“Common sense says that if someone comes to you and says that they’re being sexually harassed, you do something about it,” Ford said during a televised debate. Republicans had hoped to regain the majority, in part, to advance the proposed constitutional amendment that says the Pennsylvania Constitution does not guarantee any rights relating to abortion or public funding of abortions. Ford reported raising about $146,000, more than half of which came from the House Republicans’ campaign arm.īoyd emphasized protection of abortion rights, drawing a contrast with Ford, who is personally against abortion but says she did not want to change existing state law. Shapiro cut an ad focusing on the abortion issue for Boyd, who reported raising more than $1.3 million, including more than $1 million in in-kind advertising from the House Democrats’ campaign arm and the Democratic Party. Reflecting the stakes, President Joe Biden endorsed fellow Democrat Boyd on Monday, calling her “an experienced public servant who will protect a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions, stand up for common sense gun safety laws and expand access to voting rights.” The result could also affect a proposed constitutional amendment limiting abortion rights that legislative Republicans are one House floor vote away from putting before voters as a referendum. Josh Shapiro will have at least one chamber to aid his agenda going into the final month of budget negotiations. The Democrats’ victory in the Delaware County district means first-term Democratic Gov. The state Senate has a Republican majority. Her win gives Democrats 102 seats, the minimum needed to control the agenda in the 203-member House. Her district was once Republican but has given solid margins to Democratic candidates in recent elections. Zabel quit the Legislature in March, shortly after a lobbyist accused him of sexually harassing her.īoyd is a former congressional and state legislative aide. Heather Boyd won a seat in the Philadelphia suburbs, beating Republican Katie Ford for a vacancy created by the resignation of Democratic Rep. (AP) - Democrats maintained their narrow Pennsylvania House majority Tuesday by winning a special election and along with it continued control over how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation.
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