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Democrat takes Senate seat after GOP sued to undo election

| January 13, 2021 12:03 PM

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Democratic state senator in Pennsylvania was sworn in Wednesday to his third full term, a week after the chamber's Republican majority blocked him from taking his Pittsburgh-area seat amid a lawsuit seeking to disqualify ballots that helped him win.

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