Oddity in Pennsylvania House primaries.
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Pennsylvania state Rep. Mike Fleck, a Republican and the state’s first out gay lawmaker, said Tuesday he will run as a Democrat to retain his seat this November after a write-in challenger to his seat in the Republican primary race apparently received more votes.
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source (happened to pick that source, but there are a lot of others also available).
He lost in the Republican primary to write-in candidate (Huntingdon County Treasurer) Richard Irvin, but won as a write-in candidate vs also write-in candidate Irvin in the Democratic primary (I believe there were no "real" Democratic candidates). So he's going to be a Republican running as a Democrat in the general election (and I got to say, "or something like that".)
Moose
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