Decision 2022: Brooks sent back to PA Senate for third term

Pennsylvania State Senator Michele Brooks is being sent to Harrisburg for a third term by handily defeating Democratic challenger Rianna Czech.

Wednesday, November 9th 2022, 5:32 AM EST

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Wednesday, November 9th 2022, 5:32 AM EST

By Mike Gauntner

Sen. Michele Brooks

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Senator Michele Brooks is being sent to Harrisburg for a third term by handily defeating Democratic challenger Rianna Czech.

Brooks received 67,696 of the votes in the 50^th Senatorial District compared to 19,211 for Czech.

Elected to represent Mercer and Crawford Counties, along with parts of Erie and Warren Counties in 2014, Brooks was re-elected in 2018.

Before being elected to the Senate, she served eight years in the House of Representatives, after terms as Mercer County Commissioner and a Jamestown Borough Councilmember.

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