Instead, Democrats parried the attacks and flipped the seat.ĭemocrats also retained control of the state House in Pennsylvania, holding onto a seat in the Philadelphia suburbs, where the winning candidate campaigned, in part, on abortion rights.īoth areas lean Democratic, but Republicans were hoping to make inroads. Republicans were hoping concerns over immigration would put them over the top Tuesday in a closely watched special election in suburban New York to replace the disgraced former Rep.