A special election to fill the seat of convicted felon Republican State Legislator Jeff Habay was held in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA. A lot of the area covered by this district is very republican and Habay had always won by convincing margins. However, that all changed yesterday! A Democrat will be filling this seat for the first time in more than 40 years!
The Dems ran the perfect candidate in this race. Shawn Flaherety is from a respected political family in Pittsburgh. Shawn will have to run again soon as this race was just to fill the remaining year of Mr. Habay's term. This was an extremely tight race, but it's one that the good guys finally won. Hopefully, this is a harbinger of things to come not only in Pennsylvania but throughout the United States. Here is a link to the PPG article:
http://www.post-gazette.com/...