The top-ranking Republican in the Pa. House of Representatives asked a court to prevent voters from filling three vacant seats that will determine majority control of the chamber, after one official's death and two others resigning for higher office.
HARRISBURG — The top-ranking Republican in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives asked a court late Friday to prevent voters from filling three vacant seats in February that will determine majority control of the chamber.
Cutler's filing came days after his Democratic counterpart as floor leader, Rep. Joanna McClinton of Philadelphia, claimed the mantle of the chamber's presiding officer andHelped by redrawn district maps and strength at the top of the ticket in gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races, Democrats won a net of 12 seats in the November election, barely enough to retake control of the House, 102-101, after more than a decade in the minority.
Cutler's lawsuit argues that DeLuca's death before the new session began Dec. 1 means Democrats “cannot claim to have ever had a majority of 102 living members or more members than the Republican Caucus.” The Democrats have 99 members and the Republicans 101 who are expected to participate in swearing-in day Jan. 3, with practical control of the chamber up in the air.
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