Democrats Maintain Control of Pennsylvania House in Recent Elections

Democrats maintained their narrow Pennsylvania House majority by winning a special election in which Heather Boyd beat Republican Katie Ford for a vacancy created by the resignation of Democratic Rep. Mike Zabel. Boyd’s win gives Democrats 102 seats, the minimum needed to control the agenda in the 203-member House. The result could also affect a proposed constitutional amendment limiting abortion rights that legislative Republicans are one House floor vote away from putting before voters as a referendum.