The pivotal position in the presidential election that was anticipated for Pennsylvania is looking more likely as vote counting continues. Pennsylvanians waited for the results of counting early Wednesday. Tuesday's election drew large numbers of voters to the polls. All 18 of the state's members of Congress sought reelection, and at least 11 won. Including Republican Dan Meuser; Many other races haven't been resolved, including in the Legislature and row offices.
The vote count continues in the 8th Congressional District pitting Republican challenger Jim Bognet against Democrat Incumbent Matt Cartwright. With thousands of mail in ballots yet to be counted Bognet holds a lead in the race. The 8th Congressional District includes all of Lackawanna, Pike, Wayne, most of Luzerne and part of Monroe Counties.
In the 112th Legislative District incumbent Democrat Kyle Mullins appears to have secured his second term with a win over Republican challenger Mary Noldy.
In the 113th Legislative District incumbent Democrat Marty Flynn defeated Republican challenger William Kresge. Results are still unofficial.
In Lackawanna County the projected winner in the 114th Legislative district is incumbent Democrat Bridget Kosierowski Challenger Republican James May conceded in a Facebook post last evening sending out thanks to his supporters and congratulations to Kosierowski.
In the 116th Legislative District Incumbent Republican Tarah Toohill continues to hold a significant lead over Democratic challenger Todd Eachus. The vote count continues later this morning.
Counting the votes will continue today including in Luzerne County. Before they stopped for the night, the numbers on the Luzerne County website reflected in person votes yesterday. Then the Bureau of Elections moved on to mail in ballots and counted over 60thousand before stopping for the night. They will resume at 10am with updated numbers given every two hours.
Lackawanna County Bureau of Elections credited two machine upgrades and more people to help election officials able to get through the ballot counting process quicker and more efficiently than in the primary. Adding a third high speed scanner and purchasing a high speed letter opener made a huge difference in getting nearly complete election results from in person and mail in ballot voting from the 163 polling places in the county before wrapping up for the evening.
