WASHINGTON—The Democratic Party will retain control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after their nominee, Dan Goughnour, was elected for District 35 in a special election on March 25.
The Pennsylvania State House is currently deadlocked between Democrats and Republicans, who have 101 seats each, following the death of state Rep. Matthew Robert Gergely, a Democrat.
The special election in the district—located in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Allegheny County, covering the towns of Munhall, McKeesport, and Lincoln—is the 102nd and decisive vote in the body.
Pennsylvania is a key battleground state in presidential elections.
Goughnour, a captain in the McKeesport Police Department and member of the area’s school district, captured 63.37 percent of the vote….