State Rep. Joe Ciresi Vs. Jeffrey Fartro: 146th District [Live Results]

Updates, 8:40 p.m.

The first mail-in results are in, with a big lead for Ciresi out the gate. No in-person precincts have yet reported.

Ciresi: 4,866

Fartro: 840

8:30 p.m.: Election authorities have not yet published the results of any precincts in the 146th district, leaving local residents waiting for the first results of the race between Joe Ciresi and Jeffrey Fartro.

However, enough statewide ballots have already been counted in other districts that AP News projects Gov. Shapiro will win re-election, the first significant result in Pennsylvania of the night.

Original story: Votes are starting to be tallied in the 146th legislative district race in Pennsylvania, with polls closed at 8 p.m.

Democratic State Rep. Joe Ciresi hopes to hold on to his seat, facing a challenge from Republican Jeffrey Fartro.

Live results will be posted here as they come in to the Montgomery County Board of Elections.

Check back to Patch throughout the evening for the latest updated totals.

A minister and former computer scientist, Fartro has run on a campaign of cutting taxes, promoting school choice, and strict regulation of data centers.

Ciresi is Majority Chair of the PA House Communications & Technology Committee. He also serves on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Ciresi took the longtime red seat from the GOP in 2020, on his third try. He had been defeated by Rep. Thomas Quigley by narrow margins in both 2016 and 2018.

Since 2020's victory by around 5,000 votes, Ciresi won by 7,000 votes in 2022 and 6,500 in 2022 as the ever-changing district moves further to the left.

The 146th, home to around 64,098 residents, includes Pottstown, Royersford, Limerick, Lower Pottsgrove, and West Pottsgrove.