Charley Martin speaks as Robert G. Loughery looks on Tuesday night. Credit: RobertGLoughery/Twitter
The race to watch Tuesday night as Election Day results poured in was the battle for Bucks County Commissioner.
Republican Robert G. Loughery and Democrat Diane Ellis-Marseglia, a Middletown resident, were reelected to lead Bucks County. Charley Martin, a Republican, and Democrat Brian Galloway, a Falls Township resident, were within spitting distance of each other Tuesday night as the results were tallied. In the end, Martin beat out Galloway by only 733 votes, according to unofficial numbers.
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On Twitter, Loughery posted a photo of him and Martin speaking to supporters late Tuesday night at Bucks County Republican headquarters in Doylestown.
Throughout Tuesday night, Bristol Borough Democrat Robyn Trunell was neck and neck with incumbent Republican Register of Wills Don Petrille. Petrille only pulled ahead to win reelection as the final polling places were counted.
Warminster Republican Tom Panzer beat Middletown Democrat Missy Kitzmiller in the County Treasurer seat. The position is currently held a Republican who did not run for reelection.
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Mary Smithson will remain Bucks County’s Clerk of Courts after she defeated Democratic challenger Chris Gallagher.
Republican Dr. Joseph Campbell bested Middletown Democrat Rocky Doto, a funeral director, to win reelection as Bucks County Coroner. Campbell and his staff currently work from the county morgue and crime lab in Ivyland.
Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.
