The Pennsylvania State Capitol (AP Photo/Matt Rourke/File)
If Democrats end up winning the election – the district leans blue – it will be the fifth time this year they've come out on top in a special legislative election with a state majority up for grabs.
It comes as the Democratic Party tries to emerge from the political wilderness after November's stinging election setbacks, when the party lost control of the White House and U.S. Senate and fell short in its attempt to win back the U.S. House majority from the GOP.
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And recent polling indicates the Democratic Party brand is in need of repair.
The party's favorable rating sank to all-time lows in separate national polls conducted this month by CNN and NBC News. Those numbers followed a record low for Democrats in a Quinnipiac University survey in the field in February.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin speaks with Fox News Digital on Dec. 12, 2024, in Washington. (Fox News - Paul Steinhauser)
While Democrats are favored in the special election, Republicans have also put resources into the race.
"No matter who looks good on paper, you’ve got to have the election," Pennsylvania House Rep. Jamie Barton, who leads the state House GOP’s campaign arm, told the AP. "We’re not taking anything for granted."
On the side of Pennsylvania, voters will be heading to the polls to fill a vacant state Senate seat.
GOP state Sen. Ryan Aument stepped down in December to work as state director for newly elected U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, a fellow Republican.
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Republican Josh Parsons, a Lancaster County commissioner, Democrat James Andrew Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, and libertarian Zachary Moore are running to succeed Aument in state Senate District 36, a red-leaning seat in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Regardless of the election results, the GOP will continue to control the state Senate, where they currently hold a 27-22 majority.
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