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[[File:Matthew S. Quay LOC picture.png|thumb|right|220px|[[Matthew S. Quay]], a powerful Pennsylvania machine boss.]]

[[File:Matthew S. Quay LOC picture.png|thumb|right|220px|[[Matthew S. Quay]], a powerful Pennsylvania machine boss.]]

'''Pennsylvania''', which means "[[William Penn|Penn]]'s woods" or "Penn's land," was one of the original thirteen colonies in the [[United States]]. Its capital is [[Harrisburg]] and it borders [[Ohio]], [[Maryland]], [[New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Delaware]], and [[West Virginia]].  For two decades Pennsylvania repeatedly voted for the [[Democrat]] candidate for president, but in 2016 [[Republican]] [[Donald Trump]] carried the state by 44,000 votes with his message of "Make America Great Again" along with his criticism of [[free trade]] and illegal [[immigration]].  In 2020, Trump won by a landslide among in-person voters, but 2.6 million mailed-in votes without the statutorily required signature verification was counted in favor of [[Biden]], and he was declared the winner in a dispute outcome.

'''Pennsylvania''', which means "[[William Penn|Penn]]'s woods" or "Penn's land," was one of the original thirteen colonies in the [[United States]]. Its capital is [[Harrisburg]] and it borders [[Ohio]], [[Maryland]], [[New York]], [[New Jersey]], [[Delaware]], and [[West Virginia]].  For two decades Pennsylvania repeatedly voted for the [[Democrat]] candidate for president, but in 2016 [[Republican]] [[Donald Trump]] carried the state by 44,000 votes with his message of "Make America Great Again" along with his criticism of [[free trade]] and illegal [[immigration]].  In 2020, Trump won by a landslide among in-person voters, but 2.6 million mailed-in votes without the statutorily required signature verification was counted in favor of [[Biden]], and he was declared the winner in a disputed outcome.

 

In 2022, Pennsylvania is a battleground state for control of the [[U.S. Senate]], as [[Trump]]-endorsed [[Republican]] [[Mehmet Oz|Dr. Oz]] faces off against [[Leftist]] [[Dem]] John Fetterman for the seat held by retiring Republican [[Pat Toomey]].

The state Constitution of Pennsylvania, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says:

The state Constitution of Pennsylvania, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says: