
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in two Pennsylvania state legislative districts will elect new members in special elections Tuesday. Democrats are defending a state House seat on friendly turf with control of the deadlocked chamber on the line, while Republicans look to pad their advantage in the state Senate in a reliably GOP district. In the state House, voters in District 35 will elect a replacement for Democratic state Rep. Matt Gergely, whose death in January left the parties tied at 101 seats each. Democrats won a slim majority of state House seats in 2022 for the first time in more than a decade and have had to defend their narrow advantage in a series of special elections since then.