Pa. House tied again as Democrat resigns

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is back to a 101-101 partisan split with the resignation of a Democratic lawmaker Thursday, teeing up another special election to determine the chamber’s majority early next year. The resignation of Rep. John Galloway, of Bucks County, had been expected for months after his election as a magisterial district judge in November. 

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