A Pennsylvania Home Democrat has died, the Home Democratic caucus introduced Sunday evening, leaving the chamber deadlocked at a 101-101 get together cut up.
Rep. Matt Gergely, D-Allegheny, died Sunday.
He was 45, Home Democrats mentioned.
Neither Home Democrats nor Gergely’s household have launched a trigger, though they mentioned two weeks in the past that he suffered a “vacation medical emergency requiring hospitalization” within the days earlier than the Home convened its biennial session earlier this month.
Home Democrats gained by a one-seat margin within the November election, the identical one-seat margin Democrats held within the final legislative session.
Gergely’s loss of life means the chamber can be tied 101-101 till a particular election is held to fill the seat within the closely Democratic Pittsburgh district.
Over the last biennial session, nearly all of Home Democrats handled numerous vacancies of their ranks, at instances slowing the tempo of laws through the biennial legislative session.
In an announcement Sunday evening, Home Democrats mentioned a particular election to fill Gergely’s seat could be known as by Speaker Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia, at a later date.
“Matt can be sorely missed in Harrisburg and we all know his passing is an incredible loss to his communities in Western Pennsylvania. Please be part of us in conserving his spouse and household in your ideas and prayers throughout this tragic time,” Home Democrats mentioned.
