Campaign watch: Dems Win in Losses

Democrats hoping to capitalize on President Trump’s low approval ratings aren’t winning yet — but moral victories might, at this point, be enough, explains Jim Antle at the Washington Examiner. In Kansas, the Democratic candidate for a special election to replace CIA Director Mike Pompeo lost by 7 points — but Trump had carried the district by 27 in November. In Georgia’s race for Health Secretary Tom Price’s old seat, Democrat Jon Ossoff scored 48 percent in the first round, far ahead of the field and nearly enough to avoid a runoff. “The better Democrats do in usually safe Republican districts this year, the more it will help their fundraising and candidate recruitment for the 2018 midterm elections,” Antle explains, adding that “Democrats will have to start winning soon. But for now, ‘close enough’ is all the encouragement they need.”