Republicans Congressman Charlie Dent, R-15th, state Sen. Pat Browne, R-16th and state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-134th, celebrated their re-election victories Tuesday night at the PPL Center, Allentown.

Dent, who was officially unchallenged, faced a last-minute, write-in campaign by Dennis Atiyeh of North Whitehall.

According to the Board of Elections, Dent received an unofficial 56,012 votes in Lehigh County.

Browne, who received an unofficial 62 percent of the vote, garnered 36,715 votes. Challenger Democrat Walter Felton brought in 22,095 votes, 36 percent of the total 58,810 cast.

Republicans won five seats out of five in state Senate races and gained three, bringing the tally to 30 to 20 in Harrisburg.

Republican Julie Harhart, R-183rd, who faced challenges from Democrat Terri L. Powell of Northampton County and Independent Michael Molovinsky of South Whitehall, garnered an unofficial 57 percent of the vote in Lehigh County, bringing in 4,317 votes. Powell received 30 percent of the votes cast, garnering an unofficial 2,271 votes, and Molovinsky earned an unofficial 13 percent ot the total, receiving 1,001 votes.

Unofficial total votes cast was 7,589, according to the Board of Elections.

According to the Board of Elections in Northampton County, Harhart received an unofficial 5,933 votes, 63.57 percent of the total cast.

Powell garnered an unofficial 2,784 votes, 29.83 percent of the total, and Molovinsky received an unofficial 610 votes, 6.54 percent of the total votes cast.

State Rep. Gary Day, R-187th, unchallenged in the Nov. 4 election, received an unofficial 12,679 votes, according to Lehigh County Board of Elections.

In Berks County, he received an unofficial 1,532 votes, according to that county's election board.

Democrat Mike Schlossberg, ran unopposed in the 132nd Legislative District. He garnered an unofficial 7,880 votes.

According to a statement issued Nov. 5 by Pa. Speaker of the House Sam Smith, R-66th, of Armstrong, Indiana and Jefferson counties, and Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-28th, of Allegheny County, going into the election with 111 Republican members of the state House, the next session will have 119 Republican members, a 35-seat majority, following Tuesday's election.