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PA politics n’at

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@CoreyOConnorpa
Corey O'Connor
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Good luck to our Pittsburgh @RiverhoundsSC as they take on Tulsa for their first USL Championship! All of #Pittsburgh is behind you!
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@RepDeluzio
Congressman Chris Deluzio
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Donald Trump is calling for my death and others, and every political leader should condemn the President's violent threats.
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Congressman Chris Deluzio
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Ben Forstate
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Official side staff / campaign staff
@fasc1nate
Fascinating
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Red Panda meeting a Raccoon.
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@4st8
Ben Forstate
11 days
Found my first map 🥲
@4st8
Ben Forstate
11 days
I was unemployed and knew GIS, so I tweeted PA election maps. Somehow that spiraled into managing a school board race, then a state house race, then congressional race and then a major-city mayoral campaign. Truly not a reasonable sequence of events.
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@4st8
Ben Forstate
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I was unemployed and knew GIS, so I tweeted PA election maps. Somehow that spiraled into managing a school board race, then a state house race, then congressional race and then a major-city mayoral campaign. Truly not a reasonable sequence of events.
@SokeyeA
Afolabi Sokeye 🧱
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What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
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Ben Forstate
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It felt sad to tweet this :C
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Ben Forstate
11 days
Would anyone happen to have an accurate PA VTD file? I stopped periodically updating mine and now it's super out of date.
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@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
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Damn. I missed Josh Shapiro tearing JD Vance a new one yesterday
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Ben Forstate
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It’s not and never has been
@mtmanjaro10
Christy Smith Stan
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I still don’t get the takes PA is the next OH.
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@ntorok4
Noah 💫
17 days
On Tuesday, Allegheny County Controller Corey O'Connor was elected the next Mayor of Pittsburgh by a whopping 73%, the largest margin in a contested election in city history. Impressively, he won the 31st Ward (Trump +4) by about 40%.
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@StephenJ_Caruso
Stephen Caruso
18 days
Upshot of the municipal election? Four sitting state lawmakers won local seats, meaning four special elections in the coming months. Those elections must be at least ~70 days (the Speaker has up to 10 days to issue a writ + minimum 60 from that date) after each's resignation.
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@IanIslander3
iam ian 🇵🇭
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Democrats in the Keystone State defended their 5–2 Supreme Court majority last night after three incumbents were retained by voters, each by a margin of at least 20 points. This came despite Trump’s late push for the “No” campaign. #Pennsylvania🧑‍⚖️
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@TheDemocrats
Democrats
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When we vote, WE WIN 🇺🇸
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@hjessy_
Jessy Han
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Shoutout to Mayor Betty Copeland, a Pennsylvania Democrat who cruised to re-election yesterday.
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@TomDuerrPA
Tom Duerr
20 days
Here’s the full list. Dems won often and everywhere, taking every race I had rated as a Toss-Up while also winning 19 races where I had the GOP having an edge. Most impressive performances coming in Collier, Moon, Plum, West Deer, Pine-Richland & Jefferson Hills
@TomDuerrPA
Tom Duerr
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Tonight’s results for the Allegheny GOP were absolutely brutal to a level even I didn’t expect. Democrats won 82 / 93 competitive Mayoral | Supervisor | Commission races Democrats won 24 / 25 competitive School Board races
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@Colin_d_m
Colin
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Something is wrong with Staten Islanders like why would you ever vote against this
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@pamapguy
mahoning schmuck
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🧵 Outside of Erie and Pittsburgh, Democrats had a great night in mayoral races across W. Pennsylvania. * Trump-won town 🟦 HOLD: Avonmore* (Westmoreland) Beaver Falls (Beaver) Belle Vernon* (Fayette) Blairsville* (Indiana) Butler* (Butler) Canonsburg* (Washington) 1/7
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@SkyGuyPGH
Schuyler Sheaffer
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Josh Maines, a registered Democrat, won the Clearfield County Court of Common Pleas race by 178 votes (0.8%) against Ryan Sayers, a registered Republican and the incumbent DA. Clearfield county went 75-24 to Trump. This is a swing of 51 points. 1/
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Schuyler Sheaffer
21 days
Race to watch: There's a real chance that the Democratic candidate (and a Democrat by party registration), Josh Maines, wins the Court of Common Pleas race in Clearfield County, an area that went 3 to 1 for Trump. Longer analysis coming if he pulls this off
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@RyanDeto
Ryan Deto
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Be honest Pittsburgh, could you tell who is the new mayor or the Penguins GM if standing 100 feet away?
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Corey O'Connor and Kyle Dubas have fans doing double takes.
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