Two candidates seeking to be the Democratic nominee for a special election in state House District 19 tied in a vote by Democratic committee members on Thursday night. And Aerion Abney beat Glenn Grayson only after having a slip of paper with his name on it drawn from an empty tub of margarine.
Members of the Allegheny County Democratic Committee have named Martell Covington as the candidate they’d like to represent their party in a special election this spring for state House District 24.
Newly filed campaign finance reports suggest that the top three Democrats running to replace retiring Congressman Mike Doyle began the year with the means to wage robust campaigns and the last of them to announce his run weighed in with the largest numbers for fundraising in the last three months of the year.
Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler on Tuesday ordered a special election to fill the state House seat vacated by Jake Wheatley, who stepped down to become Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey’s chief of staff. The special election to fill his seat in the 19th State House District will be held April