Congressional Special Elections

May 15, 2008 - 8:08pm

Special Congressional Elections in PA since 1950

With the Republicans in Congress losing their seats in the last three special elections it got me thinking about special congressional elections in Pennsylvania. I went back to 1950 and took a look at all special elections. Since that time there have been 16 special elections in Pennsylvania. Of those 16, 15 were retained by the same party. The one special election where the incumbent party lost the seat was in 1973 when John Murtha won the seat by 121 votes.

Here is a quick look at the 16 special elections.

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