The PA 140th Special Election
By Bob Small
When Democratic State Representative John Galloway was elected to a judgeship, he resigned as state representative for PA 140 and caused another special election.
PA 140 is in the southeasternmost corner of Bucks County, next to New Jersey. Prior to this election, the PA House was D 101 and GOP 100.
The candidates were Democrat Jim Prokopiak and Republican Candace Cabannas.
The winner, Prokopiak, ran on more funding for K-12 education, raising the minimum wage, and safeguarding access to abortion.
Prokopiak’s victory gives the Dems a 102-100 margin. He had served on the Falls Township Board of Supervisors. A Levittown attorney, he was elected to the Pennsbury School Board.
Ms. Cabanas, was a home health care worker.
Yet another GOP Lawmaker, Joe Kerwin of the 125th, is a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard, currently serving in East Africa. He is still in office but cannot vote on bills. Why a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard is serving in East Africa is another question entirely. Pennsylvania National Guard However, it seems they are deployed overseas on a regular basis.
Because of Pennsylvania’s importance in the national race, our races are receiving coverage from national websites that they normally would not.
An example is MSNBC.
“Republicans continue to lie about the last election and are intent on supporting an insurrectionist as their nominee, ever since 60-plus legislators signed a letter urging Congress to throw out the votes of Pennsylvania’s voters,” said state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, who represents parts of Philadelphia. “Their current idea is putting the Auditor General in charge of auditing all future elections — a man who himself is an election denier.”
Couldn’t it just be that the Democrats had a stronger candidate in a district that has been Democrat since 1969? But then the issue would be local rather than national and would require more insight, rather than the easy payoff.
The PA 140th Special Election
