Posted on 11/05/2014 9:44:10 AM PST by knarf
Here's how PA went ...
The Republicans will control the General Assembly in the 2015-16 legislative session, scoring an even larger gain in both the Senate and House of Representatives. Members of both chambers are expected to reconvene next week to select their leaders for the new session. In races for the state’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republicans control with a 13-5 majority.
General Assembly
In the General Assembly, all 203 of the seats in the House of Representatives and one-half of the 50 seats in the Senate were up for election. Five senators and 13 members of the House of Representatives did not seek re-election. Six members of the House ran for seats in the Senate. There were 9 incumbents in the Senate and 82 members of the House who ran unopposed.
Senate results
In the state Senate, the 25 even-numbered district seats were up for election. Nine incumbents ran unopposed, and 16 seats were contested. The Republicans gained three seats and will continue to hold the majority in the chamber, with a 30-20 lead.
A breakdown of election results shows that 11 Republican incumbents will return to the Senate in January. They are:
Tommy Tomlinson (R-6), Chuck McIlhinney (R-10), Stuart Greenleaf (R-12), Patrick Browne (R-16), Lisa Baker (R-20), Bob Mensch (R-24), John Eichelberger (R-30), Jake Corman (R-34), Randy Vulakovich (R-38), John Rafferty (R-44), and Mike Folmer (R-48)
. A total of six Democratic incumbents were re-elected to the Senate. They are: Christine Tartaglione (D-2), Anthony Williams (D-8), John Yudichak (D-14), Lisa Boscola (D-18), John Blake (D-22), and Wayne Fontana (D- 42)
. One incumbent was defeated: Timothy Solobay (D-46) lost his bid for re-election.
There will be seven new members of the Senate. Of that total, three will be House members who won a seat in the state Senate. They are: Rep. Ryan Aument (R-36), Rep. Mario Scavello (R-40); and Rep. Michele Brooks (R-50). Rep. Deberah Kula (D-32) did not win her bid for a Senate seat.
The four other new members of the Senate will be: Arthur Haywood (D-4), Thomas McGarrigle (R-26), Patrick Stefano (R-32), and Camera Bartolotta (R-46).
Republicans gain eight seats in the House
Control of the House of Representatives will remain with the Republicans, who picked up eight seats and will now have a 119-84 margin.
Four incumbents were defeated: They are Jesse White (D-46), Rick Mirabito (D-83), Mark Painter (D-146). Also defeated was Mike Fleck (D-81), who ran as a Democrat after losing the Republican primary last spring.
There will be 25 new members of the House next year:
5th House District: Barry Jozwiak (R)
8th House District: Tedd Nesbit (R)
17th House District: Parke Wentling (R)
22nd House District: Peter Schweyer (D)
41st House District: Brett Miller (R)
46th House District: Jason Orititay (R)
52nd House District: Ryan Warner (R)
66th House District: Chris Dush (R)
74th House District: Harry Lewis (R)
80th House District: Judith Ward (R)
81st House District: Rich Irvin (R)
83rd House District: Jeff Wheeland (R)
90th House District: Paul Schemel (R)
93rd House District: Kristin Phillips-Hill (R)
99th House District: David Zimmerman (R)
102nd House District: Russell Diamond (R)
115th House District: David Parker (R)
120th House District: Aaron Kaufer (R)
145th House District: Craig Staats (R)
146th House District: Thomas Quigley (R)
163rd House District: James Santora (R)
169th House District: Kate Anne Klunk (R)
173rd House District: Michael Driscoll (D)
176th House District: Jack Rader (R)
179th House District: Jason Dawkins (D)
U.S. Congressional races in PA
In races for Pennsylvania’s 18-member delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republicans will have 13-5 majority. No Senate races were held in the state this year.
Two incumbent members of the delegation are retiring: Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-6) and Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-13).
Three incumbent members of the Pennsylvania delegation ran unopposed: Reps. Charles Dent (D-13), Michael Doyle (R-14) and Tim Murphy (R-18).
Four Democratic incumbents won: Robert Brady (D-1), Chaka Fattah (D-2), Mike Doyle (D-14) and Matthew Cartwright (D-17)
. Twelve Republican incumbents won: George Kelly (R-3), Scott Perry (R-4), Glenn Thompson (R-5), Patrick Meehan (R-7), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-8), Bill Shuster (R-9), Thomas Marino (R-10), Lou Barletta (R-11), Keith Rothfus (R-12), Charles Dent (D-13), Joseph Pitts (R-16), and Tim Murphy (R-18).
