Daily News | Despite midterm losses, Pa. Republicans appear unlikely to abandon combative agenda
that “people don’t vote for Republicans to come to state capitols to negotiate backroom deals with far-left extremists.”
Southeast Pennsylvania is one of the most vote-rich areas of the state. Once a GOP stronghold, the region has become increasingly controlled by Democrats in the last decade. Democrats did well there in the midterms, ousting one of the state House’s long-standing Republican holdouts, Todd Stephens in Montgomery County, who was known for his willingness to cross the political aisle.
“I think that the Republicans need to recognize that there are sizable populations that don’t live in rural Pennsylvania, that feel differently about things, particularly social issues,” he said. “If they want to compete for suburban voters, which I think they have to if they want to be competitive in Pennsylvania statewide, then they’re gonna have to reexamine some of their policies.”
Privately, other GOP sources have said they disagreed with leadership’s decision to force a late-night vote in July on a controversial bundled constitutional amendment. It would have included several disparate constitutional changes, including a measure to block courts from finding a constitutional right to abortion access, and another aimed at implementing stricter voter ID laws.
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine told Spotlight PA that leadership would avoid votes on controversial bills by arguing it was too hard for some colleagues or by arguing that the timing wasn’t right.
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