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cpwill said:a point on that one. the democrat in that race ran as an anti-abortion, pro-gun, anti-Obamacare candidate. if conservatism of the type marked by the tea parties is going to hurt the GOP so much, why is the one major Democratic victory story largely a play to it?
Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District is a conservative district, a district that voted for John McCain in 2008. Mark Critz won handily with 53 percent of the vote over the 45 percent of the conservative candidate, Tim Burns.
Mark Critz will mostly be voting with Democrats on a whole range of issues, where Tim Burns would have been a no vote.
It was John Murtha's seat. Here's how Murtha stacks up on the issues you bring up:
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record.
Rated A+ by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record.
The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act has already passed.
It was a seat in a conservative district that many thought was in the bag for the Republicans in their push to regain control of Congress.