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Democrats Lose Their Precarious Hold on Power in the Pennsylvania House

Democrats Lose Their Precarious Hold on Power in the Pennsylvania House
The Capitol building in Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg on Oct. 14, 2011. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images
Salena Zito
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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—Democratic control of the lower chamber of the state legislature slipped for the second time this session when State Rep. Sara Innamorato of Allegheny County announced she had resigned from office to focus on her run for Allegheny County chief executive in November. Her departure means the state House will once again be tied at 101-101.

Salena Zito
Salena Zito
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Salena Zito has held a long, successful career as a national political reporter. Since 1992, she has interviewed every U.S. president and vice president, as well as top leaders in Washington, including secretaries of state, speakers of the House and U.S. Central Command generals. Her passion, though, is interviewing thousands of people across the country. She reaches the Everyman and Everywoman through the lost art of shoe-leather journalism, having traveled along the back roads of 49 states.
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