Santarsiero, Brennan And Labs Projected Winners In New Hope Area

Editor's Note: This story was last updated at 10:08 a.m. with partially reported mail-in and absentee ballots and 304 out of 304 precincts reporting.

NEW HOPE, PA — Incumbent Republican Brian Fitzpatrick of Middletown Township is projected to win re-election in the 1st Congressional District of Pennsylvania, which includes all of Bucks County and a small portion of adjacent Montgomery County.

Fitzpatrick faced a challenge from Democrat Ashley Ehasz of Bensalem.

According to unofficial results from the Bucks County Board of Elections, Fitzpatrick collected 169,506 votes while Ehasz won 137,607 votes.

“Once again, our community has spoken with an overwhelming voice in support of unity, collaboration, moderation and bipartisanship," said Fitzpatrick. "I love our community and I will continue to reflect our community’s independent voice of reason in the 118th Congress. Our
community is not far-left or far-right, we are centrist and pragmatic.

"I ask all in our community to join us in leading our People’s Movement of bipartisanship and center-forward problem solving, and to fight against the bigotry of hyper-partisanship and extremist ideological purity that is destroying our nation," he continued. "Our People’s Movement is about building bridges at a time when too many are trying to burn them.

"Our People’s Movement is about building consensus in the center and moving forward to save our nation. We must be one community, now more than ever,” said Fitzpatrick.

State Senator 10th District

In the race for state senator in the 10th District, incumbent Democrat Steve Santarsiero of Lower Makefield is projected to win re-election. He was challenged by Republican Matt McCullough of Newtown Township.

According to unofficial results from the Bucks County Board of Elections, Santarsiero tallied 76,305 votes while McCullough received 54,335 votes.

State Representative 29th District

In the race for state representative in the 29th Legislative District, Democrat and Doylestown Borough Councilman Tim Brennan is the projected winner over Republican challenger Diane Smith and Independent Robert Ronky.

According to unofficial results from the Bucks County Board of Elections, Brennan won 20,709 votes, Smith tallied 15,300 votes and Ronky collected 1,195 votes.

State Representative 143rd District

In the race for state representative in the 143rd Legislative District, incumbent Republican Shelby Labs is the projected winner over Democrat Gwen Stoltz.

According to unofficial results from the Bucks County Board of Elections, Labs won 18,282 votes while Stoltz collected 15,982 votes.

Results are unofficial. Winners are projected until the election results are ratified by the Bucks County Board of Elections. Election results will be updated when applicable.