Tuesday, April 23, was the primary election in Pennsylvania. Here's a look at Election Day around Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.
!["I voted" stickers available for voters.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/20cf586/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2546x1568+0+63/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F38%2Fbf%2F25b73d7c4037a7c1842a97de25c4%2F04232024-elections013.jpg)
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"I voted" stickers available for voters.
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![Poll worker Nina Fletcher signs voters into the Keyser Valley polling place in Scranton.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d8d5155/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5772x3555+0+141/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9c%2F17%2F3c5ed08f49f08b03a1aa234ffefd%2F04232024-elections011.jpg)
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Poll worker Nina Fletcher signs voters into the Keyser Valley polling place in Scranton.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Signs for candidates line the walk to a polling place on Ross Street in Wilkes-Barre.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ff99d50/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5608x3454+0+138/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0a%2F2d%2Fe882e5d44c219dc80d5f2b6f3bc9%2F04232024-elections008.jpg)
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Signs for candidates line the walk to a polling place on Ross Street in Wilkes-Barre.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![The Marymount polling place on South Hancock Street in Wilkes-Barre.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/484e2bb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5924x3649+0+147/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F73%2Fb889014a4e018b12bce4428ced3f%2F04232024-elections007.jpg)
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The Marymount polling place on South Hancock Street in Wilkes-Barre.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![A mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/aa0bb98/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5095x3138+0+129/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbc%2Fc1%2F1b765e4444bebd2a72ec4547a218%2F04232024-elections006.jpg)
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A mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Lackawanna County Director of Elections Beth Hopkins takes a phone call on primary day.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/281ec1a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4953x3051+0+141/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbb%2Fa7%2F8b3ee2464736942ece1344f9d514%2F04232024-elections003.jpg)
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Lackawanna County Director of Elections Beth Hopkins takes a phone call on primary day.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Darryl Bickauskas scans mail-in ballots at the Lackawanna County Government Center on primary election day.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1f0526d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5184x3193+0+128/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2b%2F0b%2Fdd66a4d24eb4b9d2591e983a987d%2F04232024-elections002.jpg)
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Darryl Bickauskas scans mail-in ballots at the Lackawanna County Government Center on primary election day.
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![Polls are open at Scranton High School.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7a39dec/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2483+0+270/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F40%2F4d71109e4dc39a15baa756e91cff%2Fshs-vote.jpg)
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Polls are open at Scranton High School.
![Eileen and Bruce Baessler sell soup for a Montrose library fundraiser on Election Day.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4ca932e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3656x2252+172+0/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2Fe7%2F0c9de8524b29b26c98b55ee6a94b%2F20240423-111037.jpg)
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Eileen and Bruce Baessler sell soup for a Montrose library fundraiser on Election Day.
Sarah Hofius Hall / WVIA News
![Eleven voters had visited the polling place at Hop Bottom Borough Building by 10:15 a.m.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b98f380/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3656x2252+172+0/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd3%2F6d%2F37a2d52d44f9961f2e514885600b%2F20240423-101745.jpg)
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Eleven voters had visited the polling place at Hop Bottom Borough Building by 10:15 a.m.
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![A voter stops to take campaign leaflets as he heads into the Kingston Rec Center polling place in Luzerne County on Tuesday morning.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3740a35/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2483+0+270/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F19%2F05%2Fc4dd634d408a9351821a942766bc%2F438203966-1570383583806859-26972264456343881-n.jpg)
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A voter stops to take campaign leaflets as he heads into the Kingston Rec Center polling place in Luzerne County on Tuesday morning.
