Tony DeLuca: Late Pennsylvania lawmaker wins reelection one month after death

Tony DeLuca: Late Pennsylvania lawmaker wins reelection one month after death
Tony DeLuca was also one of the original co-founders of the PA Legislative American-Italian Caucus (PA House of Representatives)

ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSLYVANIA: The late Pennsylvania State Representative Tony DeLuca won re-election on Tuesday night, November 8, despite passing away last month. DeLuca, the Democratic candidate, died on October 9, after a brief battle with lymphatic cancer and it was too late for election officials to change the ballots.

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The late 85-year-old who served in the state legislature from 1983 for 39 years until his death, garnered more than 85% of the vote and defeated the Green Party candidate, Queonia 'Zarah' Livingston in the Pittsburgh-area 32nd House District. Tony DeLuca received nearly 14,000 Election Day votes and more than 7,000 mail-in votes, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.