Democrats Declare Victory in District Held by GOP for Nearly 30 Years

Democrats have declared victory in a Pennsylvania state House seat that Republicans held for nearly 30 years. In a special election for the state House’s 12th District seat, Democrat Brandon Dukes is leading over Republican Scott Timko by less than 100 votes, 8,434 to 8,346, with 99 percent of votes counted. Dukes told the local Cranberry Eagle Tuesday night that “I’m ecstatic. I’m shocked.” “I’m still processing this. We just flipped a Trump +18 seat, and we flipped a red seat that’s been…