How local focus helped a Pennsylvania Republican survive 2020

YORK, Pennsylvania — The call came around 8 p.m. Wednesday evening. Eugene DePasquale, the sitting Pennsylvania state auditor general and Democratic candidate for the 10th Congressional District, had conceded the race to incumbent Republican Rep. Scott Perry.

Very few people would have imagined this call would have come a year ago when DePasquale announced that he was going to challenge the incumbent Republican; DePasquale is a nice, easygoing, centrist Democrat who won two terms statewide handily and along the way earned respect on both sides of the aisle because of his Eagle Scout comportment and pragmatism.