Control of the Pennsylvania House will again hinge on result of a special election

FILE – Lindsay Powell, Democratic candidate in a special election to fill a vacant Pennsylvania House seat, visits with campaign workers on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Sept. 9, 2023. Voters are deciding which party will control Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives after a Pittsburgh lawmaker’s resignation created a 101 to 101 partisan divide. If voters elect Powell in Tuesday’s special election in the heavily Democratic district, Democrats will keep their slim 102 to 101 majority. A win for Erin Connolly Autenreith will give the House back to Republicans, and the party would control both the House and the Senate. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar file)

The Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Control of Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives will again be determined by the results of a special election, this time a race being held Tuesday to fill the seat of a Pittsburgh lawmaker whose resignation put the chamber at a 101-101 partisan tie.

If voters in the heavily-Democratic district cast their ballots for former congressional staffer Lindsay Powell, Democrats will keep the slight majority

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