Husband-to-be U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb taking Turnpike to get 'to the church on time'

A day after taking his seat in the 116th Congress, U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb raced back to Western Pennsylvania to get hitched.

“I’m getting married in the morning,” Lamb posted to his Twitter account Friday afternoon. “Hurrying back from DC with my team & making sure they get me to the church on time.”

Lamb, 34, D-Mt. Lebanon, posted a video of him in the backseat of a car traveling along the Pennsylvania Turnpike while Frank Sinatra’s rendition of “Get Me To The Church On Time” plays in the background.

In his Twitter video, which surpassed 20,000 views in less than five hours, Lamb thanks his many well-wishers for congratulating him on his congressional seat as well as those who expressed concerns about him making it back home on time for his wedding on Saturday.

“Thanks for everybody who’s thinking of me. I want to let you know that right now I am racing across the Pennsylvania Turnpike and there is absolutely no doubt, that I’ve told Team Lamb to get me to the church.

“For Pete’s sake,” says Lamb, breaking out into song, “Get me to the church onnnnn tiiiiime.”

Lamb, who is marrying Hayley Haldeman, made it to Friday’s rehearsal at St. Bernard Church in Mt. Lebanon with about 12 minutes to spare, said his younger brother, Coleman Lamb, a member of the wedding party.

The wedding is scheduled to begin 3 p.m. Saturday at the church followed by a reception in the city of Pittsburgh.

Rep. Lamb secured his first full term in Congress in November by beating Republican Keith Rothfus in the newly drawn 17th Congressional District. The district includes Beaver County, part of Cranberry in Butler County and about half of Allegheny County, including most of the Alle-Kiski Valley and other suburbs north, west and south of Pittsburgh.

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He is a former federal prosecutor and Marine who campaigned as a new-to-politics moderate willing to cross party lines.

On Thursday, Rep. Lamb upheld his pledge not to vote for Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House. He instead voted for Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a Massachusetts Democrat who campaigned in Western Pennsylvania for Lamb when he was running in a special election in early 2018 to replace Rep. Tim Murphy. Lamb won that seat, in the then-18th Congressional District, and went on to win the race for the new 17th District later that year.

Rep. Lamb was among only a handful of Democrats who did not vote for Pelosi.

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Natasha Lindstrom is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Natasha at 412-380-8514, nlindstrom@tribweb.com or via Twitter @NewsNatasha.