Partisan control of the state House of Representatives is hanging in the balance as Pennsylvania lawmakers, their families and supporters arrive at the state Capitol to start a new two-year legislative session.
UNITED STATES - AUGUST 19: The Pennsylvania State Capitol building is seen on Friday, August 19, 2022. Partisan control of the state House of Representatives hung in the balance Tuesday as Pennsylvania lawmakers, their families and supporters arrived at the state Capitol to be sworn in for the new two-year legislative session.
The House had been poised to vote for speaker after members were sworn in at noon on the House floor, but the chief clerk, Brooke Wheeler, soon announced a halt to the voting session, and there was no indication when the speaker vote would take place. Nearly a quarter of the House are newly elected members, turnover driven by retirements and incumbent defeats caused in part by redistricting that occurred after the 2000 census.
The Democratic floor leader, Rep. Joanna McClinton, of Philadelphia, has moved to schedule those elections for Feb. 7, when voters will pick a successor to DeLuca.
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