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Philadelphia Inquirer-Conor Lamb is the best choice Dems have to flip a Senate seat. Endorsement [View all]
This is a nice endorsement
Link to tweet
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/conor-lamb-us-senate-pennsylvania-2022-election-endorsement-20220508.html?utm_campaign=Philly.com+Twitter+Account&utm_source=t.co&cid=Philly.com+Twitter&utm_medium=social
In lieu of substantive differences on the major votes , voters are left guessing who is the most “electable” and could actually win statewide. That is not going to be easy. A reminder: Biden’s margin over Donald Trump in 2020 was only 80,555 votes and Republicans performed well in other races that year.
Pennsylvanians deserve a senator who is more than just a plus-one vote for the Democratic caucus in the Senate; it’s crucial that voters elect a candidate who would add value by representing the commonwealth. Based on his history of winning extremely competitive general elections, his familiarity with Congress from his time in the House of Representatives, and his thoughtfulness on tough policy questions, we endorse Conor Lamb.
A former federal prosecutor and Marine veteran, Lamb won his seat in Congress in a special election in 2018 by a margin of fewer than 1,000 votes. In the process, he flipped a Republican-held seat in a district that favored Trump in 2016 by nearly 20 points.
Democrats may be wary that Lamb’s heavily pro-Trump constituency might make him an unreliable vote for the party’s agenda and the White House (See: Manchin, Joe). The congressman’s voting record, however, suggests otherwise. In just the past session, Lamb voted in favor of Build Back Better, the Women’s Health Protection Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and the For the People Act. Then there’s the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, and the bill to make D.C. a state. There is no need to guess how he would vote on these bills; he’s already done it.
Lamb, for Pennsylvanians, is the best choice in a talented field.
Pennsylvanians deserve a senator who is more than just a plus-one vote for the Democratic caucus in the Senate; it’s crucial that voters elect a candidate who would add value by representing the commonwealth. Based on his history of winning extremely competitive general elections, his familiarity with Congress from his time in the House of Representatives, and his thoughtfulness on tough policy questions, we endorse Conor Lamb.
A former federal prosecutor and Marine veteran, Lamb won his seat in Congress in a special election in 2018 by a margin of fewer than 1,000 votes. In the process, he flipped a Republican-held seat in a district that favored Trump in 2016 by nearly 20 points.
Democrats may be wary that Lamb’s heavily pro-Trump constituency might make him an unreliable vote for the party’s agenda and the White House (See: Manchin, Joe). The congressman’s voting record, however, suggests otherwise. In just the past session, Lamb voted in favor of Build Back Better, the Women’s Health Protection Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and the For the People Act. Then there’s the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, and the bill to make D.C. a state. There is no need to guess how he would vote on these bills; he’s already done it.
Lamb, for Pennsylvanians, is the best choice in a talented field.
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