Election 2012 Results: Rothfus Defeats Critz in Newly Drawn 12th Congressional District
Rothfus was the lone Republican on the Ross and West View ballots to win Tuesday night.
Republican Keith Rothfus of Sewickley defeated incumbent Democratic Rep. Mark Critz of Johnstown, Cambria County, by a margin of 52 to 48 percent to win election in the newly re-drawn Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District. Rothfus said his No. 1 priority is the economy. "We've got to get the economy rolling again," he said Tuesday night after delivering a victory speech at the Holiday Inn on McKnight Road in Ross Townshipt. "I'm concerned about tax policy, about the possibility of another tax increase on our small businesses on January 1st. The president said a couple of years ago you don't want to raise taxes in a slow economy. And so we have to convince the president of the wisdom of his argument from a couple of years ago." Rothfus …
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McKnightmare
8:20 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Democrat spell is broken in Cambria Co. Interesting how Critz hints of 'blame' to the remapping of the area. Had it been Murtha, do you really think the outcome would be the same? Probably not. And it's interesting that not even the population of Cambria Co. could match that of Allegheny's. more ›