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

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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, “I’m ecstatic. I’m shocked.” “I’m still processing this. We just flipped a Trump plus-18 seat, and we flipped a red seat that’s been red for almost 30 years. We made history,” Dukes said. Dukes, a commercial loan administrator at TD Bank, will face off again in the November general election against Timko, a retired Air Force captain, commercial pilot and former small business owner. For now, though, Democrats are declaring victory in a deep-red Pennsylvania county that also happens to be close to where a gunman tried to assassinate President Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign. “Tonight’s result not only shows what can be