It wouldn't matter if Lamb was further to the right than Rush Limbaugh, the fact that Trump and the GOP put all their chips on Saccone, and he lost, gives Democrats added momentum going into the mid terms. But as you said, Helen, Lamb's not a conservative, anyway. Look no further than the things Trump and Saccone were saying about him during the campaign.

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea