PA-HD32: Voters have contrast in 32nd House district between McAndrew and Walker
For nearly four decades, voters in the 32nd state House district have been able to take it more or less for granted that they’d be represented by Tony DeLuca. That changed last fall, when DeLuca died weeks before the November election. And when they vote in a Feb. 7 special election to replace him, they don’t lack for a clear choice in the candidates to replace him.
Democratic nominee Joe McAndrew is steeped in the world of politics, having done a stint in Harrisburg and supported a slew of other Democratic candidates. Republican Clay Walker is a first-time candidate, running on an unapologetically conservative platform in a district that has recently voted Democratic by two-to-one majorities.
Their differences are clear on topics such as education. Walker sees a school system that is failing students even as — in Penn Hills, at least — it sometimes splurges on buildings. He worries it has become caught up in issues of gender identity. And he blames liberal orthodoxy.
“We're more concerned with making sure we're not hurting anybody's feelings than we are to making sure that we are graduating people who can function in society,” he said.
https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2023-02-02/after-decades-under-deluca-voters-have-contrast-in-32nd-house-district-between-mcandrew-and-walker
