{"id":1732134,"date":"2022-11-09T13:02:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732134"},"modified":"2022-11-09T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T18:18:17","slug":"pennsylvania-re-elects-state-lawmaker-who-died-last-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-re-elects-state-lawmaker-who-died-last-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Re-Elects State Lawmaker Who Died Last Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpennsylvania-re-elects-state-lawmaker-who-died-last-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732134&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Democratic-Pennsylvania-State-Rep-Reelected-despite-Being-DEAD.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania state representative, Democrat Anthony \u201cTony\u201d DeLuca, was reelected during the midterm elections, despite passing away on October 9.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DeLuca died after a brief battle with lymphoma last month.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/lifelong-democrat-denounces-aoc-the-hispanic-community-is-turning\/\">Democrat <\/a>was 85,\u201d the Pennsylvania House Democratic Caucus wrote.<\/p>\n<p>DeLuca was Pennsylvania\u2019s longest-serving state rep, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania House Democrats said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pennsylvania-state-representative-reelected-despite-being-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we\u2019re incredibly saddened by the loss of Representative Tony DeLuca, we are proud to see the voters to continue to show their confidence in him and his commitment to Democratic values by re-electing him posthumously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA special election will follow soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some folks commenting that the voters here were oblivious. Some certainly were. But for others, they likely preferred the idea of a special election over electing the third-party candidate on the ballot<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Wolfson (@chwolfson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chwolfson\/status\/1590173540871188480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>DeLuca\u2019s opponent, Green Party challenger Queonia \u201cZarah\u201d Livingston, ran on a decidedly left-wing platform, putting her three main priorities as \u201cenvironmental justice,\u201d \u201cending the war on drugs,\u201d and \u201creducing gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/lifelong-democrat-denounces-aoc-the-hispanic-community-is-turning\/\">Lifelong Democrat Denounces AOC: \u2018The Hispanic Community Is Turning\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pennsylvania-state-representative-reelected-despite-being-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>DeLuca was a resident of Penn Hills for over 60 years. He got his start in politics serving on the Penn Hills Government Study Commission, then five years as a Penn Hills Councilman, followed by two years as Penn Hills Deputy Mayor before running for his legislative seat and defeating the Republican incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from Westinghouse High School and the Community College of Allegheny County. He had four children, nine grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his late wife, he was preceded in death by his brother Larry and his parents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania state representative, Democrat Anthony \u201cTony\u201d DeLuca, was reelected during the midterm elections, despite passing away on October 9. 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