It was "no contest" when two former Hazleton mayors went head-to-head in Tuesday's General Election race for the two-year term representing Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District.

Incumbent Rep. Lou Barletta easily defeated Democrat Michael Marsicano in balloting that took place in eight different counties that comprise the district, including Carbon County, where Barletta scored a 2-1 win, defeating Marsicano by a margin of 5,793 to 2,507.Overall, the incumbent's advantage was by nearly the same proportions. He won with 191,399 votes, compared to Marsicano's 109,211, the percentage breakdown being 63.66 to 36.34, with Barletta getting almost two out of every three votes cast in the race.The county-by-county breakdowns are as follows:Carbon: Barletta, 5,793; Marsicano, 2,507.Columbia: Barletta, 18,193; Marsicano, 8,833.Cumberland: Barletta, 41,347; Marsicano, 33,530.Luzerne: Barletta, 56,086; Marsicano, 31,149.Montour: Barletta, 5,525; Marsicano, 2,868.Northumberland: Barletta, 16,020; Marsicano, 6,859.Perry: Barletta, 6,039; Marsicano, 1,877.Wyoming: Barletta, 8,501; Marsicano, 3,728.For Barletta, the win means a return to Washington for a fourth two-year term. Ironically, he initially won the district in 2010 by defeating longtime Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, but at that time the district primarily included much of Luzerne County but also included all of Carbon County.Redistricting came into play for the 2012 voting district, and Barletta found himself representing basically an all new district that now stretches from Hazleton all the way down Interstate 81 to Cumberland County. In Carbon County, he represents the townships of Banks, Kidder, Lausanne, Lehigh, Packer and Penn Forest and the boroughs of Beaver Meadows, East Side and Weatherly.Barletta currently serves on three important committees to central, northeastern and south-central Pennsylvania: the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which plays a critical role in economic development and job growth; the Education and Workforce Committee, which focuses on improving our education system to produce competitive, qualified future workers and the Committee on Homeland Security, which helps protect the American people and our borders.Barletta serves as chairman of the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.Marsicano was the city's mayor from 1996-2000. Barletta took over in 2000 and held the post until being elected to the House of Representatives in 2010.