Susan's Wild Ride Ends as Pennsylvania Voters Drink the Kool-Aid, Deny Her a Fourth Term – EVOL

Wild battled a series of blunders throughout her campaign (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Democratic Rep. Susan Wild (Pa.) conceded her race to Republican challenger Ryan Mackenzie in one of the most closely watched House races in the country.

“I lost this election, and my opponent won,” Wild said in a statement to supporters Wednesday morning. “There is no sugarcoating it: this is a bitterly disappointing outcome.”

Mackenzie, a member of the Pennsylvania House, led Wild by more than 5,000 votes when she conceded the race.

Wild, a three-term incumbent, was hampered by a series of blunders throughout her campaign. She came under fire after giving contradictory positions on the Israel-Hamas war in letters responding to two pro-Israel constituents who called on her to support the Jewish state in its war with Hamas.

In one letter, Wild said she supports Israel’s “right to defend itself.” In a letter seemingly intended for a pro-Gaza constituent, Wild called for an “immediate” Israeli ceasefire and asserted the Israeli military “has inflicted devastation on staggering numbers of innocent Palestinian children, families, and civilians in Gaza.”

Mackenzie, a member of the Pennsylvania House since 2012, portrayed Wild as a “radical partisan,” citing her embrace of liberal causes, as

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