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Republicans score landslide wins in Carbon’s in-person balloting

An apparent Republican landslide in in-person voting in Carbon County in Tuesday’s general election helped state and federal candidates from the GOP considerably in what appears to be victories over their Democratic counterparts.

In tabulations of in-person voting Tuesday that are posted by the county’s elections bureau on the statewide tally site, incumbent President Donald Trump scored a major victory by garnering the support of over 50 percent of the voters who went to the polls, winning over former Vice President Joe Biden by a tally of 18,221 (77.25%) to 5,505 (21.41%).

Likewise, the three Republican candidates for state row offices that were up for grabs - attorney general, auditor general and treasurer - all recorded convincing wins from in-person voting in the county.

In the attorney general’s race, incumbent Democrat Joshua D. Shapiro was soundly defeated by Republican Heather S. Heidelbaugh, the latter winning by a vote of 16,593 (71.52%) to 5,936 (25.59%).

The results were similar in the auditor general’s race. Republican Timothy L. DeFoor received 17,059 in-person votes (74.09%) from Carbon voters turning out at the precincts, compared to Democrat Nina Ahmad’s 4,882 (21.20%). There was no incumbent running for the position as the current Auditor General, Eugene DePasquale, was prohibited from another term by state law.

The treasurer’s race saw Republican Stacy L. Garrity winning in Carbon’s in-person balloting with 17,158 (74.45%) votes. Incumbent Democrat Joseph M. Torsella had 5,152 (22.36%) in-person votes.

Meanwhile, Carbon voters participated in three other races – for the U.S. Congress, 9th District, and two Pennsylvania House of Representatives districts, 122nd and 124th.

In the 9th Congressional District race, incumbent Republican Daniel P. Meuser defeated Democrat Gary Wegman by a vote of 18,199 (78.61%) to 4,953 (21.39%) in in-person Carbon voting. The district also includes all of Schuylkill County and parts of Columbia, Lebanon, Luzerne, Montour and Northumberland counties.

Only Summit Hill voters participated in the Pennsylvania 124th Legislative District race, where incumbent Republican Jerome P. Knowles defeated Democrat Taylor E. Picone by a vote of 774 (69.67%) to 337 (30.33%) in the borough’s in-person balloting.

In the state 122nd Legislative District, which includes the other 22 municipalities from the county, minus Summit Hill, incumbent Republican Doyle Heffley received 20,350 complimentary votes. He appeared on both ballots.

These results do not include mail-in or absentee ballots that were cast by voters who chose not to go to the precincts in person. That number includes over 11,000 ballots that the county received.