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As Expected, Romney Carries Pennsylvania

Casey, Kane shrug off primary challenges; Montgomery County results.

 

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney had little trouble winning the Pennsylvania Republican primary for President of the United States, with his closest competition coming from a man who no longer is in the race. 

Romney finished with 57 percent of the vote, followed by former Sen. Rick Santorum at 19 percent. Santorum withdrew from the race earlier this month. Texas congressman Ron Paul finished third with 13 percent, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was last with 11 percent of the vote. 

Montgomery County Republicans gave Romney a more emphatic nod than the rest of the state, awarding him about 67 percent of the vote. Santorum captured about 13 percent of the county vote, which still gave him 44 more votes than libertarian Paul, who officially remains in the race for the nomination.

In the U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania, incumbent Sen. Bob Casey of Lackawanna County easily defeated Joseph Vodvarka of Allegheny County by a four-to-one margin in the Democratic primary. 

Vodvarka, who spent the evening with his family at his home, said he thought his message of fair trade resonated with voters who are concerned about jobs being shipped overseas. He blamed the media for not taking an interest in his campaign, pointing to stories about the Republican U.S. senate candidates and contending there had been a dearth of coverage of his candidacy.

“They mentioned everyone else, but they never said my name,” Vodvarka said. “The media avoided me like the plague.” 

Former coal company owner Tom Smith will face Casey in November after winning a five-man race for the Republican nomination. 

In the race for Pennsylvania Attorney General, Lackawanna County Assistant District Attorney Kathleen Kane defeated former military prosecutor Patrick Murphy of Bucks County.

Murphy fared better much against Kane in Montgomery County than he did statewide, getting the nod from more than 62 percent of the county's Democrats.

In November, Kane will face Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed, who ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. 

In the race for Pennsylvania Auditor General, state Rep. John Maher of Upper St. Clair easily defeated Dauphin County businessman Frank Pinto in the Republican primary.

"The voters declared today that Pennsylvania deserves an auditor for auditor general," Maher said during his victory speech at the Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South hotel in Bethel Park. 

Maher will face York County state representative Eugene DePasquale in November. 

In the race for state treasurer, Washington County Commissioner Diana Irey Vaughan ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. She will face incumbent state treasurer Robert McCord, who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. 

Montgomery County results

Neither of the county's contested races offered much in the way of election drama. In the state's 194th legislative district, encompassing portions of Lower Merion Township, Pam DeLissio brushed off a would-be primary challenge from Ray Bailey by carrying 95 percent of the vote.

In the 153rd legislative district, which includes Abington and most of Upper Dublin, Democrat Madeleine Dean won a somewhat closer election over Republican challenger Nick Mattiacci in a special election to complete the remainder of county commissioner Josh Shapiro's state House term. Dean will face off against Mattiacci again in the November general election, but this time she'll be the incumbent. 

“[Madeleine Dean] will serve our district well until November … when I get in there," Mattiacci said after conceding the special election on Tuesday.

In Horsham Township, a large majority of residents who voted approved a referendum that will allow the municipality to make purchases of up to $10,000 without subjecting them to a competitive bidding process. The threshold was raised automatically for most municipalities in the state on January 1, but Horsham's charter required the matter to be put to a vote. Previously, purchases over $4,000 had to be put out to bid.

The relative lack of contested races contributed to a light voter turnout across the county, but registered Republicans showed up at the polls in greater proportion than Democratic voters. About 24 percent of registered county Republicans, or 50,454 voters, came to the polls, compared to 39,557 Democrats, a 16 percent turnout.

Related Topics: Bob Casey, Kathleen Kane, Madeleine Dean, Mitt Romney, and Pam DeLissio
Did you vote today? If not, why not? Tell us in the comments.

Victor B. Krievins

8:17 am on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Congratulations to Mitt Romney, the next President of the United States. No socialist values with Mitt!

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AnnaC

9:35 am on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

No Socialist values perhaps, but the end of the middle class as we know it...

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Marc L.

10:27 am on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Etch-a-sketch sales will skyrocket!

