Politics & Government
See How Media Patch Voted in the General Election
Democrat Bob Casey is Media Patch's choice in U.S. Senate and Republican Pat Meehan for U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District.
Voters in the Media Patch area were split in their votes for President of the United States. Nationally and in Pennsylvania, President Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term but here in Media Patch the votes weren't so simple.
Media Borough and Upper Providence Township voted to re-elect Obama but Middletown and Edgmont townships voted for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney as their pick for President in the November election. (All four of these municipalities had 100 percent of machines reporting by 1:30 p.m. Wednesday).
Delaware County, which has a large Republican population, voted to re-elect Obama with 165,206 votes, compared to Romney's 105,450.
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Note: As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, all 861 machines in Delaware County precincts were reported, according to the Delaware County Election Bureau results website.
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View the table below to see how many votes were cast for each candidate in each municipality.
President of the United States (Vote for One) Edgmont Twp. Middletown Twp. Media Borough Upper Providence Twp. County Wide Republican Mitt Romney 1,450 4,195 859 2,784 105,450 Democrat Barack Obama 908 3,934 2,062 3,194 165,206 Green Party Dr. Jill Stein 6 35 19 16 870 Libertarian Gary Johnson 19 60 39 43 1,917 Write In5 7 2 6 331 U.S. Senate
Republican Tom Smith 1,384 3,943 812 2,611 98,809 Democrat Bob Casey Jr. 952 4,058 2,075 3,298 164,431 Libertarian Rayburn Smith 22 85 46 61 2,588 Write In 0 2 0 1 42 Pennsylvania Attorney General Republican David Freed 1,369 3,988 818 2,628 101,276 Democrat Kathleen Kane 963 3,968 2,033 3,226 159,134 Libertarian Marakay Rogers 24 102 52 76 3,059 Write In 1 0 0 2 22 U.S. House of Representatives in Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District Republican Patrick Meehan 1,554 4,926 1,087 3,206 110,644 Democrat George Badey 793 3,117 1,806 2,721 78,756 Write In 0 2 2 0 29 Pennsylvania State Senate--District 9 Republican Dominic Pileggi NA 5,102 1,114 NA 39,453 Democrat Patricia Worrell NA 2,947 1,780 NA 36,667 Write In 4 2 11 Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 161 Republican Joe Hackett NA NA NA 1,270 17,125 Democrat Larry DeMarco NA NA NA 1,153 15,256 Write In 9 District 168 Republican Thomas Killion 1,559 4,856 1,014 1,790 15,884 Democrat Beth Alois 787 3,152 1,859 1,711 11,792 Write In 4 4 2 3 16
All results are unofficial. Results do not include Absentee, Provisional, or Remote Military votes.
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