Recount over, but new fight begins The Chesco hand recount confirms Democrats' control. Who becomes speaker of the Pa. House is uncertain

Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans, a Philadelphia mayoral candidate and apparent incoming chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, put it this way: "[John Perzel] can try, but he's not going to win. The people have spoken." The Northeast Philadelphia Republican has a few op...

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Published inMcClatchy - Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Angela Couloumbis and Mari Schaefer
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 22.12.2006
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Congressional committees
Election results
Mass transit
Sales taxes
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Summary:Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans, a Philadelphia mayoral candidate and apparent incoming chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, put it this way: "[John Perzel] can try, but he's not going to win. The people have spoken." The Northeast Philadelphia Republican has a few options open in trying to maintain the speaker's job. He could try to flip a Democrat. He could try to persuade a Democrat -- or two -- to stay home on Jan. 2. Or he could try to get a Democrat to vote for him. Although Democrats say they do not want to underestimate Perzel, most do not believe he can pull it off, mainly because there is a strong Democrat in the governor's office: Ed Rendell. Perzel, they say, is not working from a position of strength.