Democrats have declared victory in a Pennsylvania state House seat that Republicans held for nearly 30 years.

In a special election for the state House’s 12th District seat, Democrat Brandon Dukes is leading over Republican Scott Timko by less than 100 votes, 8,434 to 8,346, with 99 percent of votes counted.

Dukes told the local Cranberry Eagle Tuesday night, “I’m ecstatic. I’m shocked.”

“I’m still processing this. We just flipped a Trump plus-18 seat, and we flipped a red seat that’s been red for almost 30 years. We made history,” Dukes said.

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[–] 74 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Hopefully this is premonitory of the midterms.

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  • [–] 43 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    We just told Republicans that they need to cheat more.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I put my ballot in the mail 2 days after I got it. I'll have to do it same day next time.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Where possible, bring it directly to its destination rather than mailing it. Votes are counted based on post date, and that is now recorded once it passes through a centralized facility, rather than when it arrives at the local office. USPS is a rat fucking enterprise, now

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    This is exactly why I tell people to just use drop boxes instead. In my county, they're everywhere and usually a walkable distance away. They're picked up by the election commission on a daily basis.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Knowing the dumb majority, they will assume they have it in the bag and project their personal grievances on everything under the sun, instead of voting. Why waste a good day, by standing in line?

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  • [–] 30 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    This is FRAUD! UNLESS the Republican ends up squeaking by with a SINGLE vote then it's UNADULTERATED PROOF that people LOVE Trump's Policies!

    -LITERALLY Republicans!

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago

    I choose to expect the worst, hope for the best.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Great, now do something with it.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    lol. They will do what the people want. Or at least what the lobbies tell them the people want.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    "Since Democrats now have an UltraMajority we're moving forward with our People First Policy. 1% lower health insurance premiums, 1% increased minimum wage, and you can say you're whatever gender you want! We'll try to do something about all the awful things that have been taking over the country, but even with a 99% Democratic Congress we can't even name big companies in a negative seeming way, because they pay us a lot of money to not do that."

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Tight margins. Really shit turnout. 65k people in this district. 43k voters in generals and only 17k for vacant special election.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, just watch. Recount, recount, the voiding of some dem votes, law suit, Supreme Court deliberation and ruling and BAM! It's Republican.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Okay there's one thing I don't understand here: Over the past year we've heard about Democrats winning this or that special election, so how do Republicans still have a majority?

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  • [+] -15 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I’m glad they didn’t try to run a DSA candidate here.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I'm extremely surprised a Democrat won here in the first place. That area is full of wealthy people who wanted to stay in the Pittsburgh area but didn't want to pay Allegheny County's property taxes. Definitely not known for their progressivism. lol

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    What I would like to see is Pennsylvania's State Senate flip to blue, the PA Senate has been strangling PATCO's transit agency of funds for years now.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Dear gawd, this can only mean one thing. They cheated! Quick send ICE to arrest the incumbent and their families for 2 generations.

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