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How Bucks County Democrats won in critical Pennsylvania county 

By Salena Zito
Published November 6, 2025 4:49pm ET
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How Bucks County Democrats won in critical Pennsylvania county 
BRISTOL, Pennsylvania - Danny Ceisler (D-PA) unseated incumbent Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran in one of the most important Swing counties in Pennsylvania. (Photo courtesy of Ceisler.)

BRISTOL, Pennsylvania — Both Democrats and Republicans know if you want to win a statewide election in Pennsylvania, whether you are running for president, U.S. Senate, or governor, winning Bucks County is right up there with winning Erie County in terms of locking up the numbers to secure the state.

It was a county that eluded President Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020, when Democrats Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, respectively, both comfortably won. That all changed last year when Trump won Bucks, and Erie, and subsequently the state and the White House.

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