Abortion rights were the key issue in Democrat Heather Boyd's 163rd House District victory
For much of the last century, Delaware County was a suburban Philadelphia stronghold for Republicans.
Even with a blue shift in the last decade, Democrats didn’t see Pennsylvania House nominee Heather Boyd’s victory in the 163rd Legislative District as a lock.
“Delco is recently blue. There are still the remnants of a Republican machine. It may not win any more but it’s got a bit of fight left in it,” Trevor Southerland, executive director of the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, told the Capital-Star. “You always take that with a little bit of nervousness.”
A full-throttle campaign backed by state Democrats to the tune of $1.5 million,and voters motivated by a looming threat to reproductive rights in Pennsylvania helped Boyd secure a commanding victory on Tuesday with 60% of the vote, according to unofficial election tallies.
“Our team dominated both on the ground and in the mailboxes, on the computers, on the television,” Southerland said.
“We knocked on 60,000 doors in basically four weeks. We took a race that could have been a very competitive race and made it a win.”
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