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Republican D. Raja took the stage last week in a half-empty ballroom at the Radisson Green Tree as the curtain fell on his campaign.
Just a year after Shaler Republican Tom Corbett beat Democratic Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato in their hometown to win the governor's office, the Republican running at the top of the countywide ticket had lost by 24 percentage points.See the full content of this document
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Gop Tide Falls As Party Fails to Repeat Success in Allegheny County
"I thought there would be momentum," said Raja, 46, of Mt. Lebanon, citing recent Republican success in the Democrat-dominated county. But fewer than 27 percent of voters turned out. "The diehards came out. The middle never showed up."
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