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Pennsylvania will keep its divided legislature thanks to split-ticket voters

  • Written by Richardson Dilworth, Professor of Politics, Drexel University
imageDemocrats held on to their one-seat majority in the Pennsylvania House.Laurence Kesterson/AP

Pennsylvania’s red shift in the 2024 election wasn’t isolated to the presidential race.

Statewide races for attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer all went to the Republican candidates, and the AP declared Republican David...

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