The Pennsylvania Republican Party had egg on its face Tuesday morning after losing a very winnable state Senate seat in a special election. Democrat James Malone edged out Republican Josh Parsons by just over 400 votes.
It was the first test for the new state chairman, Greg Rothman, as the state party leader. Four short months after President Donald Trump comfortably won the state and Lancaster County, he came up very short.
Rothman, to his credit, owned up to the shortcomings.
“This is a wake-up call. We can’t rest on our laurels of last November’s great victories. We can’t be complacent, and we must be unified. We need to keep the intensity of 2024 and fight together for every vote,” he said.
Parsons is the Republican chairman of the county board of commissioners, and Malone is the mayor of East Petersburg Borough. The 36th state Senate seat is in a Trump +15…
