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A Democratic state lawmaker in Pennsylvania won re-election by a landslide — even though he died last month.
Rep. Tony DeLuca, who died at the age of 85 on October 9 from lymphoma, crushed Green Party challenger Zarah Livingston in Tuesday's midterm elec- tions.
DeLuca took in more than 85% of the vote in Pennsylvania's 32nd Legislative District. By the
time DeLuca died, it had been too late for offi- cials to change the election bal- lots, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Since DeLuca is dead, there will be a special elec- tion in the future to fill the seat.
The Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee com- mented on the victory for the late
lawmaker, tweet- ing: "While we're
incredibly sad- dened by the loss of Representative Tony DeLuca, we are proud to see the voters to con- tinue to show their confidence in him and his commitment to Democratic val- ues by re-elect- ing him posthu- mously."
DeLuca was the longest-serving lawmaker in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and served the 32nd Legislative District for 39 years.
AMC To Create Zoom Rooms In Its Theaters
By Caitlin Huston
Coming soon to a theater near you: Zoom.
AMC Theatres is partnering with Zoom Video Communications to turn select the- aters into Zoom conference rooms. The two companies plan to launch the rooms in 17 of AMC’s major U.S. mar- kets in 2023.
At launch, compa- nies can book a three-hour block of time at several theaters simulta- neously, in order to hold virtual events across multiple markets. AMC and Zoom will provide the equipment and will offer food and beverage servic- es, a concierge and a movie view- ing for an extra cost.
This is the latest
non-traditional move made by AMC as it seeks to emerge from the pandemic and chip away at its high debt load. Other moves have included buying a 22 per- cent stake in a gold mine, push- ing for its popcorn to be sold in retail stores and creat- ing a special stock dividend, called APE, for the retail investors who rallied around the stock and helped the company avoid bankruptcy.
“AMC has an abundance of attractive theatres at centrally locat- ed venues in city after city after city, each with ample seating capacity, especially so dur- ing daytime hours on weekdays when most meet- ings take place,” said AMC
CEO Adam Aron.
“Our state-of-the- art sight and sound technology is widely renowned, and has made gather- ing in movie the- atres one of the most popular out- of-home entertain- ment options in the United States. Zoom Rooms at AMC broadens our scope, as we now can partici- pate as well in the multi-billion mar- ket for corporate and other meet- ings.”
AMC Theatres reports third-quar- ter earnings on Wednesday. In the company’s last earnings call, Aron warned
of weaker box office perform- ance for the quar- ter, due to the slowdown in wide releases, but he remained opti- mistic about the fourth quarter and 2023.
PA State Lawmaker Won Big In The Midterm Elections Despite Being Dead