Lynda Schlegel Culver, a Republican from Pennsylvania, was leading in the latest returns from Tuesday's election. Culver will be sworn into the state Senate once results are certified.
in a special election for a vacant state Senate seat in a heavily Republican district in northern Pennsylvania.
The Republican candidate, state Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver, led Democrat Patricia Lawton by a more than two-to-one margin in preliminary returns from Tuesday's special election. Once results are certified, Culver will be sworn in to the Senate in late February and will bring the 50-seat chamber to a full complement with a 28-22 Republican majority, Senate Republicans leaders said.
Culver will fill the seat of former Sen. John Gordner, who resigned Nov. 30 to become a staff lawyer for Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland. The term lasts until Nov. 30, 2024. Pennsylvania's GOP has declared victory in the special election for the vacant seat in the state Senate.
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