Pennsylvania House Majority Still Unclear as New Speaker Named

Pennsylvania House Majority Still Unclear as New Speaker Named
The Capitol building in Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg on Oct. 14, 2011. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images
Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
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Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives will be led by a Democrat who vows to become an independent, was nominated by Republicans, and has ties to Democrat Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro.

In a tense nomination process on Tuesday, Rep. Mark Rozzi of Berks County was named Speaker of the House, with 115 members voting for Rozzi and 85 members voting for Republican nominee Carl Walker Metzger.

Beth Brelje
Beth Brelje
Reporter
Beth Brelje is a former reporter with The Epoch Times. Ms. Brelje previously worked in radio for 20 years and after moving to print, worked at Pocono Record and Reading Eagle.
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