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Pennsylvania Incumbents Clash in Key House Race
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 14, 2002 04:45pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Oct 14, 2002 04:45pm |
| Description | When Pennsylvania was forced to cut seats in the House of Representatives after the 2000 census, 10-term Republican Rep. George Gekas was given a new district designed for an easy run for re-election.
But with Election Day just three weeks off, the race has been anything but easy in a battle that could help decide which party controls the House.
Gekas was pitted against another sitting congressman, five-term Democratic Rep. Tim Holden, in one of only four such races in the country with House incumbents facing one another -- and, by most accounts, the closest one. |
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