MADRID, 10 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Anthony DeLuca, who died on October 9 at the age of 85, has won the race for the seat for the House of Representatives in the 32nd district of the state of Pennsylvania, all after winning a large majority with 85 percent. cent of the votes.
The representative for the State of Pennsylvania, belonging to the Democratic Party, had been in charge of his seat in the country’s Lower House from 1983 until his death from lymphoma, which he had previously defeated on two occasions, has reported ‘Pittsburgh Post -Gazette’.
When DeLuca died almost a month ago, it was already too late to change the ballots, so he remained a candidate for Pennsylvania’s 32nd legislative district.
In the elections, no Republican representative rivaled DeLuca. Her only opponent was Green Party candidate Queonia Livingston, who received 14 percent of the vote.
“While we are incredibly saddened by the loss of Representative Tony DeLuca, we are proud to see voters continue to show their confidence in him and their commitment to Democratic values ??by re-electing him posthumously,” the Democratic Campaign Committee said in a message on its website. twitter account.
However, and as the Democrats have explained, a “special election” will soon take place to see who could replace him.
