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DEMOCRATS JUST FLIPPED A MASSIVELY PRO-TRUMP DISTRICT  
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
March 26, 2025
The New Republic
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_ Democrats scored key victories in Pennsylvania. _

James Malone (wearing tie) campaigning in Pennsylvania's 36th State
Senate district.,

 

Americans are rallying behind Democrats—even in deep Trump
territory.

In a major upset, Democrat James Malone usurped a seat in
Pennsylvania’s state Senate in a special election, flipping a
district that had voted for Donald Trump by more than 15 points mere
months ago. Malone previously served as the mayor of East Petersburg
and will succeed Republican Senator Ryan Aument, who resigned from the
office in December to serve as a state director for Senator Dave
McCormick.

“I’m very excited and really, really happy that all the work we
put in has paid off,” Malone told WGAL-TV
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“Everyday voters are not liking what they’re seeing at the federal
level; they don’t like the chaos. We want to be sure that we, as
Pennsylvania, are standing up for our neighbors and are standing up
for our state,” Malone continued. “And brotherly love is
Pennsylvania, and that just proved out. Kindness over criticism,
right? So that’s what we’re trying to do, and I think that that
really is what we’re looking at, moving forward.”

Malone’s victory followed another Democratic win Tuesday in the
Keystone State, after Dan Goughnour won a House seat, maintaining a
Democratic stronghold in Pennsylvania’s lower chamber.

The wins were roundly celebrated by the larger Democratic Party, which
saw its voters excoriate their inaction on a GOP budget resolution
that promised whopping Medicaid cuts at the national level last week.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saluted
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urging the party to refocus on winning critical local elections,
“from school board to councils to state legislatures.”

Republicans, meanwhile, felt the sting.

“Damn,” posted
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reacting to a screenshot of the election results.

But Malone had a quick reply.

“I’ll take this as a compliment, because Elon Musk knows I’m
about to get to work for the everyday people of Pennsylvania, not him
and his billionaire friends,” he wrote
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_Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling is an associate writer covering breaking
news at The New Republic. Her work has also appeared in The Daily
Beast, The Guardian, Gothamist and The Real Deal._

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