{"id":323307,"date":"2026-11-07T21:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T21:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/323307\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T21:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T21:38:24","slug":"kosierowski-reelected-to-114th-state-house-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/323307\/","title":{"rendered":"Kosierowski reelected to 114th state House District"},"content":{"rendered":"

Incumbent Democratic state Rep. Bridget Malloy Kosierowski won reelection Tuesday night, retaining her seat representing the 114th state House District, unofficial results show.<\/p>\n

Kosierowski, of Waverly Twp., received 17,468 votes, compared to 8,337 for Republican challenger Logan Lombardo of Clarks Summit.\n<\/p>\n

The district is composed of Benton Twp., Clarks Green, Clarks Summit, Dickson City, Greenfield Twp., North Abington Twp., Scott Twp., parts of Scranton, South Abington Twp. and Waverly Twp.\n<\/p>\n

Kosierowski said she was thrilled with Tuesday night\u2019s results.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the commonwealth of Pennsylvania has sent a message,\u201d she said. \u201cI am so grateful for the voters, those are the most important people, and tonight\u2019s results. I am honored to be able to go back and serve the people of Pennsylvania. We will get stuff done. Our governor is a governor that does just that, and I\u2019m thrilled to be able to serve my constituents for the next two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kosierowski added that Democrats \u201csent a message tonight,\u201d calling the party\u2019s gains Tuesday night \u201ca huge win.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight is a great night,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A longtime registered nurse, Kosierowski named the economy\/affordability, healthcare access\/hospital closures and data centers as the three biggest issues in the district.<\/p>\n

Kosierowski has represented the 114th District since 2019. She won a special election that year after the death of state Rep. Sid Michaels Kavulich and was elected to her first full term in November 2020. Kosierowski won reelection in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n

Lombardo, a technician, unsuccessfully ran in 2025 for Clarks Summit Borough Council.\n<\/p>\n

State representatives serve two-year terms and earned an annual salary of about $113,591 this year.
\n\"StateState Reps. Kyle Donahue, D-113, Scranton, and Bridget Kosierowski, D-114, Waverly Twp., celebrate at Benny\u2019s of Downtown in Scranton on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. (CHAD SEBRING\/STAFF PHOTO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Incumbent Democratic state Rep. Bridget Malloy Kosierowski won reelection Tuesday night, retaining her seat representing the 114th state…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20083,24365,1993,1099,836,2665,201,182,883,139,62209,28,50,3103,178,180,179,6799,181,1053],"class_list":["post-323307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-benton-township","tag-clarks-green","tag-clarks-summit","tag-dickson-city","tag-election","tag-greenfield-township","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-local-politics","tag-news","tag-north-abington-township","tag-pennsylvania","tag-politics","tag-scott-township","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-south-abington-township","tag-top-stories-stt","tag-waverly-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}