After a night of counting votes, incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Perry appears to have secured a 7th term in Congress. The unofficial final counts from Dauphin, York, and Cumberland counties showed Perry with 203,460 votes, or 50.8 percent, to Democrat challenger Janelle Stelson’s 197,048, or 49.2 percent. The final count won't be certified for several weeks, but the margin now looks solid for the incumbent.
Perry, born and raised in York County, won the York portion of the district by 13,595 votes and Cumberland by 5,416 votes. Stelson led in Dauphin by 12,601 votes. Perry addressed his supporters at a post-election gathering at Boomerang Bar & Grill in Fairview Township, expressing hope for a win. "We knew that this was going to be a fight, and it is a fight. The good news is there is a still a lot (of votes) out... and a lot of it looks good," Perry said.
Stelson, a longtime WGAL-TV newscaster and first-time political candidate, based her candidacy on the premise that Perry is not only too extreme in his political views for the Republican-leaning 10th District but, as of the 2020 presidential election, he is an oath breaker to boot. Perry, however, defended his record and argued his communications at that time were a response to concerns he was hearing from constituents and other sources.
The 10th District, created in 2018 out of a court-ordered redistricting in response to a suit about partisan gerrymandering, consists of all of Dauphin County, roughly the northern half of York County, and most of Cumberland County. The district is seen as one of about 30 House races nationally that will tell the tale of which party has majority control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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