29 Facts About Conor Lamb

1. Conor Lamb ended his full-time service for the Marine Corps in 2013 but signed on as a reserve.

2. Conor Lamb got a political-science degree and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and went to Officers Training School after joining the Marine Corps.

3. Conor Lamb is an attorney, former Marine and former federal prosecutor who lives in Mt.

4. Conor Lamb was a founding co-chair of A Plus Schools, the community alliance for Pittsburgh Public education.

5. Conor Lamb is a former assistant US attorney who served as a captain in the Marine Corps.

6. Conor Lamb was sworn in by House Speaker Paul Ryan on April 12, 2018, and became the first Democrat to represent this district since 2003, when it was numbered as the 20th District.

7. Conor Lamb lost the rest of the district by 14,700 votes.

8. In 2016, Conor Lamb won convictions against two Pittsburgh residents, Brandon Goode and Mychael Scott, who acted as "straw buyers", purchasing firearms for a gun trafficker to help funnel hundreds of illegal weapons into New York City.

9. Conor Lamb said he would always remember the union members who helped him defeat two Republican incumbents in one year.

10. Conor Lamb showed up for their first televised debate at KDKA-TV, in what is the only.

11. Conor Lamb is on track to defeat Keith Rothfus in the redrawn 17th district.

12. Conor Lamb was thought to be such a shoo-in for the seat.

13. Conor Lamb helped win convictions against two New Jersey-based men, Aldwin Vega and Santino Drew, who were identified as two of the biggest suppliers of heroin to the Pittsburgh area.

14. Conor Lamb beats Keith Rothfus for new 17th Congressional District seat.

15. Conor Lamb smiled and cut his eyes over to where Murray stood nearby hogs the video game console and is obsessed with Conor McGregor.

16. Conor Lamb beats Keith Rothfus; Democrats take control of Pennsylvania's redrawn 17th District.

17. Conor Lamb won a convincing 56 percent victory in western Pennsylvania's redrawn 17th District.

18. Conor Lamb champions bipartisanship and focuses on his legislative agenda, rather than on antagonizing President Trump.

19. Conor Lamb gives victory speech after defeating Keith Rothfus in 17th District election.

20. Conor Lamb left to run (and likely win) in the 17th district; 2) Minnesota's 8th District, where Republican Pete Stauber is a slight favorite to win a Democratic seat; and 3) Minnesota's open.

21. Conor Lamb is gifted and likable but his fault is that he cannot single-handedly vote out Nancy Pelosi is a stretch.

22. Conor Lamb left to run (and likely win) in the 17th district; 2) Minnesota's 8th District, where Republican Pete Stauber is a slight.

23. Conor Lamb was certified as the winner on April 2, 2018, winning by 755 votes.

24. Conor Lamb was selected as the Democratic nominee at a convention in November 2017.

25. In 2016, Conor Lamb won a conviction against Dorian Cottrell, a heroin dealer who shot a man during a drug transaction at the Cambridge Square apartments in Monroeville, PA.

26. Conor Lamb secured a conviction against the main gun trafficker, Michael Bassier, who was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

27. In 2016, Conor Lamb won convictions against two Pittsburgh residents, Brandon Goode and Mychael Scott, who acted as "straw buyers", purchasing firearms for a gun trafficker to help funnel hundreds of illegal weapons into New York City.

28. In 2015, Conor Lamb won convictions against three men who were among 34 members of a heroin gang indicted in 2013 after a wiretap investigation by the FBI, the ATF, the state attorney general's office and local police.

29. Conor Lamb was a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney's office in Pittsburgh, where he led prosecutions of cases involving opioid-related deaths, violent crimes, and gun trafficking.