Pennsylvania Republicans declare victory in election for vacant state Senate seat

Republicans are declaring victory in a particular election for a vacant state Senate seat in a closely Republican district in northern Pennsylvania.

The Republican candidate, state Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver, led Democrat Patricia Lawton by a greater than two-to-one margin in preliminary returns from Tuesday’s particular election.

As soon as outcomes are licensed, Culver shall be sworn in to the Senate in late February and can convey the 50-seat chamber to a full complement with a 28-22 Republican majority, Senate Republicans leaders stated.

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Culver will fill the seat of former Sen. John Gordner, who resigned Nov. 30 to change into a workers lawyer for Senate President Professional Tempore Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland. The time period lasts till Nov. 30, 2024.

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Culver is presently serving her seventh time period within the state Home of Representatives from Northumberland County. The Senate seat covers Columbia, Montour, Northumberland and Snyder counties in addition to a part of Luzerne County,

Earlier than she is sworn in, Culver must resign her seat within the Home, the place paralysis over which social gathering has the bulk has stalled enterprise within the chamber this yr. A particular election will then be scheduled to fill the Home seat.

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The Home presently has 101 Republicans and 99 Democrats. A particular election scheduled for Tuesday will fill vacancies in three Democratic-leaning seats in Allegheny County.