Democrats win control of Pa. House after 12 years in minority

[Freddie Stubbs]

11/28/2006, 2:26 p.m. ET
By JOANN LOVIGLIO
The Associated Press

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Democrats won control of the state House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years Tuesday as Chester County officials settled a pair of hotly contested House races three weeks after the election.

In the closest race, Democrat Barbara McIlvaine Smith was declared the winner in the 156th District by a 23-vote margin.

Smith, 56, who owns a water-treatment company, defeated Republican Shannon Royer, 39, who has worked on the House Republicans' staff for a decade, by a tally of 11,614 to 11,591. Both candidates are former West Chester borough council members.


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Democrats win control of Pa. House after 12 years in minority
11/28/2006, 2:26 p.m. ET
By JOANN LOVIGLIO
The Associated Press

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Democrats won control of the state House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years Tuesday as Chester County officials settled a pair of hotly contested House races three weeks after the election.

In the closest race, Democrat Barbara McIlvaine Smith was declared the winner in the 156th District by a 23-vote margin.

Smith, 56, who owns a water-treatment company, defeated Republican Shannon Royer, 39, who has worked on the House Republicans' staff for a decade, by a tally of 11,614 to 11,591. Both candidates are former West Chester borough council members.

In the other race, in the 157th District, Republican Duane Milne, a West Chester University professor, defeated Democrat Anne R. Crowley 13,556 to 13,412.

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[Eurobabe]

1. Hot damn! Well, my family is 3 of those votes that put

McIlvain-Smith over Royer. :hi:

[rodeodance]

4. yahooooooooooooo

[drm604]

2. YES!

:bounce:
The country, and now my state!
:bounce:

[leveymg]

3. Was up there w/ DCCC in the PA-7 race - Sestak; also in '04 w/Kerry in W Chester

Nice to see the PA House back in the Blue. :)

[angryxyouth]

5. All right!! Now maybe we can see some of that state and federal money

Funneled into the democratic area school districts. Philadelphia for one has be choked almost to collapse.

[Doctor_J]

6. The curtain is coming down on the hate radio era

Limpballs is finally out of power. It MAY be in time to save the Republic.

[gauguin57]

7. This is such great news ... when you live in the RED T of PA, it's easy to forget

that wonderful things are happening out in the BLUE world!

[modrepub]

8. Good Blog Coverage

http://chescocount.blogspot.com/

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