State Rep. Rosemary M. Brown, a Republican, won a promotion in yesterday’s General Election balloting, winning against Democrat Jennifer Anne Skukaitis in a race to decide who will represent the 40th District in the Pennsylvania Senate for the next four years.

Republican Sen. Mario Scavello is retiring from the post.

Meanwhile, Democrat Nicholas P. Miller and Republican Jarrett C. Coleman won races in the 14th and 16th districts, respectively, as did incumbent Democrat Lisa Boscola who represents the 18th District.

40th District

Brown scored a 53,599 to 43,122 victory over Shukaitis in the district includes all of Monroe County; parts of Lackawanna County consisting of the City of Carbondale, the townships of Carbondale, Clifton, Covington, Elmhurst, Fell, Jefferson, Madison, Roaring Brook, Spring Brook and Thornhurst, and the boroughs of Archbald, Blakely, Jermyn, Jessup, Mayfield, Moscow, Olyphant and Vandling; and parts of Wayne County consisting of the townships of Canaan, Cherry Ridge, Dreher, Lake, Lehigh, Salem, South Canaan, Sterling and Texas, and the boroughs of Honesdale, Prompton and Waymart.

In her home county on Monroe, she had a 31,653 to 26,385 advantage. She won the Lackawanna County vote by a difference of 13,926 to 13,045 and was a 2-1 winner in Wayne County, 8,020 to 3,692.

Brown first won election to the state House in 2010.

14th District

The new senator in the 14th District will be Miller. He defeated Dean N. Browning, 45,944 to 40,202.

Sen. John Yudichak currently represents the district. He is retiring this year and the district’s boundaries were changes with redistricting.

It now includes parts of Lehigh County, consisting of the City of Allentown (parts, wards 1-12, 14-17 and 19) and the townships of Hanover, Salisbury, South Whitehall (parts, districts 1, 2, 4 5 and 7) and Whitehall and the boroughs of Catasauqua, Coplay, Emmaus and Fountain Hill, and part of Northampton County, consisting of the townships of Allen, Bushkill, East Allen, Hanover, Lehigh and Moore and the boroughs of Bath, Chapman, North Catasauqua, Northampton and Walnutport.

Miller won Lehigh County yesterday by a margin of 31,891 to 21,859, which enabled him to overcome deficit in Northampton County balloting, where Browning won 18,343 to 14,053.

16th District

Coleman defeated Democrat Mark E. Pinsley in the 16th District balloting that includes parts of Bucks County, consisting of the townships of Bedminster, Bridgeton, Durham, East Rockhill, Haycock, Hilltown, Milford, Nockamixon, Richland, Springfield, Tinicum and West Rockhill and the boroughs of Dublin, Perkasie, Quakertown, Richlandtown, Riegelsville, Sellersville, Silverdale, Telford (Bucks County portion) and Trumbauersville, and parts of Lehigh County, consisting of the City of Allentown (part, wards 13 and 18), the townships of Heidelberg, Lower Macungie, Lower Milford, Lowhill, Lynn, North Whitehall, South Whitehall (part, districts 03, 06 and 08), Upper Macungie, Upper Milford, Upper Saucon, Washington and Weisenberg and the boroughs of Alburtis, Coopersburg, Macungie and Slatington.

The final tally was 67,194 to 55,293. In May, Coleman unseated longtime Republican senator Pat Browne by just 19 votes, 17,041 to 17,022.

The victor took both counties, including Bucks by a margin of 28,603 to 21,220 and Lehigh County, 38,591 to 34,073.

18th District

Incumbent Boscola won her re-election bid over Republican John J. Merhotten by a score of 60,816 to 42,630.

The district consists of parts of Lehigh County, consisting of the City of Bethlehem (Lehigh County portion) and parts of Northampton County, consisting of the cities of Bethlehem (Northampton County portion) and Easton, the townships of Bethlehem, Forks, Lower Mount Bethel, Lower Nazareth, Lower Saucon, Palmer, Plainfield, Upper Mount Bethel, Upper Nazareth, Washington and Williams, and the boroughs of Bangor, East Bangor, Freemansburg, Glendon, Hellertown, Nazareth, Pen Argyl, Portland, Roseto, Stockertown, Tatamy, West Easton, Wilson and Wind Gap.

The senator won both the Northampton County balloting, 55,329 to 40,327, and Lehigh County tallies, 5,487 to 2,303.