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...The special election set a conservative Democrat, Mark Critz, against Republican Tim Burns for the House seat held for many years by the late John Murtha, an influential Democrat....
...His former district chief, Mark Critz, 48, is running on the Democratic ticket and is fashioning himself as Mr Murtha’s protégé....
...Democrat Mark Critz, Mr Murtha's former economic director who was selling himself as the former congressman's protege, won 53 per cent of the vote over Republican Tim Burns' 45 per cent....
...The victory of Democrat Mark Critz in a Pennsylvania congressional by-election shows that Republicans have not yet won back the public’s trust, even in conservative districts....
...The race had looked tight but Mark Critz, Mr Murtha’s former economic director, beat Tim Burns, a self-made millionaire and Tea Party organiser, by an eight-point margin....
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