Republicans Take Control of the House of Representatives

According to an article in The Patriot-News, the Republican wave washed over the state Capitol on Tuesday, likely giving the GOP the biggest majority it has had in the state House since the 1950s. Unofficial tallies showed the Republicans with at least 110 seats to the Democrats’s 90, with three races too close to call. But all three of those seats were held by Democrats. Among those caught in the political undertow were House Majority Leader Todd Eachus (D-Luzerne) and former House Speaker John Perzel,(R-Philadelphia) along with at least nine other incumbents, all Democrats.