In a race that grabbed national attention, Democrats narrowly held onto a congressional seat the party has controlled for nearly four decades as Mark Critz, an aide to the late Rep. John P. Murtha, won a special election Tuesday.
Murtha, who died in February, represented the 12th District for 36 years.
According to unofficial returns from the expansive, nine-county district, Critz took 54 percent of the vote and Republican Tim Burns garnered 43 percent, with about 40 percent of the precincts reporting.
"I am honored. I am humbled. But most of all, I am proud to stand before you as the next representative of Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District," Critz, 48, of Johnstown told supporters.
Burns, 42, a businessman from Eighty Four, conceded the special election at about 11 p.m. in front of supporters gathered at the George Washington Hotel in downtown Washington.
Washington County GOP chairman Tom Uram was disappointed in the ou...
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