Bucks County’s incumbent Democratic sheriff will not be on his party’s ballot in November.
Sheriff Milt Warrell, a former Upper Southampton police officer, lost his fight against county Democratic party-endorsed candidate Mark Lomax, a Warrington Township supervisor who previously served in the Pennsylvania State Police.
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The campaign was one of the most high-profile races in the primary. It included video ads for Lomax as the Democrats made a push to oust Warrell, who was first elected in 2017 and ran on his law enforcement experience. Warrell has touted his efforts to update and improve the sheriff’s office that was previously led by Republican Edward “Duke” Donnelly, who plastered his name of the law enforcement agencies’ vehicles.
Warrell earned about 11,200 votes and Lomax got 39,900 votes, according to the unofficial tally.
Lomax will face Republican Fred Harran, who is Bensalem Township’s public safety director, in the November general election.
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Sheriffs oversee the row office that dates back hundreds of years. The office handles the transport of prisoners to and from Common Pleas County, serves warrants and makes arrests, deals with civil matters, oversee sheriff’s sales, and is authorized to keep the peace.
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