11/9/16

All four members of Schuylkill County’s state legislative delegation won re-election Tuesday night, which should surprise no on in light of the fact that none of them had an opponent on the ballot.

To Gary Bender, Schuylkill County administrator who chaired the county Republican Party until this past weekend, the lack of opposition means all four legislators — state Sen. David G. Argall, R-29, and state Reps. Neal P. Goodman, D-123, Jerry Knowles, R-124, and Mike Tobash, R-125 — are serving their constituents.

“I think they’re all doing an outstanding job,” Bender said. “They’re mindful of the expenses people go through. They’re good stewards.”

With 93.87 percent of the votes counted statewide, the vote totals were as follows.

Argall, whose district includes all of Schuylkill and part of Berks County, received 64,898 votes.

Goodman, whose district is the only one of the four entirely in Schuylkill County, received 17,937 votes. There were 391 write-in votes.

Knowles, whose district includes parts of Berks and Carbon counties in addition to part of Schuylkill, received 16,838 votes.

Tobash, whose district includes part of Dauphin County in addition to part of Schuylkill, received 8,938 votes.

All totals are unofficial.