Today is election day. The polls are open in Pennsylvania and will be until 8 p.m. Pennsylvania voters will be electing a U.S. Senator, a governor, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the entire state House of Representatives and half the State Senate. Voters appear to be engaged for this mid-term election with the future direction of Pennsylvania and the nation at stake. Then why are there so many candidates running unopposed?  Grant Schwab is a graduate journalism student at Northwestern University who researched Pennsylvania’s legislative districts where there were unopposed candidates and joins us now from Virginia Beach, Virginia where he and several colleagues are monitoring today’s election.

Today is election day. The polls are open in Pennsylvania and will be until 8 p.m. Pennsylvania voters will be electing a U.S. Senator, a governor, members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the entire state House of Representatives and half the State Senate. Voters appear to be engaged for this mid-term election with the future direction of Pennsylvania and the nation at stake. Then why are there so many candidates running unopposed?  Grant Schwab is a graduate journalism student at Northwestern University who researched Pennsylvania’s legislative districts where there were unopposed candidates and joins us now from Virginia Beach, Virginia where he and several colleagues are monitoring today’s election.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from <a href="https://www.witf.org">WITF</a>, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, hosts Scott LaMar and Aniya Faulcon start the conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at <a href="https://witf.org/programs/the-spark">https://witf.org/programs/the-spark</a>.

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