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Related: About this forumTuesday's special election in the Susquehanna River Valley will pit Democrat against Republican --
Tuesdays special election in the Susquehanna River Valley will pit Democrat against Republican against RepublicanOn Tuesday, voters in a blood-red Susquehanna River Valley district will go to the polls to fill the House seat vacated by former state representative Fred Keller.
What should be a straightforward special election to replace Republican Keller, now a U.S. congressman, with another Republican handpicked by the party has become a little more complicated, thanks to a disgruntled member of the GOP.
Representing the major parties on Tuesdays ballot are Republican David Rowe, a former East Buffalo Township commissioner, and Democrat Jennifer Rager-Kay, a doctor who ran for the seat in 2018.
And then theres Clair Moyer, a veteran who sought and failed to get the GOP nod via the private process that selects party candidates for special elections. Hes now running as a write-in candidate unity be damned.
Read more: https://www.penncapital-star.com/government-politics/this-blood-red-district-will-almost-certainly-elect-a-republican-on-tuesday-right/
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Tuesday's special election in the Susquehanna River Valley will pit Democrat against Republican -- (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Aug 2019
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RandySF
(70,614 posts)1. Trump won the district with 60%+
Don't expect much fropm here.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)2. 2 repugs to split the vote gives the dem a chance
TexasTowelie
(116,749 posts)4. Rowe won the election with 63% of the vote.
TexasTowelie
(116,749 posts)5. See post #4.
Freedomofspeech
(4,378 posts)3. Oh, god....Pennsyltucky.
I live (on egg shells) in SW PA.