Local Election Roundup, 11/7/12

Last night, President Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney and was elected to a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time since that the United States elected three presidents in a row to a second term since 1816, with Jefferson, then Madison and then Monroe. President Obama won with 50.3% of the popular vote and 303 electoral votes, compared to Romney's 48.1% of the popular vote and 206 electoral votes.

Interactive map of how Pennsylvanians voted

Local election results (via The Morning Call):

118th District (western Monroe County) - (D) Mike Carroll defeated (R) Terrence O'Connor by 66 percent to 34 percent.

122nd District (Carbon County) - (R) Doyle Heffley defeated (D) Ronald Rabenold by 59 percent to 41 percent.

124th District (Berks / Schuylkill Counties) - (R) Jerry Knowles defeated (I) Dante Picciano by 79 percent to 21 percent.

131st District ( Lehigh / Northampton Counties) - (D) Kevin Deely was leading incumbent (R) Justin Simmons by 437 votes with 30 of 31 precincts reporting.

132nd District (Allentown) - (D) Mike Schlossberg of Allentown was unopposed Tuesday. Congratulations Mike!

134th District (Lehigh / Berks Counties) - (R) Ryan Mackenzie defeated (D) John Reynard of Emmaus, 60 percent to 40 percent.

135th District ( Lehigh / Northampton Counties) - (D) incumbent Steve Samuelson defeated (R) Kenneth Baretto by 70 percent to 30 percent.

136th  District (Northampton County) - Democrat Bob Freeman of Easton was unopposed Tuesday. 

137th  District (Northampton County) - (R) Joe Emrick defeated (D) Joseph Capozzolo by 61 percent to 39 percent. 

138th  District (Northampton County) - (R) Joe Emrick defeated (D) Joseph Capozzolo by 61 percent to 39 percent. 

143rd District (Bucks County) - (R) incumbent Marguerite Quinn defeated (D) Joe Frederick by 62 percent to 38 percent.

145th District (Bucks County) - (R) incumbent Paul Clymer defeated (D) Mary Whitesell by 65 percent to 35 percent. 

147th District (Montgomery County) - (R) Marcy Toepel defeated (D) Betty White by 61 percent to 39 percent.

183rd District (Lehigh / Northampton Counties) - (R) Julie Harhart was unopposed Tuesday. 

187th District (Berks / Lehigh Counties) - (R) Gary Day defeated (D) Joe Haas by 63 percent to 37 percent.

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Daily Briefing, 11/1/12

Good morning and happy Thursday. Today is the first day of November, and we hope everyone had a nice Halloween yesterday. The 2012 election is just 5 days away.

Lehigh Valley and the rest of the region began the long process yesterday of getting back to normal following the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Many thousands of residents of the area are still without power, and a spokesman for PPL stated that power may not be fully restored until Saturday afternoon, although they expect most power to be restored by Friday night. PPL has more than 4,300 people involved in the restoration effort.

The New York Stock Exchange reopened on generator power after the first weather related two-day closure since a blizzard back in 1888. President Obama visited devastated towns of New Jersey yesterday with Gov. Christie, putting aside party differences to assess damages and begin to rebuild.
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