(Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) HARRISBURG - A special election to fill a western Pennsylvania state House seat that is vacant because of a lawmaker’s retirement will be held on May 18, the day of the state primary.The speaker’s office said Wednesday that voters in Armstrong, Butler and Indiana counties will choose a new state representative in the district that had been represented until Tuesday by Republican Rep.
Jeff Pyle. Pyle cited a series of health problems in announcing his immediate retirement.The special election for the seat held by Rep.
Mike Reese, R-Westmoreland, had previously also been scheduled for the May 18 primary day. Reese died in early January of an apparent brain aneurysm about a month after publicly disclosing he had.