Republican Catherine Wallen has won the 193rd Pennsylvania House District special election Tuesday, defeating Democrat Todd Crawley across the two-county district that includes parts of Adams and Cumberland counties.
In the Adams County portion of the district, Wallen earned about 63 percent of the votes (3,639 total) to Crawley’s 2,171, according to unofficial results. Write-in candidates received 15 votes.
The results were closer in the Cumberland County portion of the district with Wallen winning 54 percent (1,586) of the 2,935 votes cast.
Turnout in Adams was modest, with 5,830 ballots cast out of 26,472 registered voters, for a participation rate of about 22 percent.
In Adams, the district encompasses Berwick, Butler, Hamilton, Huntington, Latimore, Menallen, Oxford, Reading, and Tyrone Townships, as well as the boroughs of Abbottstown, Arendtsville, Bendersville, Biglerville, East Berlin, New Oxford, and York Springs.
The special election was held to fill the seat vacated by Torren Ecker, who was elected as an Adams County judge in November.
The seat has been Republican since 1973. It was moved to Central Pennsylvania from Philadelphia County in 1982.
Final certified results, including totals from Cumberland counties, are expected in the coming days.