Conor Lamb, Rick Saccone to run again in November in new and different congressional districts

[question everything]

Just days after the still too-close-to call special election for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, it appears that Democrat Conor Lamb will seek reelection in state's new 17th Congressional District this fall, setting up a likely match with GOP Rep. Keith Rothfus.

Republican Rick Saccone, who competed against Lamb Tuesday night, is gathering petitions to run in the new 14th Congressional District in November, he tweeted.

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/conor-lamb-rick-saccone-run-again-november-different-233503842--abc-news-topstories.html

[niyad]

1. if saccone were ahead by some 600 votes, the election would have been called for him already.

[PA Democrat]

2. Saccone will be a carpetbagger. He does not live in the new 14th.

[DeminPennswoods]

10. Neither does his GOP primary opponent

Guy Reschenthaler, currently a state legislator. Both live in southern Allegheny County which isn't a part of the new 14th CD.

I think both Dem candidates live in the new district.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Wait....what did I miss?

My fault for not being glued to the computer this week as I usually am...

Lamb won the 18th District but will now run in another district?
Does the 18th district not exist anymore?

[Caliman73]

5. Pennsylvania has to redraw their districts.

I believe that the district where they competed will not exist any longer.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. That is incredibly strange.

All that money spent for a contested election that is now void.
Happy to hear how much $$$ Koch and the rest are throwing away, tho.

[former9thward]

8. The 18th will continue to exist.

But they are moving it elsewhere in the state. Each party spent about $10-11 million on a bragging rights contest.

[crazycatlady]

11. The state Supreme Court threw out the map

And redrew it. It gives us at least 3 pickup opportunities

[Caliman73]

14. The election was held to replace Tim Murphy who resigned in disgrace.

The election was decided upon prior to the PA Supreme Court deciding that the Republican Gerrymandered districts were unconstitutional. The decision causes all districts to be redesigned to reduce the Gerrymandering.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. Current 18th won't exist after November.

PA state supreme court rules the current districts were unconstitutionally drawn. They gave the GOP legislature 3 weeks to draw/pass a new map that would be signed by our Dem gov. When that didn't happen, a special master appointed by the court drew a new map.

Lamb now lives in the new 17th CD (western part of the old 12th CD), Saccone lives in the new CD 18 (City of Pgh and southern/east suburbs). Dem Mike Doyle is the incumbent, and favorite, in the new 18th. R Keith Rothfus is the incumbent in the new 17th. The new 14th is an open seat.

[DarthDem]

4. Saccone, LOL

Yeah, sure, he'll be a hot commodity.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I'll be donating and supporting Lamb again. This race isn't done, not yet. n/t

[Hortensis]

9. Lamb is going to have primary competitors who may

be more liberal. That doesn't make them more likely to win the primary in that district, of course, and certainly not the general. Imagine, before he's even solidly declared the winner, he's already running all over again.

Here's Roll Call's article.

https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/lamb-to-challenge-rothfus-in-17th-district-says-local-party-official

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Two have dropped out to run in the new 14th CD

Prigg and Solomon are now going to run in the new 14th CD.

I believe there are now 3, including Lamb, Dems lined up for the primary. They will be courting the Beaver County Dems for their endorsement next week.