After spending the past 24 years in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, it's going to take time to get used to David Argall as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate.Argall was sworn in today to a four-year term to replace Sen. James Rhoades, who was killed in a car crash last October. Rhoades' name remained on the November ballot and he won re-election posthumously.
Argall won a special election to represent the 29th Senatorial District, which includes all of of Schuylkill and parts of Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton counties.
Argall rose to the No. 2 position in the House Republican Caucus.
He's now the most junior member of the Senate, but his arrival gives the Republicans a 30-20 majority in the 50-member chamber. Argall will be given some plum committee assignments.
His Senate bio has already been posted, but Argall must be posing for a new photograph since the site is missing one.
A special election for Argall's vacated House seat in the 124th District will be held on May 19, which is the same day as the primary election in Pennsylvania.
Originally posted at TONY PHYRILLAS
