March 20, 2018: Political Insiders

Charlie joins Robb Hanrahan and Joe Peters for this week's Political Insiders segment. The Insiders discuss the latest news on Pennsylvania's congressional district map and resulting districts. 

Charlie explains that Tuesday's breaking news focused on Rep. Cris Dush filing articles of impeachment agains four Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices.

 

March 18, 2018, Face the State, Laura Ellsworth

Republican gubernatorial candidate Laura Ellsworth is this week's Face the State guest. Charlie asks Laura about negative advertising, as well as when voters will see Laura on the airwaves. Laura says you'll see her television ads closer to when people are paying attention. Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District special election is also discussed.

Gerow: Conor Lamb's 18th District win was a Pyrrhic victory

Conor Lamb's narrow, declared victory in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District special election last Tuesday may or may not ultimately hold up.

Regardless, there are some takeaways from the results.

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For the first time since Donald Trump was elected president, Democrats appear to have won a congressional special election. In each of their previous attempts, Democrats ran progressive candidates, promising that the "resistance" to Trump would carry them to victory. They lost every race.  

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