Posted on 04/01/2015 11:49:36 AM PDT by Lorianne
Martina White became the city's second Republican member in the state House on Tuesday night, with a commanding win in a special election for Northeast Philadelphia's 170th District.
Her victory - by a margin of 14 percent with 97 percent of the vote tallied Tuesday night - prompted Republican celebrations and Democratic recriminations. White defeated Democrat Sarah Del Ricci, who was handpicked for the special election by Lt. Gov. Mike Stack III.
White credited the win - the first pickup by the Republicans of an open General Assembly seat in Philadelphia in 25 years - to the hard work of volunteers, including several unions that endorsed her.
"It's an honor to have the level of support we've had," White said. "I know it's a major upset for my opponent and probably the lieutenant governor as well."
U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, who left the 170th District seat in January to take a seat in the U.S. House, issued a statement congratulating White, saying she "clearly was the harder-working candidate."
"This could have remained a Democratic seat," Boyle said, lamenting that some Democratic ward leaders relying on "personal relationships" to pick a candidate while excluding the views of labor leaders
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The demonRAT leaders ignored the demands of the corrupt union thugs, and the thugs withheld, muscle, transportation and walk around money {bribes in the form of cash, kools and colt45} for the local rent a voter mob}.
Bwahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Special elections are quirky, but this is a good sign.
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