Primary Opponent Gets Second Crack At Incumbent Congressman

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Last April, Art Halvorson came within a thousand votes of defeating long-time incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster in the Republican primary.
“It came out to one vote per precinct. That’s how close it was,” Halvorson told KDKA political editor Jon Delano on Thursday.
But unlike most, Halvorson is getting another crack at Shuster in the general election.
“The Democratic Party did not nominate a candidate, so it was open. They wrote me in and I won,&rd