Live results: Shifting district may cost Democrat Pennsylvania House race

Poll worker Ruby Slappy waits to talk to voters outside of the Renaissance Center on Franklin Avenue in Aliquippa, Pa.

By Matt Pearce

Nov. 6, 2012 12 AM PT

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A shifting district and waves of outside cash have put Democrats at risk of losing their foothold on Western Pennsylvania, where the 12^th Congressional District race has seen more outside money than in any other U.S. House race.

After the 2010 census, Pennsylvania saw its 12^th Congressional District get rejiggered by state Republicans to include more conservative voters. That presents a challenge for Democratic incumbent Mark Critz, who has distanced himself from President Obama and the president’s signature healthcare reform. He is opposed by repeat challenger Keith Rothfus, and outside groups have spent almost $10 million on the race.

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Matt Pearce

Matt Pearce was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times from 2012 to 2024. He previously covered the covering internet culture and podcasting, the 2020 presidential election and spent six years on The Times’ national desk, where he wrote stories about violence, disasters, social movements and civil liberties. Pearce was one of the first national reporters to arrive in Ferguson, Mo., during the uprising in 2014, and he chased Hurricane Harvey across Texas as the storm ravaged the Lone Star State in 2017. A University of Missouri graduate, he hails from a small town outside Kansas City, Mo.