BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — When Summer Lee first started running for office in 2018 to represent State House District 34, she was doing the unthinkable, going against longtime incumbent Paul Costa in a Democratic Party primary to represent a seat that includes parts of Pittsburgh as well as Swissvale, Homestead, and this old steel town along the Monongahela River.
Not that many people took her all that seriously.
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