PITTSBURGH (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, the longest-serving member of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation, has lost his re-election bid in a Democratic primary race in a newly redrawn district.
Personal injury attorney Matt Cartwright spent nearly $400,000 in the race against Holden, who was elected to Congress in 1992 and was one of its conservative, so-called Blue Dog Democrats.
Cartwright's campaign hit Holden with allegations that he was too conservative for the district's voters, citing his vote against President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Cummings, a nurse and small business owner from Old Forge, was the only Republican on the primary ballot.
Cartwright will face Scranton tea party activist Laureen Cummings in the fall.