Rachel Wallace

Former firefighter Bob Brooks piled up more than twice as votes as his closest contenders to win the Democratic nomination for the 7th Congressional District seat. Brooks will face incumbent Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie.

Residents vowed to fight a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement proposal to open an immigrant detention center in a former Big Lots warehouse in Tremont Twp., Schuylkill County. A Democratic congressional candidate organized the town hall.

Pennsylvania’s 9th Congressional District has twice as many Republicans as Democrats, but that isn’t discouraging a bunch of Democrats from trying to challenge off four-term Republican congressman Dan Meuser next year.

Democrat Rachel Wallace says she's running for the 9th Congressional District seat because U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, a Republican, hasn't done a good job representing district residents.