Article snippet: A closely watched and extremely expensive special congressional election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District remained too close to call late Tuesday. Such a tight margin will likely be seen as a major victory for the Democrat Conor Lamb, as President Donald Trump won the area in southwest Pennsylvania by nearly 20 points during the 2016 election cycle and in the last two cycles the Republican incumbent ran unopposed. At 11:30 P.M. eastern time, with nearly all precincts reporting and most of the votes in, Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone were separated by less than 1,000 votes, with the Democrat holding on to a narrow lead. Despite the fact that the Associated Press did not call the race on Tuesday night, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee declared victory. "These results should terrify Republicans," DCCC Chairman Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico said in a statement. Saccone vowed to fight on. "We're going to fight all the way to the end. You know I never give up," Saccone said at his election headquarters on Tuesday night. His Democratic opponent, however, declared victory. "It took a little longer than we thought, but we did it," Lamb said at the top of his remarks early Wednesday morning. Just a minute earlier, he was announced to the stage as "Congressman-elect Conor Lamb." The final result may come down absentee ballots that have been returned but not tabulated yet. There are two remaining counties in the di... Link to the full article to read more