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The Pennsylvania 46th Senate District unofficial election results are in and they show that incumbent Senator Camera Bartolotta has held of a challenge by Greene County businessman Al Buchtan. Results from Washington, Greene and Beaver Counties show that Bartolotta beat Buchtan by 1439 votes. Buchtan beat Bartolotta by 447 votes in Greene County, but that was not enough to overcome the 1860 vote lead that Bartolotta built in Washington County. The vote tally in Beaver County had Bartolotta beating Buchtan by 26 votes. Bartolotta will face Democrat Evan Snyder in November.

The 2026 Primary Election has delivered an upset in the 50th District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Ben Humble, a Waynesburg businessman, has defeated incumbent Representative Bud Cook. Unofficial results show that Humble defeated Cook by 600 votes. The Greene County results show that Humble beat Cook by nearly 1100 votes and that margin of difference was just too much for Cook to make up in the small segment of Washington covered by the 50th District. Humble will face Democrat Lois Bower-Bjornson in the General Election in November.

WARMINSTER, Pa. — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and Republican Stacy Garrity will face each other in November after winning their uncontested primaries in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, setting up a November contest for the executive suite in a premier presidential battleground state. Shapiro will go into the fall as a heavy favorite to win reelection over Garrity, the state treasurer. Shapiro is on track to break his own campaign spending record and has reported outraising Garrity by more than 10-to-1. For Shapiro, the election year is more than an opportunity to win a second term: It’s a chance show his battleground-state political strength should he decide to run for president in 2028. Republicans acknowledge Shapiro’s electoral strength, and many in the party hope that Garrity can at least make it a close contest to help protect other Republicans on the ballot.

WARMINSTER, Pa. (AP) — Democrats in Pennsylvania backed by Gov. Josh Shapiro won their primaries to shape a congressional slate in which they hope to flip the state’s four swing districts and, ultimately, capture a U.S. House majority. Janelle Stelson, Bob Harvie and Bob Brooks won the party’s nomination Tuesday in three swing districts where Democrats had a contested primary for the right to take on Republican seat-holders in November. All were endorsed by Shapiro, who is putting his clout on the line and also is trying deliver Democratic control of the state Legislature. Shapiro will face Republican Stacy Garrity in his reelection bid.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has scored another win against a Republican rival, purging Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s primary and knocking out one of his most outspoken critics on Capitol Hill. Massie has been a particularly difficult thorn in Trump’s side. He pushed for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, opposed the war with Iran and voted against Trump’s signature tax legislation last year. He lost Tuesday to Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein following the most expensive U.S. House primary in history.

NEW YORK (AP) — Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen. But Donald Trump smashed that precedent in the first quarter of this year with more than 3,500 buy and sell orders, many of them involving companies whose profits have been directly impacted by his decisions as head of the government, according to a recent disclosure. Among the companies Trump traded in were Nvidia, Apple and some big defense contractors. The Trump Organization said the portfolio is managed by third parties and the president has no say in what stocks to buy and sell.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has endorsed a plan to redraw its congressional districts to favor Republicans at the urging of President Donald Trump. The chamber voted Wednesday on a new congressional map sending it to the more skeptical state Senate. Some Republicans have questioned whether redistricting could backfire — making districts competitive enough for Democrats to gain seats instead of securing all seven for the GOP. If the proposal becomes law, South Carolina would delay its U.S. House primaries to August and spend at least $3 million on another statewide election. Lawsuits against a new map are likely.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say the two teenagers who shot and killed three people in an attack on a California mosque had been radicalized online where they first met. Investigators said Tuesday that the pair shared white supremacist views and left behind writings showing their hatred toward various races and religions. Authorities also found at least 30 guns, ammunition and a crossbow at two residences after Monday’s attack. Authorities praised the security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego and two other men who were killed for slowing the attackers. They say the victims helped stop the attackers from reaching schoolchildren just steps away. Police have said the shooters killed themselves.

GENEVA (AP) — The body overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to press Hamas to disarm. The Associated Press saw the Board of Peace report before its release. The report is expected to be discussed Thursday. It states that Hamas’ refusal to disarm is a major obstacle to the ceasefire’s full implementation. Hamas has rejected the report, calling it fallacious. The ceasefire began in October but has stalled due to the deadlock over disarming Hamas. The report highlights ongoing ceasefire violations and emphasizes that disarmament is crucial for reconstruction and progress toward Palestinian self-determination.