Republican candidates won both special elections for House seats yesterday. Josh Kraushaar reports at The Politico:
Republicans retained two open House seats in special elections Tuesday, including a hotly contested Ohio race that the two parties spent nearly $700,000 trying to win.* * * * *
State legislator Bob Latta decisively defeated Democrat Robin Weirauch in Ohio's 5th District, leading by 56 to 43 percent with 90 percent of the vote in. The special election was held to replace the late Rep. Paul Gillmor (R).In Virginia's 1st District, GOP state Del. Rob Wittman won a landslide victory over Iraq war veteran Phil Forgit (D) in the race to succeed the late Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R).
Read the whole story at the above link. The Ohio win is particularly important, as Stu Rothenberg as much as predicted the Democrats could win it. He didn't come out with a forecast, but the article linked clearly positioned him to claim prescience if the Democrat won. It wasn't "down to the wire," though.
While both elections were to replace deceased Republicans, losing either would have made the GOP's road a bit harder next fall.
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