The results of the election are getting worse for the right-wing pundits who predicted a red wave. Democrats took control of the Pennsylvania state House on Friday for the first time in 10 years. Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman won their races for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively.
Attorneys for both the Democrats and the Republicans in close races have been haggling over the remaining ballots. An attorney for the two Democratic candidates in these races told Spotlight PA that the Republicans had a plan to disqualify as many ballots as possible in order to make it harder for Democrats to vote. It seems that that didn't work.
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The Democrat in the 151st district was up by 12 votes at the end of last week, but only a few hundred remain to be counted. With Democrats in control of the state House for the first time in four years, they will be led by the chamber's first woman speaker.
IT HAPPENED: the PA State House has flipped 🔵
Congrats @PAHouseDems + congrats to our soon-to-be Speaker @Joanna4PA!! 🎉
The past decade-plus of a GOP House majority in Harrisburg is *officially* over 💯
— John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) November 18, 2022
We were told for months that the election would be devastating for Democrats because of their focus on abortion rights.
The issue of abortion is a winner. Not only did Democrats maintain control of the Senate and stave off major losses in the House on the federal level, but results at the state level were even more decisive. Arizona elected a Democratic governor, attorney general, and Secretary of State. Democrats flipped the Michigan legislature blue, as well as reelection of the governor and attorney general. Democrats in North Carolina fought off a Republican super-majority that could have ended the abortion ban. In Kansas, Kentucky, Montana, Michigan, California, and Vermont, abortion rights won on the ballot.
Voters in Pennsylvania know that state-level and state-wide elections are important for our health and right to bodily autonomy.
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