Another GOP wins PA state seat---from Philly special election

**mikelets456** · March 25th, 2015, 09:15 AM

Does anyone know her?
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/po..._District.html

GOP's Martina White wins 170th House District
Martina White became the city's second Republican member in the state House on Tuesday night, with a commanding win in a special election for Northeast Philadelphia's 170th District.

Her victory - by a margin of 14 percent with 97 percent of the vote tallied Tuesday night - prompted Republican celebrations and Democratic recriminations. White defeated Democrat Sarah Del Ricci, who was handpicked for the special election by Lt. Gov. Mike Stack III.

White credited the win - the first pickup by the Republicans of an open General Assembly seat in Philadelphia in 25 years - to the hard work of volunteers, including several unions that endorsed her.

"It's an honor to have the level of support we've had," White said. "I know it's a major upset for my opponent and probably the lieutenant governor as well."

U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, who left the 170th District seat in January to take a seat in the U.S. House, issued a statement congratulating White, saying she "clearly was the harder-working candidate."

**bigandy1966** · March 25th, 2015, 10:02 AM

Yay! whats her stance on the 2A?

**bigdawgbeav** · March 25th, 2015, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by bigandy1966

Yay! whats her stance on the 2A?

Nothing mentioned on her website:

http://www.votemartina.com/#!issues/c1et

**jerkin** · March 25th, 2015, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by bigandy1966

Yay! whats her stance on the 2A?

Big supporter, just like Wolf. She probably used to give her employees the first day of deer season off too and believes everyone has the right to own a musket.

Come on man, she's from Philly. Stop with all the hope, lol.

**ungawa** · March 25th, 2015, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by mikelets456

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White credited the win - the first pickup by the Republicans of an open General Assembly seat in Philadelphia in 25 years - to the hard work of volunteers, including several unions that endorsed her.

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That was going to be my second question. My first question was, "You mean Philadelphia in Pennsylvania?

**ungawa** · March 25th, 2015, 11:33 AM

She's kinda yummy.

**RockIsland** · March 25th, 2015, 11:56 AM

Even though her name is White, I pictured her being black.

I guess I really am a racist.

**Sparks** · March 25th, 2015, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by jerkin

Big supporter, just like Wolf. She probably used to give her employees the first day of deer season off too and believes everyone has the right to own a musket.

Come on man, she's from Philly. Stop with all the hope, lol.

Not everyone in the city is anti-gun. While we are not the majority, we are here.

**ungawa** · March 25th, 2015, 01:52 PM

I'd patronize her dickstrict.

**elweasel** · March 25th, 2015, 02:17 PM

From the article

The 170th District has 36,185 registered voters. Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1, a smaller margin of advantage than the 7-1 registration Democrats hold citywide.

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DISTRICT 170

(98% of the vote)

Sarah Del Ricci (D) . . . 2,681

Martina White (R) . . . 3,506

7 to 1 D to R citywide, that is why Philly sucks.

And only 17% of registered voters vote is why elections in general suck so much. JMHO

To White's credit you saw her signs everywhere in NE Philly, even one hanging off a crane next to I-95. At US-1 and Southampton Road there was 20 White signs to 1 of Del Ricci.