On Tuesday, Penn State students and local Centre County residents took to the polls to vote in the midterm elections along with millions of Americans.

In Centre County, folks could cast ballots in the governor’s race, Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District race, and state House races in the 77th, 82nd, and 171st districts, depending on where they were registered.

Centre County saw a 55.32% voter turnout rate in the general election, and a total of 57,125 ballots were cast.

Let’s take a look at how Centre County voted as of Wednesday at 2 p.m. Folks can find the official election votes here.

Governor

• Josh Shapiro (D) — 34,292
• Stacy Garrity (R) — 21,614
• Ken Krawchuk (L) — 798
• Write-in — 67

Shapiro ran for his second term against Garrity and Krawchuk. Both Shapiro and Garrity campaigned at Penn State in the weeks leading up to election night.

Shapiro beat Garrity and Krawchuk with 60.4% of the votes, to her 38.3% and his 1.3%, respectively.

Representative In Congress — 15th District

• Ray Bilger (D) — 32,234
• Glenn “GT” Thompson (R) — 24,503
• Write-in — 67

Representative Thompson ran for his 10th term in Congress against Bilger. Thompson beat Bilger 63.9% to 36.1%.

Representative In The General Assembly — 77th District

• Scott Conklin (D) — 14,735
• Michelle Schellberg (R) — 7,085
• Write-in — 27

Representative Conklin ran for his 11th term in the Pennsylvania House against Schellberg. Conklin beat Schellberg 67.5% to 32.5%.

Representative In The General Assembly — 82nd District

• Paul Takac (D) — 13,106
• Kirsten McTernan (R) — 8,057
• Write-in — 21

Representative Takac ran for his third term against McTernan. He won with 61.9% of the votes to her 38.1%.

Representative In The General Assembly — 171st District

• John Zangari (D) — 5,406
• Kerry Benninghoff (R) — 8,319
• Write-in — 18

Benninghoff ran for his 16th term against Zangari. He won 66.8% to 33.2%.

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