Notes from a Town Short on Managers and Long on Opinions
My Dear Columbia, This week, there was a blue tsunami, which is a rather dramatic thing to happen in November, when the most excitement we usually expect is a late leaf blower. Across the nation, Democrats won victories, and Mr. Trump insisted he was not on the ballot, but voters felt his presence. By my reckoning, the election was a repudiation of the man and his policies, and the country said so. Lancaster County, however, stayed red. Constancy is a kind of character, and I will not pretend it is nothing. But holding fast is not the same as being ready, and the future has a habit of arriving whether a county has voted for it or not. Now to the news that truly belongs to us. In Pennsylvania's 41st House District, Democrat Brad Chambers has defeated incumbent Republican Brett Miller in a race so close that it made the rest of the election look like a leisurely stroll. On Election Night, Mr. Miller held a 41-vote lead, 14,225 to 14,184. Forty-one. Then, on Friday, the provisional ba...