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Pennsylvania State Capital Bureau
In the six weeks that followed a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, more than 22,000 Pennsylvania Republicans left their party.
About 10,500 of them registered as Democrats, and another 11,600 registered with an unaffiliated party, according to Department of State data.
It s likely welcome news to Pennsylvania Democrats, who have watched their registration edge dwindle from about 800,000 in 2018 to a little more than 600,000 last month.
Republicans are switching to Democrats mostly in Philadelphia and its surrounding suburban counties, the Lehigh Valley and Allegheny County. Those areas helped Democrats win the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election, and higher margins could encourage Democrats.
Pa. GOP aligns with Trump in rebuke of Toomey, censure of Wolf and Dems
Pennsylvania State Capital Bureau
The Republican Party of Pennsylvania late Monday night narrowly voted to rebuke U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey for his choice to impeach former President Donald Trump, but they did not censure him.
Instead, they censured four Democrats for their handling of the coronavirus and the presidential election, giving credence to Trump s unproven claims that the Pennsylvania election was unfair and fraudulent.
A rebuke or censure has no formal effect. It merely shows disapproval. In this case, it s less effective because Toomey is not running for reelection. He s retiring at the end of his term because of a self-imposed, two-term limit.
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