What it would take for Pa. Democrats to take the Senate
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Ed Mahon
From The Context, PA Post’s weekday email newsletter:
For Democrats, one down, three to go
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Democrat Pam Iovino, a Navy veteran, flipped a state Senate seat in the Pittsburgh suburbs on Tuesday. WESA’s Chris Potter breaks down how it happened.
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So can Democrats take control of the Senate in the 2020 election? Veteran GOP political consultant Christopher Nicholas pointed to three key seats that are held by Republicans.
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There’s Dan Laughlin’s seat in Erie County, John DiSanto’s in Dauphin and Perry counties, and Tom Killion’s in Chester and Delaware counties.
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2020 is, of course, also a presidential election year. And Erie’s shift toward Trump in 2016 and the Philly suburbs’ shift away from Republicans have both gotten a good bit of attention in recent years.
Best of the rest
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Investigators missed signs of abuse before the 2016 death of Pennsylvania teenager Grace Packer, according to a Pennsylvania Department of Human Services report. WITF’s Katie Meyer has the details.
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StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Marie Cusick has the details on a Senate version of a nuclear bailout bill. A similar bill was introduced in the House last month and faces opposition from electric utilities, the natural gas industry, manufacturers, environmental organizations, and consumer groups, Marie reports.
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Philly.com’s Samantha Melamed takes a look at whether rapper Meek Mill can sell Harrisburg on probation reform.