GOP 'Flips' 48th District in PA Special Election

observer.com ^ | May 15, 2018

[Helicondelta]

Republican Tim O’Neal cracked the 4,000-vote threshold in Washington County’s 48th Legislative District, according to unofficial returns from the Washington County elections office, and declared victory.

O’Neal, a veteran of the Afghanistan War who earned a “V” for valor and a Bronze Star, advertised this in contrast to that of Mitchell, an attorney, whom he portrayed playing the video game “Call of Duty.”

[AuH2ORepublican]

There were two separate elections: A special general election for the remainder of the current term (which ends in early January) and a regular primary election for the two-year term that begins in January (for which the general election will be held in November). Republican Tim O’Neal beat the Democrat Mitchell in the special general election, so he will serve in the state House of Representatives through early January. O’Neal also won the GOP primary (he was unopposed) for the two-year term that will run from Jan. 2019 to Jan. 2021, and he will face Mitchell (who won the Democrat primary) in the November general election.

[Principled]

thanks for that clarification - i read the article a few times trying to figure out the “flip”...

the flip is in the state house

thanks