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TexasTowelie

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Tue Aug 20, 2019, 12:38 AM Aug 2019

Tuesday's special election in the Susquehanna River Valley will pit Democrat against Republican --

Tuesday’s special election in the Susquehanna River Valley will pit Democrat against Republican — against Republican


On 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 Tuesday’s 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 there’s Clair Moyer, a veteran who sought and failed to get the GOP nod via the private process that selects party candidates for special elections. He’s 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 OP
Trump won the district with 60%+ RandySF Aug 2019 #1
2 repugs to split the vote gives the dem a chance Tiggeroshii Aug 2019 #2
Rowe won the election with 63% of the vote. TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #4
See post #4. TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #5
Oh, god....Pennsyltucky. Freedomofspeech Aug 2019 #3
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