Republican Incumbent Jamie Barton won another term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, defeating Tina Burns in Tuesday’s election. Barton had 9,841 unofficial votes, with Burns tallying 5,525 votes.

The district includes parts of Berks County and parts of Schuylkill County, including the townships of Delano, East Brunswick, Rush, Ryan, Schuylkill, South Manheim, Walker, West Brunswick and West Penn, and the boroughs of Auburn, Coaldale, Deer Lake, Landingville, New Ringgold, Orwigsburg, Port Clinton and Tamaqua.

Rep. Barton is the incumbent, having succeeded former Rep. Jerry Knowles upon his retirement.

A resident of East Brunswick Township, before his election, Rep. Barton spent 35 years in the energy industry as the vice president of Jack Rich, Inc.

Burns of Tamaqua, is a health care consultant who helps smaller providers operate independent of large health systems. She served in the Coast Guard before earning a master’s degree in industrial organizational psychology from Florida International University.