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Fed. Judge Rejects GOP Challenge To Pa. Senator's Election By By James Boyle Law360 (January 12, 2021, 2:58 PM EST) -- A Democratic Pennsylvania state senator blocked from his swearing-in ceremony last week by the Republican majority was lawfully reelected in the November election, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Federal District Judge Nicholas Ranjan in Pennsylvania's Western District sided with the Allegheny County Board of Elections that the county's undated mail-in ballots are valid and should be counted. The decision upholds an opinion from the state Sup...

Pa. GOP Cite Lawsuit To Block State Senator's Swearing-In By By Matthew Santoni Law360 (January 5, 2021, 6:22 PM EST) -- Republicans in Pennsylvania's state Senate temporarily evicted the lieutenant governor and refused to seat a Democrat from a suburban Pittsburgh district during the Legislature's first session of the year Tuesday because his opponent was still pursuing a federal lawsuit challenging his 69-vote win. After a party-line vote in the Republican-majority Senate removed Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman from presiding over Tuesday's swearing-in ...