Madeleine Dean has defeated Nick Mattiacci in the special election for the PA-153 House seat in the state legislature that was vacated by Josh Shapiro when he become a Montgomery County commissioner earlier this year.
With a preliminary count showing Dean as having collected about 57 percent of the votes, Tuesday.
Mattiacci will not have to wait long for a rematch. Though tonight's election settled who will serve the remainder of Shapiro's erstwhile term, the seat is up for re-election this November, when Dean will again face Mattiacci. This time, though, she will be doing so as the incumbent.
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Shapiro issued congratulations to Dean via his Twitter account late Tuesday night.
More on Dean's victory later this evening.