Roger DuPuis / WVIA News
![Abe Lewis of the Luzerne County GIS department checks the contents in a voting booth bag.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/943b27e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4139x2549+0+161/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F75%2F1a%2Fc720fcb9461081c5d9de2b4f10c4%2F04232024-vote006.jpg)
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Abe Lewis of the Luzerne County GIS department checks the contents in a voting booth bag.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Returning Luzerne County's voting machines and ballots is a flurry of activity at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e825f3e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4273x2632+0+41/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc1%2F26%2F6e3e5a2e48a889a1429133a46ec5%2F04232024-vote007.jpg)
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Returning Luzerne County's voting machines and ballots is a flurry of activity at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Nicole Mascioli and Jim Rose check ballots and a voting machine at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1a84bfa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4929x3036+0+94/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fbf%2Ffd%2F98d4d2404a31943f219dcb9d8ee9%2F04232024-vote005.jpg)
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Nicole Mascioli and Jim Rose check ballots and a voting machine at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Members of the Luzerne County sheriff's department unload voting machines at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ff2e5ca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4131x2544+0+359/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff6%2Fee%2F922a80f84db2a345c543ef69f953%2F04232024-vote004.jpg)
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Members of the Luzerne County sheriff's department unload voting machines at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.
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![Harry Skene, Luzerne County Solicitor, loads voting machines as they come back to Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre on primary election night 2024.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/14b9991/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5267x3244+0+134/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F67%2Fe0%2F9613245f455790d52a291d53a4ba%2F04232024-vote001.jpg)
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Harry Skene, Luzerne County Solicitor, loads voting machines as they come back to Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre on primary election night 2024.
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![Luzerne County mail-in ballots are counted at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e3ef6de/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5316x3274+0+134/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0f%2F3d%2Fce1cdd994ff78b98242bd461c20a%2F04232024-vote003.jpg)
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Luzerne County mail-in ballots are counted at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Interim Luzerne County Election Director Emily Cook carries mail-in ballots at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0cdc9c6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4576x2818+0+181/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F51%2F72%2F0dc1f821423fa7abfa3935eef669%2F04232024-vote002.jpg)
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Interim Luzerne County Election Director Emily Cook carries mail-in ballots at Penn Place in Wilkes-Barre.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
Voters around the region
![Mike Familetti and Grace Ecker leave the Keyser Valley Community Center polling place after casting their votes.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4d47f33/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4096x2523+79+0/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd1%2Fc6%2Fd784c9d647f6b686f002f8958e76%2F04232024-elections014.jpg)
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Mike Familetti and Grace Ecker leave the Keyser Valley Community Center polling place after casting their votes.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Kristy Heiland is Judge of Elections at the Hazle Twp. Municipal Building.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/763c2e2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2483+0+270/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe6%2F7b%2F4b4e4aef49b4b111a236b0c3fb65%2Fimg-4691.jpeg)
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Kristy Heiland is Judge of Elections at the Hazle Twp. Municipal Building.
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![Ann Russell votes in Hazle Twp. on primary election day.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/45f62bd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2483+0+270/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa6%2F2e%2F589fdb5b474b88fac91569b0066c%2Fimg-4696.jpeg)
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Ann Russell votes in Hazle Twp. on primary election day.
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![Deborah Victor voted in Hazle Twp. for the primary election.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8c68b6b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2483+0+270/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F20%2Ffd%2F9568930947ac89fe7e16413724bc%2Fimg-4692.jpeg)
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Deborah Victor voted in Hazle Twp. for the primary election.
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![Carl Zenker helps his son, Adam, scan his ballot in Scranton.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3f39f86/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4951x3049+0+144/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7a%2F89%2F7b911c244d19991c0ed5fd2d6a80%2F04232024-elections012.jpg)
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Carl Zenker helps his son, Adam, scan his ballot in Scranton.
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![Bill Dantona, 86, casts his vote at the Keyser Valley Community Center in Scranton.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7df6a4e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5619x3461+0+139/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1a%2Fc2%2Feaa0af784e90b31d4dc105613681%2F04232024-elections009.jpg)
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Bill Dantona, 86, casts his vote at the Keyser Valley Community Center in Scranton.
Aimee Dilger / WVIA News
![Bill Dantona, 86, casts his vote at the Keyser Valley Community Center in Scranton.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cea2877/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5339x3288+0+232/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6a%2F73%2Fc5bdea6d46e98b78b225b8b71fa0%2F04232024-elections010.jpg)
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Bill Dantona, 86, casts his vote at the Keyser Valley Community Center in Scranton.
