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The Beehive State has never been hospitable to Trump, but the congressman won a fifth term by 47 points last fall.
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The Beehive State has never been hospitable to Trump, but the congressman won a fifth term by 47 points last fall.
Turner won that 2011 special election 52 percent to 47 percent in a district a Republican hadn’t held in more than 80 years and one Barack Obama carried by 11 points in the previous presidential
Pombo 61Â percent to 39 percent, but he rode the Democratic wave two years later, winning a rematch 53 percent to 47 percent.
Trump carried the district 48 to 47 percent, according to calculations by Daily Kos Elections. Better than Trump? But other Republicans could fare better in the district than Trump.
A Lankford campaign internal poll conducted in early February found the congressman leading Shannon 47 percent to 17 percent, and a Harper Polling survey taken around the same time had Lankford
The Republican nominee defeated Democrat Alex Sink 49 percent to 47 percent, with all of the precincts reporting when the Associated Press called the race at 7:49 p.m.
With 91 percent of precincts reporting, Byrne led Young, 53 percent to 47 percent, according to The Associated Press. The U.S.
In the June 25 special election, Markey will face GOP primary winner Gabriel Gomez, 47, a private equity investor and former Navy SEAL.
Jackson, 47, was the youngest in the trio of black congressmen from Illinois by nearly 20 years: Nine-term Rep. Danny K. Davis is 71 and 11-term Rep. Bobby L. Rush is 66.