The Columbia Market House on South Third Street. Photo: Doug Kerr / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
By The Columbia Chronicle Staff
Democrat Josh Shapiro won a second term as Pennsylvania governor Tuesday. The Associated Press called the race for Shapiro at 8:01 p.m., one minute after polls closed, and Republican Stacy Garrity later said she had called Shapiro to congratulate him.
In Lancaster County, turnout was 59%: 215,690 ballots cast out of 366,763 registered voters, as of the county’s 11:09 p.m. update, with all precincts reporting. Here is how the county voted in every race on Columbia ballots. These are Lancaster County numbers only; statewide and district-wide totals may differ.
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Candidates
Party
Votes
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Josh Shapiro / Austin Davis
Democrat
110,620
51.57%
Stacy Garrity / Jason Richey
Republican
100,933
47.06%
Ken Krawchuk / John Thomas
Libertarian
2,947
1.37%
Lancaster County only, all 241 precincts. AP called the statewide race for Shapiro.
U.S. House, 11th District
Candidate
Party
Votes
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Lloyd Smucker
Republican
113,851
53.11%
Nancy Mannion
Democrat
100,500
46.89%
Lancaster County only, all 241 precincts.
State Senate, 36th District
Candidate
Party
Votes
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Tom Jones
Republican
65,126
54.59%
James Malone
Democrat
54,184
45.41%
All 120 precincts reporting.
State House, 41st District
Candidate
Party
Votes
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Brett Miller
Republican
14,225
50.07%
Brad Chambers
Democrat
14,184
49.93%
All 32 precincts reporting. Miller leads by 41 votes; provisional ballots still to be counted.
Countywide library tax
Response
Votes
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No
132,831
63.35%
Yes
76,844
36.65%
All 241 precincts reporting.
Unofficial results as of 11:09 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. Source: Lancaster County election results. Provisional ballots had not been counted. All results are unofficial until certified.
