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MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s rally for a Pennsylvania Republican running in a special House election (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Republican Rick Saccone (suh-KOHN’) is embracing the politics of President Donald Trump as tightly as he can in the final days before a surprisingly competitive special congressional election in southwest Pennsylvania. Polls show Saccone in a tight race with Democrat Rick Saccone in a district that Trump won by 20 percentage points. Saccone is mocking reporters he says have asked him whether Trump is still popular in Pennsylvania. McDaniel credits Trump for “record unemployment” and bringing “3 million jobs back to America.” She also says the president “recognizes that manufacturing and steel belong in America and in Pennsylvania.” That appears to be a nod to the president’s decision to impose tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum. Both candidates in Pennsylvania’s 18th District, Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone (suh-KOHN’), have endorsed the tariffs. ___ 12:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is lending the weight of the White House to a congressional candidate who hopes to keep a Pittsburgh-area House seat in Republican hands. And the former eight-term incumbent, Tim Murphy, never had a close election, and didn’t even have a Democratic challenger in his last two elections. Murphy quit last fall after his hometown newspaper reported he had suggested a mistress get an abortion when they thought she might be pregnant. Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.