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The article reports on the victory of Democratic candidate Conor Lamb over the Republican Party's Rick Saccone in the 18th Congressional District special election held in Pennsylvania in March 2018. Topics discussed include the Democratic victory in the U.S. President Donald Trump's Rust Belt base, the political landscape ahead of the midterm elections to be held in November, and the likelihood that Republican officials will demand a recount through litigation.

The article reports on the victory of several Democratic candidates, winning four House seats in Pennsylvania during the November 2018 election in the U.S. such as Chrissy Houlahan, Mary Gay Scanlon, and Susan Wild.

The article discusses 2016 Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's decision to urge black voters in North Carolina to vote early and punish Republican politicians in the state who support American presidential hopeful Donald J. Trump's candidacy, and it mentions how Clinton is leading Trump in various public opinion polls. According to the article, Clinton is also trying to help Democratic candidates in places such as Pennsylvania, Nevada, and New Hampshire get elected.

The article focuses on increased political participation of American women in different communities following election of President Donald Trump, citing example of Erin Gabriel, who has been working on democratic campaigns, and mentions a Progress PA, Resistance group in Pennsylvania.

The article focuses on the change in attitude of voters in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania toward U.S. President Donald Trump, who reportedly got remarkable support during his election in 2016, and mentions impact of Trump's moves like announcement of tariffs to protect the American steel industry.

The article offers information on the lawsuit filed by voting-rights advocates in Pennsylvania against the state which aims to nullify the congressional-district map of the state as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.

The article reports on the efforts of U.S. Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton to court voters in swing state Pennsylvania as of July 2016, dealing with topics including Clinton's supporters and criticisms against rival Donald Trump.

The article reports on an announcement of the Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane regarding avoiding the upcoming election, as of February 2016, citing charges if felony and impeachment on her, and mentions that Kane rejected the call to resign from Republicans.

The article reports that the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, one of the largest student loan operations in the U.S., said it would suspend making federally-guaranteed loans in March, 2008. The agency said it could no longer borrow the capital it needed. The U.S. Congress cut subsidies to lenders in the student loan program, and investors are unwilling to purchase securities backed by the loans.

The article examines the difficulties encountered by Governor Edward Rendell of Pennsylvania in enacting his proposals for health care reform. Rendell's plan stressed cost containment, even citing it as one of the benefits of universal access to health insurance. Opposition from institutions affected by the plan, such as insurers, doctors, and small businesses, has stalled it in the state legislature, which refuses to raise the taxes needed to fund Rendell's plan.

Focuses on the two remaining 'swing' districts, election districts that regularly switch from the control of one party to the other, in the United States House of Representatives. Disappearance of swing districts as an example of how the nature of Congressional election politics has changed; Reasons for the competitiveness of the remaining swing districts in Washington and Pennsylvania; Advantages of the system of swing districts for incumbency.