Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper and Republican Mike Kelly won their respective parties' nominations Tuesday to run for Congress in November's general election and represent the 3rd District.
Armstrong County's unofficial election returns showed Dahlkemper, of Erie, receiving 1,469 votes or about 70 percent. Kelly, of Butler, received 1,960 votes at 50 percent, unofficially.
The 3rd Congressional District includes part of Armstrong County as well as portions of Butler, Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties and all of Erie County. Armstrong's portion includes the boroughs of Applewold, Atwood, Dayton, Parker City, Rural Valley, South Bethlehem, West Kittanning and Worthington, and the townships of Boggs, Bradys Bend, Cowanshannock, East Franklin, Hovey, Kittanning, Madison, Mahoning, Perry, Pine, Rayburn, Redbank, Sugarcreek, Valley, Washington and Wayne, and the western voting precinct of South Buffalo.
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