Intraparty tension surrounding a special election in York County for a state Senate seat could foreshadow a tense year for Senate Republican efforts to keep their majority. The GOP now holds a slim 27-23 lead in the Senate.
Political experts say that seat, vacated when long-time incumbent Mike Waugh left to become executive director of the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, will almost certainly stay Republican, but the question is which kind of Republican. One candidate, businessman Scott Wagner, does not fit the profile GOP leaders want, one expert said.