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Matt

10:49 am on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

you know Obama beats Romney, right?
1: Romney can't carry the Republican party without the libertarian constituency, which he couldn't even properly court in the primary, let alone the general election. Libertarians will either write Paul in, vote for Gary Johnson, or stay home.
2: Romney's brand of Alexander Hamilton interventionism does not play well with an ever expanding "gimme gimme gimme" class of non producers. He's already started being painted as "the guy who laid you off".
3: Romney takes up residence in the pocket of big, corporate banking. Obama does as well, but that's not a fact widely espoused or even accepted.

Another nail in the coffin of the Republican party.

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Gregory Humphries

11:52 am on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Romney won? What a shock! It is the beginning of the end for the GOP. Romney is the Republican version of John Kerry. All hair and nothing to rally behind. And what's with Gingrich and Paul finishing BEHIND a guy who ended his campaign weeks before. I realize Santorum is a PA guy, but really? It's time for the GOP to whittle down to a one-horse race and getting ready for the absolute whipping they will receive in November. I am not necessarily an Obama guy (though I voted for him in 2008) but it is a better choice than Mr. Mittens. Does anyone know what MITT stands for? Both his name and his political stances? He's an incredibly weak candidate. He makes John McCain look good, and that's sad.

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Stephen Eickhoff

12:54 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

For what has Barack Obama earned a second term? His handling of the economy? His unconstitutional executive orders that destroyed jobs in the energy industry, opened the Gulf to foreign drillers not accountable to the USA, and drove up oil prices? $4 gasoline? His blaming every economic issue on George W. Bush, oil commodity speculators, conservatives, bankers-- everyone but himself? The Affordable Health Care Act that will destroy small business, so that the leftist claim that you can't get ahead in America will actually be true? The constant jet-setting of the President and First Lady, using the funds of the taxpayers? Calling his opponents stupid and telling them to get out of the way? Telling the Supreme Court that they don't have the authority to strike down unconstitutional laws? Ignoring court orders? Having no energy policy (that's what the speculators are speculating on, BTW)? Not firing Eric Holder for causing the deaths of border patrol agents, and God knows how many Mexican citizens via "Fast and Furious"? Taking credit for increased American oil production, even though any adult knows that it takes several years to start production once a license is obtained? Complaining about destructive laws like "No child left behind" and the "USA Patriot Act" but doing little or nothing to dismantle them?

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Tom Bartman

1:51 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

I have another website coming 3-4 weeks prior to the election. The timing is so that some information is fresh in the minds of voters. Stay tuned for that!

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Suzanne jefferis

6:26 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012

For what?? For holding the line against the extremists who want to do away w/ our socialist benefits such as minimum wage, 40 hour work week, overtime, paid vacation, sick days; the extremists who would have you work til you drop w/o health care (medicare) and the safety net (social security) that allowed your grandmother and mine some dignity in their last years. He ain't perfect, he's made mistakes, he's at the mercy of oligarchs, but he's far better than bush/cheney and Romney, the elitist waffller who pays 13% tax on the millions he has secreted away in foreign lands to avoid paying his tax in support of his own country.

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Suzanne jefferis

6:42 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012

Suzanne jefferis

6:26 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012

For what?? For holding the line against the extremists who want to do away w/ our socialist benefits such as minimum wage, 40 hour work week, overtime, paid vacation, sick days; the extremists who would have you work til you drop w/o health care (medicare) and the safety net (social security) that allowed your grandmother and mine some dignity in their last years. He ain't perfect, he's made mistakes, he's at the mercy of oligarchs, but he's far better than bush/cheney and Romney, the elitist waffller who pays 13% tax on the millions he claims, and escaping taxes on the millions he has secreted away in foreign lands.

Stephen Eickhoff

1:00 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Using straw men in every speech, like saying Republicans want dirty air and water? Saying the border fence is "nearly complete" when it's about 5% and there's no sign of it being completed? Pretending government can create jobs, and claiming they created jobs, when we created fewer jobs than the increase in population? Claiming the stimulus would keep the unemployment rate under 8.5%, then watching as it went over 10% and stayed over 9 percent for YEARS? Claiming he would get rid of lobbyists, then inviting lobbyists like the head of the SEIU on a regular basis?

