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County Voters Return Most Pols to Washington, Harrisburg
For the most part, Montgomery County voters kept Congressional and State Legislative incumbents in their jobs.
It was a big night for Democrats in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, prompting what County Commissioner Josh Shapiro termed a "jubilant" mood at the party's county headquarters in Plymouth Meeting, but most Montgomery County Republicans who were bidding to keep their jobs on Tuesday did so successfully. Incumbents sweep Congressional races The county's delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives will remain intact as incumbents easily swept their Congressional Races. Republican Jim Gerlach easily beat back a 6th District challenge from Manan Trivedi, who lost to Gerlach for the second time, while Pat Meehan enjoyed a similarly convincing win over Democratic challenger George Badey in the 7th District. Mike Fitzpatrick had a still easier time …
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derrick roberson
12:41 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
to the democratic party and its coalition of voters.thank you for a job well done.we thought 2008 was hard but 2012 was a test of all american voters to right the ship that is america.now we can really focus on a job all americans have a part in and that is to bring economic prosperity back to all americans by making education a priority an d getting more involved in your childrens future .thank … more ›