PA Statewide Elections 2019

[ctherainbow]

Oh we're well aware haha.  

You can't watch a Youtube video 'round these parts without Megan McCarthy King (R) running a 5-second pre-roll ad touting her service on putting away drug runners and child molesters.  (Not making a partisan statement one way or the other, just noting that it seems as though both sides have been putting a lot of money into these seats).  

SAME.  All her ads (TV/YouTube) seem to focus on the fact that she... did her job like she was supposed to?  It really reflects the sad state of PA's state politics when that's a talking point.    

[ctherainbow]

It's been interesting to watch the returns on the statewide Superior Court elections.  Dauphin County in particular surprised me; even the weaker-performing of the two Republicans did 3 points better than the best-performing Dem in Dauphin.  Given that the battle in 2020 between DePasquale and Perry for the Dauphin Co US congressional district is likely to be a hard-fought one, and with the Dauphin-based state senate seat one of three the Dems need to flip to seize control of the state senate, it'll be interesting to see just how close the down-ballot margins are in Dauphin in 2020.

[ctherainbow]

Have they picked up a seat or it's the statut quo?

If you're referring to the Superior Court, the two vacancies were one Dem aging out and one Pub not standing for retention, so one Dem and one Pub winning tonight would maintain the status quo on the court.

[ctherainbow]

Northampton County(for non-Pennsylvanians, a heavily populated swing county) is having problems with their voting machines and is doing a complete paper ballot recount.  The Superior Court races could be left hanging until tomorrow afternoon.