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Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Voters will break 101-101 deadlock with special election for Pennsylvania House vacancy
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters in a western Pennsylvania district will determine Tuesday if Democrats will hold onto a bare one-vote majority and keep control of the state House of Representatives. The chamber has been tied at 101 to 101 since incumbent Rep. Matt Gergely, an Allegheny Democrat, died in January. A Democratic win would keep Speaker Joanna McClinton of Philadelphia as the chamber's presiding officer. But if Republicans pull off a win in the Democratic-leaning district, they will be able to replace McClinton and install their own members as committee chairs. The race will provide a glimpse of voter sentiment in the state that Republican President Donald Trump won narrowly in November. Democratic nominee Kamala Harris easily won the state House district last year and a GOP flip would be a major upset. The special election pits Democrat Dan Goughnour against Republican Chuck Davis. Goughnour is a police officer who supervises detectives and serves on the school board in McKeesport. Davis is a fire chief who also serves as president of the White Oak Borough Council. There's also a special election on Tuesday for a vacancy in the state Senate created when Sen. Ryan Aument, a Lancaster Republican, quit to take a job working for U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick. Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons is running against Democrat James Andrew Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg. No matter which candidate wins, the Republican majority in the state Senate will not change.
Associated Press
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Voters will break 101-101 deadlock with special election for Pennsylvania House vacancy
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters in a western Pennsylvania district will determine Tuesday if Democrats will hold onto a bare one-vote majority and keep control of the state House of Representatives. The chamber has been tied at 101 to 101 since incumbent Rep. Matt Gergely, an Allegheny Democrat, died in January. A Democratic win would keep Speaker Joanna McClinton of Philadelphia as the chamber's presiding officer. But if Republicans pull off a win in the Democratic-leaning district , they will be able to replace McClinton and install their own members as committee chairs. The race will provide a glimpse of voter sentiment in the state that Republican President Donald Trump won narrowly in November. Democratic nominee Kamala Harris easily won the state House district last year and a GOP flip would be a major upset. The special election pits Democrat Dan Goughnour against Republican Chuck Davis. Goughnour is a police officer who supervises detectives and serves on the school board in McKeesport. Davis is a fire chief who also serves as president of the White Oak Borough Council. There's also a special election on Tuesday for a vacancy in the state Senate created when Sen. Ryan Aument, a Lancaster Republican, quit to take a job working for U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick. Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons is running against Democrat James Andrew Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg. No matter which candidate wins, the Republican majority in the state Senate will not change.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Here's what to know about Pennsylvania's special elections
Voters in Pennsylvania are heading to the polls Tuesday to fill one vacant state House seat that will likely hand Democrats back their majority, as well as a vacant state Senate seat. The elections are taking place in House District 35, to replace former state Rep. Matt Gergely (D) following his death in January, and in Senate District 36, to replace former state Sen. Ryan Aument (R), who stepped down from his seat in December to become the state director for Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick (R). The state House race is the more consequential one. Pennsylvania Democrats maintained their narrow 102-101 seat majority in the state House following the November elections, but Gergely's death made it a 101-101 split. The district is located in Allegheny County in the western part of the state, to the southeast of Pittsburgh. Democrat Dan Goughnour, who is a member of a local school board and a police officer, is favored to win the race over Republican Chuck Davis, the president of the White Oak Borough Council and a volunteer firefighter. Gergely won a special election for the seat in 2023 with 75 percent of the vote and ran unopposed for reelection last year, The Associated Press reported. Former Vice President Kamala Harris won the district with about 58 percent of the vote in November. For the state Senate seat, Republican Josh Parsons, a Lancaster County commissioner, is the favorite over Democratic East Petersburg Mayor James Malone. The district leans conservative, with President Trump taking 57 percent of the vote and McCormick winning 56 percent in November, the AP reported. Aument was unopposed during his last election in 2022. The GOP currently enjoys a 27-22 majority in the state Senate, with the one vacancy. Democrats have needed to defend their narrow state House majority in a few special elections since winning a majority for the first time in a decade in 2022. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
24-03-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Control of the Pa. House of Representatives up for grabs in Mon Valley special election
Control of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives now hangs in the balance as a special election tomorrow in the Mon Valley will have voters choose someone to complete the term of late Democrat Matt Gergely. The House has been deadlocked for months, but tomorrow, all of that will change when the election in the Mon Valley will set the tone for all of Pennsylvania. A House at a standstill will finally have some motion. "That's why all eyes across Pennsylvania, politically, are looking on this district in the Mon Valley," said former KDKA-TV Political Editor Jon Delano. The district includes McKeesport, Duquesne, Clairton, and White Oak, it's also a region that typically leans to the left. Delano said that, despite those leanings, you never know what could happen in a special election. "The difficulty in special elections is that the vast majority of voters will not vote," he said. "90% of the voters in the district are not likely to cast a ballot tomorrow, so it's really a question of who comes out to vote." The seat was formerly held by Democratic Representative Matt Gergely. He died in January following a medical emergency , leaving both the House Democrats and House Republicans tied with 101 seats each. Now, three candidates are running for the seat and they include Democrat Dan Goughnour of McKeesport, Republican Charles Davis of White Oak, and Libertarian Adam Kitta. It could be anyone's race. "Special elections are not like general and primary elections where it's easy to predict what's going to happen," Delano said. The candidate who wins will serve this year and then run for re-election next year.
The Hill
24-03-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Here's what to know about Pennsylvania's special elections
Voters in Pennsylvania are heading to the polls on Tuesday to fill one vacant state House seat that will likely hand Democrats back their majority, as well as a vacant state Senate seat. The elections are taking place in House District 35, to replace the late state Rep. Matt Gergely (D) following his death in January, and in Senate District 36, to replace former state Sen. Ryan Aument (R), who stepped down from his seat in December to become the state director for new Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick (R). The state House race is the more consequential one. Pennsylvania Democrats maintained their narrow 102-101 seat majority in the state House following the November elections, but Gergely's death altered the makeup of the House to a 101-101 split. The district is located in Alleghany County in the western part of the state, to the southeast of Pittsburgh. Democrat Dan Goughnour, who is a member of a local school board and a police officer, is favored to win the race over Republican Chuck Davis, the president of the White Oak Borough Council and a volunteer firefighter. Gergely won a special election for the seat in 2023 with 75 percent of the vote and ran unopposed for reelection last year, The Associated Press reported. Former Vice President Harris won the district with about 58 percent of the vote in November. For the state Senate seat, Republican Josh Parsons, a Lancaster County commissioner, is the favorite over Democratic East Petersburg Mayor James Malone. The district leans conservative, with President Trump taking 57 percent of the vote and McCormick winning 56 percent, AP reported. Aument was unopposed during his last election in 2022. The GOP currently enjoys a 27-22 majority in the state Senate with the one vacancy. Democrats have needed to defend their narrow state House majority in a few special elections since winning a majority for the first time in a decade in 2022.
