ALLENTOWN, Pa. - State Rep. Mike Schlossberg easily won re-election Tuesday, defeating two opponents in the 132nd House District.
Schlossberg, a Democrat, declared victory around 11 p.m. He defeated Republican Beth Finch and Libertarian candidate Matthew Shutter.
- State Rep. Mike Schlossberg was re-elected to another term
- He said he was grateful for voters' confidence, especially because his 132nd House District changed considerably
- Priorities in his next term will be education funding and improving mental health services, he said
Unofficial and incomplete returns from Lehigh County had him with nearly 67 percent of the vote — 12,488 votes to Finch's 5,812 and Shutter's 370.
Schlossberg said he was grateful to voters in a district that changed considerably because of statewide redistricting. He said more than half of his district composition changed.
"Let's be clear. There’s always going to be a structural advantage because I'm an incumbent in a Democratic district," he said. "But I’m appreciative and flattered, and I’m humbled. Fifty-two percent of the district is new and I worked as hard as I could."
Schlossberg said education funding and mental health will be his main concerns over the next two years.
"(I want to) continue to work toward fairly and fully funding education and improving the mental health care system," he said.
The 132nd House District used to cover only part of Allentown and South Whitehall Township, but now covers all of South Whitehall Township and part of Upper Macungie Township.
Schlossberg is co-chair and co-founder of the Legislature's mental health caucus and he Democratic chair of the manufacturing caucus. Before becoming state representative, he served on Allentown City Council for almost three years.
Finch is co-founder of Freedom for Choice PA, a grassroots group that advocated against the mask mandate in schools and the vaccine mandate for health care workers.
Schutter served as an auditor in Penn Forest Township for four years and as a judge of elections in South Whitehall for four years.
