Trump to head to Pennsylvania to tout tax cuts promote GOP candidate
President Donald Trump  will head to Pennsylvania to support the Republican candidate in a special election there.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a disastrous loss for Republicans in Alabama last month   President Donald Trump  will again wade into congressional politics on Thursday when  he  travels to western Pennsylvania to signal support for the Republican candidate in a special election there.
While  Trump  will tour an industrial equipment company outside of Pittsburgh to tout the tax-reform legislation passed by Congress last month  the visit comes amid a contest to replace Representative Tim Murphy  who resigned in October amid a sex scandal.
 The president  will be met on arrival by Rick Saccone  a state representative and the Republican candidate to replace Murphy in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democratic candidate in the March 13 election is Conor Lamb  a Marine veteran and former U.S. attorney.
 Trump  won the district by nearly 20 points in the November 2016 presidential election and surprised political observers by winning Pennsylvania  traditionally a Democratic-leaning state  by less than 1 percent.
In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday   Trump  pledged to be heavily involved in the yearâs congressional races  including the one to replace Murphy.
In a special U.S. Senate election in Alabama late last year  the president first backed the incumbent candidate in the Republican primary  Luther Strange  who had been named temporarily to fill the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when  Trump  named him U.S. attorney general.
After Strange lost to Roy Moore   Trump  switched his support to Moore. The president stood by him even after Moore was accused of sexual misconduct - allegations that the Republican candidate denied.
Moore lost to Democrat Doug Jones in the general election  a shocking result in deeply conservative Alabama and shaving Republicans' majority in the Senate to 51-49. Exit polls showed that many voters turned out to register their disapproval of  Trump .
On Tuesday  Democrats scored an upset in a Wisconsin state Senate special election in a district  Trump  won by about 17 points.
[TGT] will head to Pennsylvania to support the Republican candidate in a special election there.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a disastrous loss for Republicans in Alabama last month   President Donald Trump  will again wade into congressional politics on Thursday when   [TGT]   travels to western Pennsylvania to signal support for the Republican candidate in a special election there.
While   [TGT]   will tour an industrial equipment company outside of Pittsburgh to tout the tax-reform legislation passed by Congress last month  the visit comes amid a contest to replace Representative Tim Murphy  who resigned in October amid a sex scandal.
  [TGT] will be met on arrival by Rick Saccone  a state representative and the Republican candidate to replace Murphy in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democratic candidate in the March 13 election is Conor Lamb  a Marine veteran and former U.S. attorney.
  [TGT] won the district by nearly 20 points in the November 2016 presidential election and surprised political observers by winning Pennsylvania  traditionally a Democratic-leaning state  by less than 1 percent.
In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday    [TGT]   pledged to be heavily involved in the yearâs congressional races  including the one to replace Murphy.
In a special U.S. Senate election in Alabama late last year   [TGT]  first backed the incumbent candidate in the Republican primary  Luther Strange  who had been named temporarily to fill the seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when   [TGT]   named him U.S. attorney general.
After Strange lost to Roy Moore    [TGT]   switched his support to Moore.  [TGT]  stood by  [TGT]  even after Moore was accused of sexual misconduct - allegations that the Republican candidate denied.
Moore lost to Democrat Doug Jones in the general election  a shocking result in deeply conservative Alabama and shaving Republicans' majority in the Senate to 51-49. Exit polls showed that many voters turned out to register their disapproval of  [TGT]  .
On Tuesday  Democrats scored an upset in a Wisconsin state Senate special election in a district   [TGT] won by about 17 points.