2022 York/Adams County state legislative election results: incumbents hold onto seats
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly listed Isaac M. Riston's stance on abortion. He is pro-choice.
With all precincts reporting, the winners in state legislative races have been called, and no incumbents lost their seats. York County saw a 59% voter turnout for this election, with 184,065 total votes cast.
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93rd state House seat
Incumbent Mike Jones (R-York Township) faced off against two challengers: Democrat Chris Rodkey of Dallastown, and independent Kristine Cousler-Womack. Jones won with 63.25% of the votes.
Cousler-Womack ended the night with nearly 3% of the votes and Rodkey won 33.6%.
In a previous interview with the York Daily Record, Rodkey, a pastor, professor and small business owner, said his “primary agenda is to support the working class through tax cuts for working families and small businesses, and meaningful legislation to bring about substantial property tax relief, especially to senior citizens.”
Rodkey also said that Pennsylvania should have “at least” a $15 minimum wage.
Jones, who said he is “strongly pro-life,” supports cutting taxes and eliminating school property tax. He also said that Pennsylvania has “plenty of gun laws. We need to enforce those laws, not further infringe on the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutional rights of law abiding citizens.”
Cousler-Womack, a substitute paraprofessional, said she would “seek adoption of laws that support appropriate background checks, and mental health checks” for gun control, but she would “not support more gun control or bans.”
On the issue of minimum wage, Cousler-Womack said the “minimum wage should be $0, and it should be up to the business and the potential employee to voluntarily negotiate and agree to determine the wage for the employee, based on their experience and job performance.”
Results: See the numbers for York-Adams County contested races here
92nd state House seat
Democrat Dan Almoney of Newberry Township challenged incumbent Republican Dawn Keefer for the 92nd state House seat. Almoney lost to Keefer, bringing in 29.2% of the vote to her landslide win of 70.6% of the votes.
Almoney, a video producer, said in a previous interview with YDR that his candidacy was focused on "economy, education, empathy and equality."
"I'm looking for action on a variety of topics and dealing with 21st century problems. Something our current representative has shown little interest in," he said.
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169th state House seat
Democratic candidate Isaac Riston, Hanover, challenged incumbent Republican Kate Klunk for the 169th state House seat. Klunk has emerged the victor, with 71.9% of the votes. Riston took 27.95%.
Riston, who ran on a pro-choice platform, said he was “the only candidate who hasn't taken money from pharma companies, natural gas companies and private school organizations.”
91st state House seat
Republican Dan Moul of Conewago Township defended his seat against two challengers: Democrat Marty Qually, Gettysburg, and Libertarian Neil Belliveau, Conewago Township. Moul took home the victory, with 63.95% of the vote. Qually came in second with 33.6% of the vote, and Belliveau received just 2.44%.
Qually, an Adams County commissioner, said that one of the most important topics in this current race was a woman's right to choose an abortion. He said he'd also support gun reform that favored "background checks and reasonable waiting periods."
Belliveau, a digital marketer, said one of the biggest issues he planned to tackle was spending and high taxes. He also said he would not support gun reform laws and wants to abolish the federal minimum wage.
Moul said his biggest concern is inflation and bringing relief to working families. He plans to cut taxes, support current gun laws and propose a law that prevents abortions after 14 weeks gestation.
28th state Senate seat
Republican incumbent Kristin Phillips-Hill defended her seat and won against Democrat Judith Higgins, a small business owner from Lower Windsor Township. Phillips-Hill received 67.2% of the vote and Higgins ended the night with 32.66% of votes.
In a prior interview with YDR, Higgins said that defending a woman's right to choose is a top priority for her, and she supports gun reform.
"As a military veteran, I do not believe that weapons of war should be sold to the public, at any age. These weapons have a very specific use - to kill as many people as possible."
This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: York County election results 2022: Incumbents defend their seats
