ELECTION UPDATE.(Brief Article)

With little fanfare, two new pro-life members of Congress were sworn in after winning special elections. Pro-life Republican Jeff Miller and pro-life Democrat Stephen Lynch will finish out the remaining term of their predecessors.

On October 16, Miller, a state representative, won an open seat in Florida's first district. The seat had been held by pro-life Congressman Joe Scarborough (R), who resigned to spend more time with his family. Miller won the seat with 66% of the vote in the heavily Republican district.

Also on October 16, state Senator Lynch won the ninth district seat previously held by the late Congressman Joe Moakley (D). In a switch from usual elections, Lynch is pro-life while his opponent, Republican state Senator Jo Ann Sprague, is pro-abortion. Lynch won with 65% of the vote.

Meanwhile, in Arkansas's third district, parties selected their final candidates in an October 16 run-off. The seat became vacant when pro-life Republican Asa Hutchinson resigned to become head of the DEA.

Pro-life optometrist John Boozman defeated pro-life state Senator Gunner DeLay to win the Republican nomination, and state Rep. Mike Hathorn defeated pro-abortion state Rep. Jo Carson for the Democratic nomination.

Although Hathorn is campaigning in this conservative district as opposed to abortion, he says that abortion should be "legal but rare" and opposes the complete reversal of Roe v. Wade. Boozman and Hathorn will face each other in a November 20 election.

As expected, pro-life South Carolina state Senator Joe Wilson won the Republican nomination October 30 to replace the late Congressman Floyd Spence (R).