Democrats have won the three most competitive races in Pennsylvania, so the state is sending a delegation of nine Democrats and eight Republicans to Washington to sit in Congress for the next two years.
Susan Wild in Allentown and Matt Cartwright in Scranton narrowly defeated their Republican challengers in a repeat of the same fights from two years ago, and Chris Delucio managed to hold on to the voters of his predecessor, Conor Lamb, when everything pointed to what the reissued businessman Jeremy Shaffer were to be chosen.
Wild was elected for the third time by defeating Lisa Scheller, a Republican who runs a manufacturing industry, and Cartwright retained his seat by defeating Jim Bognet, a conservative activist and former Trump administration official.
As happened throughout the country, the campaigns of the Democrats in Pennsylvania were marked by the call for the right to abortion and those of the Republicans were based on criticism of the behavior of the country’s economy, reflected in the historical levels of inflation.
In another race in the same state, in Pittsburgh, Democratic state Rep. Summer Lee defeated Republican Mike Doyle to fill the congressional seat vacated by Democrat Mike Doyle’s reform. The identical names were the cause of some confusion during the campaign, which the Republican tried to undo by using the hashtag #TheRightMike.
Pennsylvania’s delegation of delegates to Congress has changed twice in recent years, first due to a court case and then as a result of the 2020 Census. The state lost a congressional seat this year due to anemic population growth.
In other districts of the state, two incumbent Republican congressional delegates faced no opposition in this election. Such are the cases of Guy Reschenthaler, south of Pittsburgh, and John Joyce, in a sprawling district that stretches from Gettysburg to Johnstown. Eleven other holders also return to Congress.
With the recount still underway, Republicans have 48 Senate seats, as do Democrats, with four upper house seats up for grabs, one of which, in Alaska, stands no chance for Democrats.
In sight are the states of Nevada and Arizona, while in Georgia elections will be held again in December to nominate a senator for Congress, after none of the candidates reached 50%, the US press reported today, in a local which can be decisive in determining a majority in the upper house of Congress.
To retain control of the Senate, Democrats will have to win at least two of these three contests, taking 50 of 100 seats, the same as they had before this election.
For the House of Representatives, according to projections by various US media, the Republicans currently have an advantage of 200 seats compared to 174 for the Democrats.
To reach a majority, Republicans must win another 18 seats of the 61 still up for grabs.
Source: TSF
