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Wilkes-Barre City Councilwoman Jessica McClay bested Bear Creek Village Mayor Mike Harostock at the polls in Tuesday’s general election to win the 121st Legislative District seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
McClay, a 52-year-old Democrat, won 60% of the vote, taking 8,636 ballots to the 5,754 tallied for Harostock, a 41-year-old Republican, according to unofficial poll results with just two precincts yet to report.
The candidates were vying to fill the seat that Democratic state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski will vacate when he retires at the end of his 10th consecutive term in January.
“It’s been an honor speaking to voters across the 121st District about what they’re looking for in a leader, and I am so grateful for all their support today and for putting their faith in me. I’d like to thank my family and my team for being by my side over the past months in this campaign – I wouldn’t have been able to do this without you,” McClay sad in an emailed statement.
“Luzerne County is my home,” McClay said. “I’ve been serving Wilkes-Barre for three decades and now look forward to serving the entire 121st as their state representative, where we ca...