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HARRISBURG -- Voters continued shakeup of the state legislature's leadership Tuesday, defeating No. 2 Democratic leader Mike Veon.
Veon, House Minority Whip and the only lawmaker who opposed the repeal of the 2005 pay raise, lost his Beaver County seat to Republican challenger Jim Marshall by about 54 to 46 percent.See the full content of this document
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Veon Loses, Continuing Voter Backlash Over Pay Grab
"A Democratic leader (losing) in a Democratic year. It has to be the pay raise," said Jack Treadway, a political science professor at Kutztown University in Berks County.
Veon conceded shortly after 10 p.m. thro...See the full content of this document
