GOP challenger unseats Rep. Susan Wild in Pennsylvania

Republican Pennsylvania House candidate Ryan Mackenzie is expected to decision incumbent Democratic Rep. Susan Wild successful the state's 7th Congressional District race. Wild announced that she conceded the contention successful a post connected X early connected Wednesday.

Wild has represented Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, which encompasses counties specified as Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton, since 2018, and was expected to look a pugnacious predetermination conflict by her ain party. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee identified the territory arsenic susceptible to Republican decision erstwhile heading into the predetermination rhythm earlier this year.

The Democratic House subordinate ran connected a level of protecting entree to abortion, warring LGBT discrimination, affordable housing, and investing successful infrastructure. Wild, who was backed by President Biden this cycle, overwhelmingly votes on enactment lines, with FiveThirtyEight information showing she has voted for authorities supported by Biden 100% of the time. 

Mackenzie, connected the different hand, campaigned connected securing the U.S. border, vigor independence, cutting taxes, and trimming authorities spending. Former President Donald Trump endorsed Mackenzie earlier this year, aft the 45th president withheld an endorsement for the district’s 2022 race, erstwhile Wild faced Republican challenger Lisa Scheller. 

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Left: Representative Susan Wild, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, successful a record photograph from Jan. 2022. Right: Ryan Mackenzie successful an undated photo. (Getty Images/ Rep. Ryan Mackenzie office)

"Ryan Mackenzie has my Complete and Total Endorsement — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!" Trump wrote connected Truth Social successful August. 

Mackenzie presently serves successful the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, a spot he’s held since 2012 including amid redistricting. 

Pennsylvania authorities Rep. Ryan Mackenzie. (State Rep. Ryan Mackenzie)

Wild has faced pugnacious re-election bids since the 2022 cycle, erstwhile redistricting implicit the 2020 Census took effect and included votes from Republican-friendly Carbon County. 

Ahead of her 2022 race, Wild came nether the nationalist spotlight erstwhile she said she "might person to school" agrarian Trump voters successful bid to triumph their support. 

In a Zoom telephone earlier this year, Wild recalled however she felt erstwhile she learned that her constituency would see a region that "drank the Trump Kool-Aid" aft the electoral boundaries for her legislature territory were redrawn. 

"After Trump came along, it went from a benignant of working-class bluish territory to a – they drank the Trump Kool-Aid – and it truly became a reddish county. So, I was dismayed erstwhile I got that arsenic portion of my district," she said. 

VULNERABLE HOUSE DEM CAUGHT ON ZOOM CALL LAMENTING 'TRUMP KOOL-AID' VOTERS IN HER DISTRICT

Rep. Susan Wild speaks astatine a property league connected Sept. 21, 2022. (Brian Stukes/Getty Images for Protect Our Care)

Wild aboriginal apologized "to anyone I whitethorn person offended" implicit the comment. 

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Pennsylvania emerged arsenic a cardinal battleground authorities for the statesmanlike contention this cycle. Trump narrowly won the authorities successful his palmy 2016 predetermination against erstwhile Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, portion President Biden declared triumph successful the Keystone State successful the 2020 election. 

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Fox News Digital's Jessica Chasmar contributed to this report. 

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