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PA House Races Serve as 2020 Harbinger

PA House Races Serve as 2020 Harbinger
Voters cast ballots at the Trucksville United Methodist Church polling station during the 2018 Pennsylvania Primary Election in Trucksville, Penn., on May 15, 2018. Mark Makela/Getty Images
Salena Zito
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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania—Eugene DePasquale and Sean Parnell couldn’t be more different politically. DePasquale is a seasoned statewide-elected official and Democrat from York County, Pennsylvania, while Parnell is a western Pennsylvania Republican newcomer who has never run for office. Yet they share one very important thing this year: They are both challenging incumbent members of Congress in Pennsylvania districts President Donald Trump won in 2016.

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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