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Kevin Huffman and his parents, Marianne and Paul Huffman, vote in Williamsport.
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Richard Brown votes in Williamsport.
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Charles Muffley votes in Williamsport.
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![Mary and Wilson Martin vote in Wysox Twp.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/97f8873/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4032x2483+0+270/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2F65%2Fe41bd6874c928bee962229fe900d%2Fimg-9917.jpeg)
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Mary and Wilson Martin vote in Wysox Twp.
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Candidates on election night
![Brenda Pugh, right, hugs state Rep. Aaron Kaufer Tuesday night at Valenti's Restaurant in Exeter after she declared victory in the race to secure the Republican nomination to run for Kaufer's seat this November. Unofficial results on Tuesday showed that Pugh dominated a three-way GOP race with Lee Ann McDermott and Patrick Musto. It appears that Pugh will face Democrat Fern Leard in the fall.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e3db3ba/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3092x1904+0+100/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffe%2Fc5%2Ffcea98304f8797ccf891662a2f1d%2Fbrendapugh.jpeg)
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Brenda Pugh, right, hugs state Rep. Aaron Kaufer Tuesday night at Valenti's Restaurant in Exeter after she declared victory in the race to secure the Republican nomination to run for Kaufer's seat this November. Unofficial results on Tuesday showed that Pugh dominated a three-way GOP race with Lee Ann McDermott and Patrick Musto. It appears that Pugh will face Democrat Fern Leard in the fall.
Roger DuPuis / WVIA News
![A supporter holds a cell phone up for Fern Leard, a Democrat, to check the numbers in her race for state representatives in the 120th District. Her mother, Terry Marsh, claps while another supporter looks on.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/786f7e4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5039x3104+0+128/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F42%2F98%2F587afd6e4967aed9f69eb620e1de%2F04232024-leard001.jpg)
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A supporter holds a cell phone up for Fern Leard, a Democrat, to check the numbers in her race for state representatives in the 120th District. Her mother, Terry Marsh, claps while another supporter looks on.
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![Fern Leard, a Democrat running for 120th state representative seat, is hugged by her mother, Terry Marsh, at an election night watch party.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44f47ae/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2081x1282+0+56/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc8%2F89%2Faf93ad2f4a87a1623f26cf9dd13a%2F04232024-leard002.jpg)
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Fern Leard, a Democrat running for 120th state representative seat, is hugged by her mother, Terry Marsh, at an election night watch party.
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![Fern Leard listens to Eddie Day Pashinski at the watch party election night.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5ab2653/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4894x3014+0+121/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc9%2Fbc%2F5fe3e3ca4d3d82fae2b56f71e784%2F04232024-leard003.jpg)
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Fern Leard listens to Eddie Day Pashinski at the watch party election night.
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![Eddie Day Pashinski speaks to guests at a watch party Election night at Rodano's.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e6cf297/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4520x2784+0+86/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5b%2F8d%2F859a2a31486f8df3478f87155de5%2F04232024-pashinski001.jpg)
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Eddie Day Pashinski speaks to guests at a watch party Election night at Rodano's.
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![Sterling Twp. Supervisor Jeff Olsommer talks with supporters at the Paupack Watering Hole after claiming victory in a special election for state representative in Pennsylvania's 139th House District.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c6346fe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5712x3518+0+383/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe1%2F0c%2F56a8157a4411a9ff1015660201ec%2Fimg-5035.jpeg)
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Sterling Twp. Supervisor Jeff Olsommer talks with supporters at the Paupack Watering Hole after claiming victory in a special election for state representative in Pennsylvania's 139th House District.
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![A tense evening as the Cabell campaign watches the final precincts report at Four Blooms Restaurant in Drums.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/90a9681/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2048x1261+0+137/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F19%2Ff1%2F1a8b4ae3475d9408b65935ff8964%2Fimg-0216.jpeg)
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A tense evening as the Cabell campaign watches the final precincts report at Four Blooms Restaurant in Drums.
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