Democrats flipped a state Senate seat in heavily Republican Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, during a special election Tuesday, and the Democrat senator-elect is crediting President Donald Trump for the victory.
Democrat James Andrew Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, won the seat for the 36th District by less than 500 votes, receiving 50% of the total votes counted. Republican candidate and Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons received 49.11% of the vote, and Libertarian candidate Zach Moore received the remaining 0.89%.
“Having reviewed the numbers from last night, including the fact that there are not enough provisional or other outstanding ballots to change the overall result, I have called Mayor Malone to congratulate him and wish him the best,” Parsons said on X Wednesday.
The seat went to a special election when incumbent Republican Ryan…
