US EditionDemocrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district
- Democrat James Andrew Malone won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat, which a Democrat has not represented for 136 years.
- Malone's win reduces GOP control of the Pennsylvania state Senate to a 27-23 seat advantage.
- Democrats believe Malone's victory reflects the importance of discussing Social Security and health care access to win over voters.
- Sharif Street, Pennsylvania's Democratic Party chairman, stated that Trump's performance in office positively influenced Malone's campaign.
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Trump Pennsylvania stronghold flipped Blue by 16 Points
by April Ryan (Black Press USA.)–“This is a referendum on the chaos Washington D.C. Republicans have brought to our state,” says Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Hughes after a Democratic win in the Pennsylvania primary election in the Trump stronghold of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Democrat and East Petersburg Mayor James Malone won the Senate 36th District seat in Lancaster County, defeating Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh…
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Democrats in Pa. Senate upset took inspiration from an Iowa special election campaign
If Gov. Josh Shapiro was able to win in deep red Lancaster County, Democratic state Sen.-elect James Malone could too, his campaign co-manager Stella Sexton said. Shapiro won the 36th Senate District in 2022 with a 0.2% margin over his…
The Pennsylvania disaster that could have been avoided
Democrats just scored a shocking win in Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s state Senate special election. This is a seat in a district that President Trump carried by 15 points in November. A deep-red district. A “safe” seat. And yet we lost. Let me say something few in politics have the courage to admit: I got this one wrong. We cannot afford to sit out the mail-in game and hope for a red wave to appear by magic on Election Day. I want to make sure e…
Republican Stronghold Flips Blue as Democrat Credits Trump for Surprise Victory in Pennsylvania
Democrats flipped a state Senate seat in heavily Republican Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, during a special election Tuesday, and the Democrat senator-elect is crediting President Donald Trump for the victory. Democrat James Andrew Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, won the seat for the 36th District by less than 500 votes, receiving 50% of the total votes counted. Republican candidate and Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons received…
What went wrong for MAGA in Pennsylvania
What’s changed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania? The Republican-leaning district in a purple state has been turned on its head by a surprise win for the Democratic party: for the first time since the late 1970s, a local Democratic mayor, James Malone, will take up a place in the State Senate, after a special election was held on Wednesday this week. This is not just an overturn of decades’ worth of party consensus. It seems to be a monumental shift a…
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