Northeast Pa. key to control of U.S. House

The road to majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives has run straight though Pennsylvania in recent years, as congressional districts have changed hands in a state more purple than red or blue.

This year party strategists are narrowing their sights on swing districts that include the western pickups-and-Steelers country, the taverns and churches of the northeastern coal regions and the densely populated suburbs west of Philadelphia that contain a mother lode of socially liberal but fiscally conservative voters.

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