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Bucks County Election Results 2012

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November 6, 2012

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100 percent reporting; the results are unofficial until declared by the Bucks County Board of Elections

LIVE 2012 BUCKS COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS

Race	Democratic Candidates	Results	Republican Candidates	Results
U.S. President	Obama-Biden	159,598	Romney-Ryan	155,876
U.S. Senate	Bob Casey	161,373	Tom Smith	146,918
U.S. Congress, 8th District	Kathy Boockvar	137,130	Mike Fitzpatrick	175,118
PA Attorney General	Kathleen Kane	161,539	David Freed	143,310
PA Auditor General	Eugene DePasquale	143,477	John Maher	154,402
PA Treasurer	Robert McCord	150,372	Diana Irey Vaughan	147,523
18th State Assembly	uncontested		Gene DiGirolamo	18,776
29th State Assembly	Brian Munroe	14,904	Bernie O’Neill	20,861
31st State Assembly	Steven Santarsiero	20,495	Anne Chapman	15,010
140th State Assembly	John Galloway	18,412	Eric David	6,755
141st State Assembly	Tina Davis	17,600	Anthony Sposato	6,653
142nd State Assembly	uncontested		Frank Farry	20,528
143rd State Assembly	Joseph Frederick	12,537	Marguerite Quinn	20,362
144th State Assembly	uncontested		Katharine Watson	25,393
178th State Assembly	uncontested		Scott Petri	24,789

In 2004, with about 320,000 total votes, Sen. John Kerry beat incumbent George W. Bush by a slim margin of about 3 percent. Barack Obama, however, beat Sen. John McCain in the 2008 presidential balloting by a 16 percent margin with a total of 332,924 votes cast.

Historically, Bucks sways slightly to the democrats overall in presidential elections. In 2008, most municipalities went to Obama, though Northampton Township and Upper Southampton Township gave McCain a victory over Obama by less than 2,000 votes.

The larger portions of the county, such as the Quakertown and Doylestown areas, leaned heavily to the democrats in 2008. Also, in Lower Bucks, some Bensalem and Levittown area precincts picked Obama 2-to-1.

In state races, Republican Mike Fitzpatrick beat incumbent Patrick Murphy by 9,000 votes for the 8th Congressional District in 2010. This election, Fitzpatrick ran against Kathy Boockvar and won by about 40,000 votes.

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Catriona

12:01 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Much to early for results but did anyone else have a weird feeling that their voting machine did not register their vote? I never had that feeling before but I did this morning in Warrington, first machine, district 5. Then a friend in Doylestown felt the same way, felt unsure that their vote may not have registered correctly. Lights went off before or just as they reached out to push vote button. I'm curios if anyone else feels a similar knawing uncertainty.

Rich

5:20 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

my son said the same thing. he said when he pushed the vote button he did not hear the noise that the machine was supposed to make. Lower Bucks Pa Middeltown.

Catriona

12:03 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Make that too early, unsure vote registered correctly, and curious. I'm all thumbs with this keypad.

Susan

12:50 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

ALERT !!!!!
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http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/reawakening-liberty/2012/nov/2/support-kill-list-and-ndaa-make-obama-and-romney-u/

NJarhead

1:06 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

That's a blog! Ignore.

ed r.

4:07 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

OMG AN OPINION THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE MASS MEDIA GROUPTHINK! IGNORE IGNORE LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU. FOX NEWS IS KING. LA LA LA. OH HAIL O'REILLY. LA LA LA LA

Hey Jarhead, this isn't a blog. Maybe it might help to expand your mind a bit :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance

TP

5:47 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Ooooooooo. Ed your so insightful! By the way you look so hip with your stare down and faux beard. Take your CAPS lock button off and stick it you hipster