Democrat Jennifer Mazzocco cruised to an easy victory in the special election Tuesday to represent a number of South Hills suburbs in the state House this year.
Mazzocco bested Republican Joseph Leckenby in a race in which the outcome was clear from almost the moment polls closed at 8 p.m. and the first mail-in ballot totals were released. The Associated Press called the race for Mazzocco shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday, with 45 percent of votes counted.
“We knocked a ton of doors,” said Mazzocco. “Given the national climate, people were not only glad to have a Democrat come to their door, but just excited to talk about an alternative to what’s going on.”
To be fair, based on who’s going door-to-door these days, that isn’t that much of an achiement. Still, each time I read one of these victories, it does make me smile.