The numbers from the Nov. 3 election probably strike fear in the hearts of many Democrats across the state as they contemplate the midterm congressional elections next year. Despite their party’s statewide 1.21 million voter-registration edge over Republicans, Democratic candidates lost six of the seven seats available on the Supreme, Superior and Commonwealth courts. “I don’t want to sound like the whiny guy who lost an election and we’re looking for excuses,” said T.J. Rooney, the state Democratic chairman, just after the election. He went on to point out that Democrats had no competitive races in Philadelphia, the southwest and the northeast – where most of the Democratic voters live – that compelled their voters to go to the polls. “When you have municipal elections, which are often- times fought over zoning stuff and traffic lights, it’s hard to make that connection with voters unfamiliar with routinely voting,” Mr. Rooney said. “So that’s going to be our challenge.”

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