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Special Election Campaign Analyst Available: Can The Democrats Flip A House Seat With An Attractive Candidate In Pennsylvania?

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“The stakes are high for President Trump and congressional Republicans in Tuesday’s special election to fill a U.S. House seat, with GOP leaders unnerved about the prospect of defeat and the implications for this year’s midterm elections.

A loss in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District — a working-class slice of the country that Trump has cultivated as his political base — could shatter hopes that his core voters will turn out in droves this fall and save the GOP’s 24-seat House majority.

And, coming days after the president announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the vote could raise fresh questions about the power of Trump’s protectionist agenda to lift his party.

“It really is a test that sets things in motion,” former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele said. “Does the base have energy? Does the party have the structure and discipline it needs?”

But the cause has divided Republicans.”

READ MORE: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stakes-high-for-gop-in-special-house-election-in-trump-slice-of-pennsylvania/2018/03/12/12d4fc5c-25fb-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.128c77c58839

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