Meehan Re-Elected; McGarrigle Elected to State Senate

Rep. Patrick Meehan (Patch file photo)

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In every race but the gubernatorial election, incumbents won Tuesday night in Marple Newtown.

Democrat Tom Wolf received 57.49 percent of the vote, compared with Gov. Tom Corbett’s 42.59 percent.

Rep. Patrick Meehan, a Republican, was re-elected in the 7th Congressional District with 63.05 percent of the vote, compared with Mary Ellen Balchunis’ 36.95 percent.

Delaware County Council Chairman Thomas J. McGarrigle was elected to the state Senate in the 26th Senatorial District with 55.14 percent of the vote. McGarrigle, who is taking Edwin B. Erickson’s seat, beat Democrat John I. Kane Sr.

Incumbants won every race in Marple Newtown’s Legislative Districts. Rep. Joseph T. Hackett Sr. (R-161st) beat Democrat Leanne T. Krueger-Braneky, 59.73 to 40.27 percent.

Rep. William Francis Adolph (R-165th) beat Democrat Charles G. Hadley, 66.97 to 33.03 percent.

Rep. Gregory S. Vitali (D-166th) beat Republican Sarah Elizabeth Armstrong, 62.06 to 37.94 percent.

In the 168th Legislative District, Rep. Thomas H. Killian ran unopposed.