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Tom Bartman

10:45 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2012

Forget it Stephen - some you cannot talk to. When a progressive is hit with facts, they resort to bringing up Bush - 3 1/2 years later. It is all they have. The rest of America sees through it,

AnnaC

1:46 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

When George Bush left office the National Debt was, roughly, 10 trillion dollars.
Today it is close to 15 trillion dollars. Obama is on course to match Bush. If you find fault with Obama then you must admit that Bush didn't do such a swell job either. Stop blaming it all in Obama.
BTW...when Bush took over it was around 5 trillion...so Bush doubled it while in office.
Read a little futher about "fast and furious". The information you choose to believe is not accurate. Obama was not responsible for fast and furious. *sigh*
He did not "drive up" fuel prices. *sigh*
Did every other President of all time use their own private vehicles and staff to travel. Did they pay for their own food once they got there? Hotels? Drinks? Gosh, I didn't know that. *sigh*
There are some things in Obamacare that I don't care for, but the good far outwieghs the bad. The plan is not going to put anyone out of business unless they use that as an excuse. *sigh*
"No Child Left Behind" was a great concept and it has worked wonders in many school districts, but it has failed miserably in others. We don't need to abandon the concept, we just need to make it work better.
You didn't mention his birth certificate in your rant. I'm surprised.

I don't like to make predictions, but I think Romney will have a difficult time winning.
He's already lost the Latino vote, the women's vote and votes from the Bible belt. He doesn't have enought time to make up for that...

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Mike Shortall

2:20 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Last time I checked George W. Bush wasn't running for a second term this year with a $15 trillion deficit. You can blame Bush43 for his share of the deficit with some legitimacy, but he hasn't been President the last 3 1/2 years when little in the way of economic leadership has gotten us little in the way of an economic recovery.

And it will all be about the Economy!

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Tom Bartman

9:36 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

I can't think of any other past president who was blamed for the state of the nation 3-1/2 years later. Yes, we are all upset that Bush also ran up the tab, but can we focus on the last 3-1/2 years?

Obama will be the first president in history to not net single job. How much more of this guy can you take?

Matt

2:34 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Obama/Romney...not particularly relevant which one wins in November. When you get down to fundamentals, despite "hope and change", both in foreign affairs, and domestic, Obama continued and expanded upon Bush policies under a different party label. Romney will do the same.

If they're the 2 options, it's going to be a bad 4 years no matter how you slice it.

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Marc L.

3:01 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

I'm by no means a political genius or a professional prognosticator, but I think that the Romney supporters of this year are going to feel much like the Kerry supporters of 2004: bewildered at how their candidate lost to someone that they were sure that voters across the country couldn't stand.

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Chris Butler

6:47 pm on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Socialism is bad! Very bad! Communists are socialists! Fascists are socialists! Socialists are socialists! And Socialists are bad. Very bad. Now, where can I sign up for Medicare and Medicaid, and for goodness sakes how do I get my social security? And can I take public transportation to the unemployment office?

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Jason G

11:50 am on Thursday, April 26, 2012

Our main problem in this country is we blame the coach and not the players, IE we blame politicians and not ourselves. We always have to blame someone else. Romney, Obama, Bush, they are just elected officials when the real problem is ourselves

We don't teach proper money skills, no respect for education, no need for discipline, no respect of elders, poor work ethics, no savings, worthless college degrees in useless topics, we make excuses for every kid and now label everyone ADD or chronic fatigue syndrome or a million other made up problems. You do this generation after generation and you end up in the state that we are in today.

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patrick

10:22 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2012

Thanks Jason. finally the truth.

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Tom Bartman

10:50 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2012

This is a wake up call to everyone. BOTH parties are at fault. The nation is B R O K E.... Broke! We should be ashamed at government as a whole, not as a party. Washington bankrupts everything they touch and now they want your healthcare.

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Smedley

8:59 am on Saturday, April 28, 2012

It doesn't matter who wins the president doesn't really do anything. If Obama was really going to change something they would find a grassy knoll for him. Nothing has changed since he got in office. Our government is bought and sold by big corporations and the military industrial complex. We are divided and conquered. Our country is going off a cliff. What a shame.

Suzanne jefferis

9:18 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2012

Smedley, you're right, the president is only a figurehead and is limited by the globalists who hold all the power and are moving us away from democracy and our constitutional rights. Eisenhower and Kennedy spelled it out for us; Kennedy was killed for it.

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Jerry Mitchell

12:59 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012

I think the recall election results in Wis. is a small example that things can better if we the people can shake off this guilt trip big government left wing coma we have slipped into.

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