The example in Pennsylvania is one of others nationwide that captures the polarizing effect the 2010 landmark healthcare law has had on the nation’s political scene.
Former-Rep. Holden had been a congressman for two decades and had founded the centrist group known as the Blue Dog coalition.
Political experts suggest that redistricting — which likely cost Mr. Altmire his seat in Congress since it pinned him in a primary against a more liberal incumbent — may be a contributing factor to the country’s growing ideological divide.
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