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Rep. Dennis O'Brien became speaker by defeating former speaker Rep. John Perzel in a 105-97 vote.
He has six Republicans, who broke ranks with their leadership, to thank: Reps. Kerry Benninghoff (R., Center), Jim Cox (R., Berks), Brad Roae (R., Crawford), Sam Rohrer (R., Berks), Curt Schroder (R., Chester) and David Steil (R., Bucks).
They outnumbered the three Democrats -- Reps. Thomas Caltagirone (D., Berks), Angel Cruz (D., Phila.) and Rosita Youngblood (D., Phila.) -- who voted for Perzel.
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My assumption is that Bob Guzzardi supported all the dissident Republicans in some capacity. Does anyone know if that is accurate?
The district that O'Brien represents is a Democratic district that is becoming more Democratic. He might as well switch as it would make it easier for him to be re-elected.
169th
19,023 Democrats
14,334 Republicans
2,497 Indies and others
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