Democrats have declared victory in a Pennsylvania state House seat that Republicans held for nearly 30 years.
In a special election for the state House’s 12th District seat, Democrat Brandon Dukes is leading over Republican Scott Timko by less than 100 votes, 8,434 to 8,346, with 99 percent of votes counted.
Dukes told the local Cranberry Eagle Tuesday night, “I’m ecstatic. I’m shocked.”
“I’m still processing this. We just flipped a Trump plus-18 seat, and we flipped a red seat that’s been red for almost 30 years. We made history,” Dukes said.
I’m glad they didn’t try to run a DSA candidate here.
I’m extremely surprised a Democrat won here in the first place. That area is full of wealthy people who wanted to stay in the Pittsburgh area but didn’t want to pay Allegheny County’s property taxes. Definitely not known for their progressivism. lol