripts, etc. Here are the links...


https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10337067

http://www.padems.com/call-for-conor/
https://swingleft.org/

http://www.padems.com/call-for-conor/
https://swingleft.org/

[DinahMoeHum]

11. It's gonna boil down to the GROUND GAME.

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The other side may outspend Conor Lamb's campaign, but he ain't gonna let them outwork him.

[PA Democrat]

14. We have gotten phone calls today from the GOTV effort for Conor Lamb

Saccone has a lot of dirty money but he does not have the enthusiasm that Conor Lamb's campaign has.