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He was able to campaign. he campaigned as pro life, pro gun and he attacked nancy pelosi. the democrat campaigned like a republican. >> dana: joining us now, matt schlapp and deputy executive director for the 2016 democratic congressional campaign committee. let me start with you. you heard what steve stivers had to say. partly in this situation for, well, i guess republicans are gonna challenge it. lamb already said he's won. either way it was very close. it was a district president trump won by 20 point. republicans are saying conor lamb ran as a republican in a democrats clothing. your thou...

Republican, he's pro-life, he's pro gun, he's a vet. what do you say to that? >> conor lamb was fighting for the issues that people care about, the right to organize a union, pension security. republicans have had years to help those coal miners in green county, pennsylvania, and they haven't done a thing for them. that's what conor was fighting for. he was fighting for access to health care. the number one issue for voters in district 18, as it was across the country, was health care. they have understand the democrats believe health care should be a right for all and not a privilege for a fe...

Voters to cross party lines, i think there was some of that last night. the other important thing is to keep the democratic base energized. a candidate like lamb doesn't have to do anything to do that. donald trump showed up here in western pennsylvania last week, he reminded democratic voters of what they dislike about him. i talked to a lot of democrats at the polls yesterday and what i heard over and over again, was, you know, i like conor lamb, he's fine, i would have voted for any democrat and i'm energized to come out to the polls because of trump. basically democrats have a better oppor...

Little bit this morning, describing conor lamb and his apparent victory. take a listen to some of paul ryan. >> we need to make sure our candidates aren't massively outraised and outspent on tv as was the case between these two candidates. the second point i would say is both of these people, the candidates, the republican and the democrat, ran as conservatives, ran as pro-gun, pro-life, anti-nancy-pelosi conservatives. >> reporter: ryan having some fun at lamb's expense there, he made that comment a couple of different times during that news conference. but democrats pushed back and said, wha...

Veteran has proven his prowess, drawing union support and surpassing the fund-raising of his republican opponent. state representative rick saccone, air force veteran and fervent trump backer. >> people wanted to evaluate my record versus saccone's record. i will tell you this didn't have much to do with the president. >> the president, vice president, daughter and top advisor came to the district to stump for saccone. saccone backs the president's agenda from tax cuts to immigration. lamb takes care to avoid bashing the president had expressed a willingness to reach across the, pro-gun and ad...