Mark Moffa (left) and Joe Hogan, candidates for Pa.'s 142nd state House district. (Mark Moffa campaign; Joe Hogan campaign)
Only 3 votes separate Mark Moffa and Joe Hogan in Bucks County Pa. House district, preliminary results show
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Mark Moffa (left) and Joe Hogan, candidates for Pa.'s 142nd state House district. (Mark Moffa campaign; Joe Hogan campaign)
There are a handful of Pennsylvania House races that could determine the balance of power in the chamber. One of those is the 142nd state House district race in Bucks County between Democrat Mark Moffa and Republican Joe Hogan.
Hogan is leading with only three votes, according to preliminary election results Wednesday morning. He has 15,090 votes to Moffa’s 15,087 votes.
But with such a tight race, Moffa isn’t conceding.
“I will win,” Moffa said in an interview with WHYY on Wednesday afternoon.
Democratic state Sen. Steve Santarsiero said on Wednesday afternoon that he believes Moffa will prevail when all votes have been counted.
“We’re not sure exactly how many outstanding votes there are in different categories right now, but we’re confident that it will be enough to win,” Santarsiero said. “And we are going to make sure that every vote gets counted.”
Moffa and Santarsiero are banking on provisional ballots, which Bucks County elections officials are counting now; a county spokesperson said they hope to have the total number later today.
The county is also awaiting military and overseas ballots, which are due by Tuesday.
Moffa, 44, ran on six key issues including preserving reproductive rights and voting rights, and expanding state public school funding.
Hogan, 34, focused on the economy and crime — supporting natural gas to create jobs and wanting to ensure violent crime violators are prosecuted.
The 142nd district seat was left open when incumbent Republican Frank Farry ran for — and appears to have won — a seat in the state Senate. Since redistricting, the area leans slightly Democratic.
The district is in Bucks County and represents Lower Southampton, parts of Middletown and Northampton townships, and Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, and Penndel boroughs.
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