Two newly elected members of the PA delegation are: Replacing Rep. Gerlach will be Republican Ryan Costello (R-6) and replacing Rep. Schwartz will be Democrat Brendan Boyle (D-13).
Corbett was a turncoat on marriage. I’m glad he lost. Good riddance.
“Pennsylvania delegation ran unopposed: Reps. Charles Dent (D-13), Michael Doyle (R-14) and Tim Murphy (R-18).”
Mike Doyle is a Dem ... I think you have a typo :-).
Thanks Knarf.
Even though Wolf won, it’s overall not a disaster.
We got stronger where the laws are made.
"As a public educator it's critical that we vote. This election is as important to us as the U.S. Senate race. The governor will control things that affect my life," he said."
That's the sum of it ... the power of teachers (though still not sure how they'll get their pension, believe Wolf will deliver it ... and I think he WILL ... at the taxpayer's expense)
Blame the Dept of State
/8^)
If there is any political third rail left today, this is it. Corbett shouldn't even have tried running for a second term.
"Foes of Paterno firing play role in Corbett loss"
For several years, political pundits had been predicting that the Penn State/Sandusky scandal would hurt Corbett in his reelection efforts.
A registered Republican, Schmidt said she voted solidly GOP Tuesday - except for Corbett.
Her vote, she said, was for Wolf, even though she said he has been largely silent about the Penn State scandal.
"There is a legitimate concern that Wolf hasn't said a word about Penn State," said Schmidt, "but we are so frustrated with the current makeup of the board [of trustees], and we are so frustrated in the way the governor didn't act in the best interest of Penn State and in the best interest of children, that we are willing to withhold our judgment and hope for the best."
Apparently a hell of a lot more than that one voted equally as stupid.
They made a typo then. On the next line of the post, they list him as a Dim :-).
Trust me, I know Mike Doyle is a Dem. I was redistricted into his lair a few years ago. Fortunately, we’re moving out of his district later next year :-).
I call him “Guppy Face” based on a picture of him I once saw where he looked like a frigging fish ... maybe a dash of “Predator” (the movie) now that I think about it.
He’s basically the king of the slums here in Pittsburgh. I have no idea why my neighborhood was drawn into his fiefdom though I suspect it had a lot to do with the upper-class, white guilt morons around here voting for Obama in droves. That was a sign that we had to move once my wife was done with her change-of-career training :-).
Where ya moving to? I am north of you in Butler County (close to the Allegheny County line).
Not a Corbett fan, but Pennsylvanians buck the national trend and will definitely pay more taxes, get less competent government.
Just a personal hunch, a totally corrupt top executive but media will hide it from public.
Oooops, “buck the national trend” only applies to the governor’s race.
I should have clarified that.
Wait till the payroll taxes go up.
Wolf is gonna have to bribe a lot of Pubbies into voting for tax hikes.
Sadly, I think he will succeed.
If we have voters in this state who are STOOOPID enough to base their vote for Governor over the fate of a pedophile-enabling football coach, then we DESERVE what we’ve got coming.
That’s coming. Along with Wolf’s desire to raise minimum wage to $15.00 and hour.
Pa here. We had the governor and both houses and NOTHING done in the past 4 years. NOTHING on property taxes, NOTHING on privatizing the state liquor system, NOTHING on income taxes. All they did was raise the gasoline taxes by $.28 / gallon. Corbett got what he accomplished - NOTHING.
I told my BIL from Western Pa. last winter that Corbett might be the only Republican to lose. I felt that it was best he bow out. Bob
I did not vote for Corbett because in 2010 because I felt he was not conservative enough, when he raised taxes at the end of last year, it confirmed a decision to not vote for him again in 2014.
I don’t think taxes mattered as much to some Pennsylvanians as the desecration of their major “religious organization” Penn State Football.
These voters see the Sandusky fallout like some see the JFK Assassination, a conspiracy with the need for a scapegoat.
In Centre County where Penn State University is located, the local Republican congressman got 55 percent of the vote and Tom Corbett only 42 percent......
Thousands of Pennsylvanians sacrificed Corbett on the altar of their “god” named “JoePa”.
The show they put on to ram him through the GOP State Committee and endorse him for re-election was a disgrace....
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