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Republican candidates for office in Washington County bucked the national trend by electing Republican candidates to all contested races. In the 46th Senate district, Senator Camera Bartolotta held off independent candidate Jodi Borello 56% to 44%. In House races, in the 48th district Tim O’Neal held off Rebecca MacTaggart 57%-43%. In the 50th district Ben Humble beat Lois Bower-Bjornson 65%-35%, in the 15th district it was Josh Kail over Sydney Speicher 62%-38%. In the remaining races involving Washington County, In the 39th district, Andrew Kuzma beat Dylan Altemara 53.5%-46.5%, in the 40th district, Natalie Mihalek held on to defeat Jon Lloyd 51.5%-48.5% and finally in the 46th district Jason Ortitay beat Mike Crossey 53%-47%. Results are unofficial until certified by the counties where the elections were held.

Voters in Hanover Township voted against adding two supervisors to their board of supervisors. In a ballot referendum question, residents were asked if they would want to add two supervisors to the township board of supervisors to bring the total number of supervisors to five. The measure to add supervisors failed with 52% of residents wishing to retain the current set up. Those residents in favor of expansion only had 48% of the vote. The final vote total was 482 no and 443 yes.

United States Representative for the Pennsylvania 14th Congressional District Guy Reschenthaler will retain his seat in Washington D.C. The Associated Press called the election in favor of Reschenthaler. As of 11:50 pm on Election Day, Reschenthaler led challenger Alan Bradstock 59%-41%. Reschenthaler will be seated for his fifth term in January of 2027.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are casting ballots on the final day of voting in the U.S. midterms with relatively few issues so far. As of Tuesday afternoon, the biggest problems affecting voting were weather-related, with flooding in Florida and parts of the Southwest leading to polling location changes. In New York’s Westchester County, where some voters are casting ballots in a competitive U.S. House race, an issue with ballot scanners accepting paper ballots required ballots to be diverted to emergency bags for later counting. In Florida’s Broward County, a voting system issue as polls opened was resolved within 20 minutes, but led to some voters leaving prematurely. The final day of voting comes as President Donald Trump has been escalating efforts to interfere in how states run their elections.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the U.S. will stop providing $4 billion in aid each year to Israel in 2027 but will sell arms to its closest ally in the Middle East. The Republican president told Fox News Channel during a phone call Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approached him about the idea and that they’ve been talking about it for a couple of years. Trump says Israel doesn’t need the aid and it’s a lot of money for the U.S. to spend. But Trump also says U.S. aid to Israel has become a Democratic talking point for candidates such as Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Netanyahu’s office hasn’t commented.

(AP) – Investigators say they found a piece of the Learjet that slammed into the ground in Florida miles from the crash site. Nine people on board were killed when the jet crashed into a residential area of Greenacres, near West Palm Beach, on Sunday afternoon. National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said Tuesday that most of the left elevator, which is part of the tail, was found in three pieces between 1.3 miles and 3.8 miles away. Chapman says this confirms the plane was breaking apart before it hit the ground.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine has risen to 29, with 48 people still missing. People had gathered to receive humanitarian aid when the attack occurred. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles overnight across nine regions. He noted the barrage coincided with U.S. elections. The attack Monday in a village in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region targeted a school building and a nearby shelter. In Kharkiv, a combined missile and drone attack injured at least 62 people. In the Dnipro area, a Russian attack killed one person and wounded 17. Rescue efforts are ongoing.