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AP: Democrats retain majority in the Pennsylvania House with a 102-100 partisan divide
Democrats retain majority in the Pennsylvania House with a 102-100 partisan divide
By BROOKE SCHULTZ
Updated 8:29 PM EST, February 13, 2024
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday after voters elected a former school board member to represent them in a Philadelphia suburb that has been trending more to the left.
Jim Prokopiak’s election to the Bucks County seat will give Democrats a 102-100 majority in the House, which they have sought to defend in four special elections in the past year. A Republican lawmaker’s resignation last week shifted the power back to Democrats, and Prokopiak’s win kept it in place.
He defeated Republican challenger Candace Cabanas and will replace former state Rep. John Galloway, who resigned to serve as a magisterial judge. Cabanas has said previously she plans to run again during the general election.
“What I heard from voters is that Bucks County residents need help supporting their families, want control over their own bodies, and ensure they have the ability to chart their own paths in life,” Prokopiak said in a statement. “I’m committed to taking my conversations with voters to Harrisburg and making their dreams a reality.”
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-house-bucks-county-election-c50f31ebd01a077228c194d86b95df96
By BROOKE SCHULTZ
Updated 8:29 PM EST, February 13, 2024
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday after voters elected a former school board member to represent them in a Philadelphia suburb that has been trending more to the left.
Jim Prokopiak’s election to the Bucks County seat will give Democrats a 102-100 majority in the House, which they have sought to defend in four special elections in the past year. A Republican lawmaker’s resignation last week shifted the power back to Democrats, and Prokopiak’s win kept it in place.
He defeated Republican challenger Candace Cabanas and will replace former state Rep. John Galloway, who resigned to serve as a magisterial judge. Cabanas has said previously she plans to run again during the general election.
“What I heard from voters is that Bucks County residents need help supporting their families, want control over their own bodies, and ensure they have the ability to chart their own paths in life,” Prokopiak said in a statement. “I’m committed to taking my conversations with voters to Harrisburg and making their dreams a reality.”
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-house-bucks-county-election-c50f31ebd01a077228c194d86b95df96
There is one more vacancy of a (R) seat, with that special election to be held primary day in April - https://www.penncapital-star.com/blog/special-election-to-replace-adams-in-northeast-pa-house-seat-set-for-primary-election-day/
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one of which made news this past week - https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/pennsylvania-state-representative-kevin-boyle-banned-from-bar-allegedly-threatened-staff-police/ and was in that office having succeeded his brother.
That one may eventually end up as a vacancy. 
(ETA to note that at least for 2 terms - 2006 & 2008, Patrick Murphy (D) had that Bucks Co seat (when it was PA-8) that Fitzpatrick now has, so it is do-able)
