{"id":2228653,"date":"2024-04-23T21:55:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ryan-mackenzie-prevails-in-pennsylvania-gop-primary-to-face-democrat-susan-wild\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T21:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:56:35","slug":"ryan-mackenzie-prevails-in-pennsylvania-gop-primary-to-face-democrat-susan-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ryan-mackenzie-prevails-in-pennsylvania-gop-primary-to-face-democrat-susan-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Mackenzie wins Pennsylvania GOP primary, will compete against Democrat Susan Wild"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fryan-mackenzie-prevails-in-pennsylvania-gop-primary-to-face-democrat-susan-wild%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=2228653&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--><p>Ryan\u2063 Mackenzie,\u200c a\u200d Republican candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-when-democrats-were-cool-with-calling-elections-stolen\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Democrats Once Accepted Election Results as 'Stolen'\">emerged\u200b victorious<\/a> in the\u200d Pennsylvania \u200d7th Congressional District GOP primary, prevailing in a competitive\u200b race against Kevin Dellicker and Maria \u200dMontero. Securing 42.6% of the\u2063 vote, Mackenzie now advances to challenge Democrat Susan Wild in the upcoming election.\u200d The Associated Press declared the race results at 9:41 p.m. Read more&#8230; Ryan Mackenzie, a Republican candidate, won the Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District \u2064GOP primary, defeating Kevin\u200d Dellicker and Maria Montero. \u200bWith 42.6% of the vote, Mackenzie \u200cwill now face Democrat Susan Wild in the\u2064 upcoming election. The race results were announced by \u2064The \u2062Associated \u200cPress \u2063at \u200c9:41 p.m.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republican candidate Ryan Mackenzie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2975024\/pining-pennsylvania-republicans-battle-susan-wild-house-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>won the GOP primary<\/a> for Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th Congressional District, eking out a victory in a crowded field of candidates looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2973659\/pining-for-pennsylvania-mccormick-seeks-do-over-in-fight-for-crucial-senate-seat-monday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>flip the crucial House seat<\/a> red in November. <\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie defeated two Republicans, veteran Kevin Dellicker and attorney Maria Montero, after garnering 42.6% of the vote when the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 9:41 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania state representative will go on to challenge Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), who was first elected in 2018. Since then, Wild narrowly secured victories in both 2020 and 2022, making Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th District one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conor-lamb-the-latest-to-jump-into-critical-pennsylvania-senate-race\/\" title=\"Conor Lamb The Latest To Jump Into Critical Pennsylvania Senate Race\">competitive races<\/a> of the 2024 cycle. <\/p>\n<p>Although Wild won by a strong 10-point margin in 2018, the Pennsylvania Democrat won by only 3.8 points against Lisa Scheller in 2020, a much closer race than expected. That margin fell even smaller in 2022 when Wild defeated Scheller by just 2 points. <\/p>\n<p>Now Republicans see the seat as ripe for a pickup opportunity as they try to paint her as a \u201ccareer politician\u201d out of touch with Pennsylvania voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re an incumbent and your numbers are heading south like that, that is a bad sign,\u201d Mackenzie said.<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, Mackenzie added, Wild will be a \u201cformidable challenge.\u201d But the state lawmaker expressed confidence in his voting record as he faces the incumbent in November. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a proven conservative who has a track record of cracking down on illegal immigration, reining in wasteful spending, and doing that as a state representative,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so it\u2019s a really very clear contrast between myself and Susan Wild. It\u2019s gonna make it easy for voters to determine which way they want to go on this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All 435 seats are up for grabs in 2024 as Republicans seek to hold their slim majority in the lower chamber. Of these, 42 are considered competitive, with most of those held by Democrats, giving the GOP a slight advantage as it prepares for the next election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>However, of the 42 competitive seats, 17 are held by Republicans in districts that voted for President Joe Biden in 2020, compared to just five Democrats who must defend their seats in districts carried by former President Donald Trump. That means there are just enough vulnerable GOP-held seats to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-hopes-to-transform-new-york-into-battleground-as-party-leaders-focus-on-crime\/\" title=\"GOP hopes to transform New York into battleground as party leaders focus on crime\">things competitive heading<\/a> into the next election cycle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Mackenzie secures victory in PA&#8217;s 7th Congressional District GOP primary, leading in a competitive field aiming to win the pivotal House seat. He triumphed over veteran Kevin Dellicker and attorney Maria Montero, with 42.6% of the vote, as reported by the Associated Press. 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