Result
Rep. Leanne Krueger (D-Wallingford) has won reelection in Pennsylvania House District 161, beating Republican John Mancinelli Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 3 in a rematch of their 2024 race. Unofficial results show Krueger with 18,724 votes, or 67.1%, to Mancinelli’s 9,171, or 32.9%.
That is a much wider margin than two years ago, when Krueger beat Mancinelli with 58.1% of the vote. Her new term begins Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Candidates and Platforms
Krueger made history in 2015 as the first woman to represent the 161st District. She serves on the House Democratic leadership team as caucus administrator and was the first woman to chair the House Democratic Campaign Committee, where she spent four and a half years working to flip control of the chamber.
Mancinelli, a local small business owner, has served as an at-large member of the Penn-Delco School Board since 2022. In a post on his campaign Facebook page, he pointed to restoring access to hospitals, emergency rooms and critical health care services as a priority for the district.
District and Chamber
District 161 covers Aston Township, Brookhaven Borough, Chester Township, Nether Providence Township, Rose Valley Borough, Upland Borough and parts of Middletown and Ridley townships in Delaware County. Upland is home to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, which closed in May 2025 along with Taylor Hospital in nearby Ridley Park.
Krueger will return to a stronger Democratic majority. Democrats expanded their 103-100 House edge to at least 111 seats on Nov. 3, with a few races still uncalled, and flipped the state Senate to a 26-24 majority, giving the party control of the Legislature and the governor’s office.
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