Mark Critz has secured the 26 votes necessary from the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party to be their candidate on May 18th to fill the unexpired term of the late John P. Murtha. This pretty much insures the Republican nominee will win the special election and swing this seat tot he GOP. Critz is a fatally flawed candidate and what we'll be seeing the next two and a half months will be ugly. The vote went 30 for Critz, 18 for Hafer and 1 for Bucchianeri.
There will also be a simultaneous primary for the nomination for November for a full term.
