Special election date set to fill seat left vacant by Sen. Dave Arnold’s death
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, shown here gaveling in a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate, announced on Monday the special election to fill the 48th state senatorial district seat. The seat became vacant due to the recent death of the late Sen. Dave Arnold.
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) AP
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A special election to fill the 48th state senatorial district seat left vacant by the recent death of Sen. Dave Arnold will be held on May 18.
Whether prosecuting criminals or working in Harrisburg, Moreland described Arnold as someone willing to fight for public safety and assisting first responders. (Arnold) was a fighter, he said. He fought cancer. He fought it, (and) he never gave up. Never once.
Moreland said Arnold s highest honor in the senate was when Senate Resolution 333 was unanimously adopted in June 24. The resolution designates the month of June 2020 as Cancer Survivors Recognition Month. I think throughout his journey he wanted to bring awareness to some of the issues that faced him, Moreland said. Because the research has been lacking, the money has been lacking for the type of illness that he had. So he wanted to raise awareness for those causes so that other people didn t have to go through one day what he did.