Steve Santarsiero talking to voters.
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Democratic congressional candidate State Rep. Steve Santarsiero cast his ballot during a public appearance while his Republican opponent laid low.
Santarsiero cast his ballot and talked to reporters shortly after 8 a.m. at Charles Boehm Middle School. Following casting his vote, the Democratic candidate for the Eighth Congressional District headed to Maple Point Middle School in Middletown to greet voters.
Republican congressional candidate Brian Fitzpatrick, a Middletown resident who spent his career as an FBI special agent, did not publicly meet with reporters or greet voters before cameras. Several attempts by NewtownPANow.com to find out when Fitzpatrick was casting his ballot were not successful.
Two Fitzpatrick supporters said they were aware the first-time political candidate was visiting polling places but they were not sure if he had voted as of noon.
Inviting the media to photograph and talk with the Eighth District Congressional candidates on election day has become a regular occurrence in recent election cycles.
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Eric Goldman, Santarsiero’s campaign manager, said while the Democrats campaign was outspent, they felt confident in their efforts to reach voters.
Over the weekend, local Democrats reached out to 100,000 voters, 25,000 on Monday and are expected to contact 50,000 on Election Day.
“We have a good get out the vote effort,” Santarsiero said.
Santarsiero, who has supported Hillary Clinton for president despite several controversies, has hit Fitzpatrick on his early support of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Fitzpatrick denounced support for Trump earlier this fall but did not announce who he planned to vote for on election day.
Fitzpatrick is expected to appear before supporters and the press Tuesday night in Doylestown.
