Every incumbent representing Butler County in the state General Assembly has been reelected to another term.

While little doubt remained after Election Day votes were tallied by midnight Wednesday in the county, the final mail-in ballot accounting solidified the incumbents' leads over their challengers.

But with the mail-in ballots, some races got a little more interesting or definitively went toward the incumbent.

The totals while including mail-in ballots, however, are not official until certified by the secretary of state.

Daniel Smith Jr. had hoped mail-in ballots would bring him to victory over state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, after he was down by nearly 14,000 Election Day votes.But after the mail-in ballots were tabulated, Metcalfe's lead shrank to 10,000 votes — or roughly 23 percentage points.The county Elections Bureau counted 9,483 mail-in votes for Smith, which wasn't enough to overcome Metcalfe's lead, especially when the incumbent also received 5,218 mail votes.“It's been a great ride and I will never forget the passion that drove me to do what I did, to bring the kind of representation I feel our area hasn't received in 22 years,” Smith said Wednesday night.Metcalfe, who has served in the House since 1999, could not be reached for comment.Scott Timko, a Republican, also launched a write-in campaign after failing to receive the party nomination in June's primary election. While roughly 500 write-in votes were tabulated, more granular data on those votes were not available. However, those votes were clearly not enough to put him over the top.“I believe our president will win and, with his historic visit to Butler, he not only helped himself, but all the Republican named ballot candidates,” Timko said. “Trump winning the presidency makes me proud to be a Republican and I congratulate all the candidates and winners for a hard-fought campaign.”

At the end of Wednesday night, Sen. Scott Hutchinson, R-21st, led challenger Shelbie Stromyer, a Democrat, by more than 27,000 votes in Butler County, a margin of roughly 58 percentage points.Although Stromyer did not close that gap completely, she received more than 13,000 mail-in votes that were tabulated in the county, compared to about 8,600 for Hutchinson, shrinking the county vote gap to 34% in favor of Hutchinson.The rest of the 21st Senatorial District, which includes Clarion, Forest, Venango and part of Warren counties, was not so kind to Stromyer, who finished with 29% of the vote.On election night, Hutchinson congratulated his opponent for running a well-fought race, saying he believes the country is “stronger when more people are engaged” in the democratic process. The incumbent has served since 2013, and had run unopposed in the 2012 and 2016 elections.

In other races, mail-in ballots did not substantially change the results.Sen. Joe Pittman, R-41st, won reelection against Democratic challenger Anthony Deloreto, 73% to 26%.Sen. Elder Vogel Jr., R-47th, was reelected by a 66.6% to 33.4% margin against Democrat Stephen Krizan III.Rep. Tim Bonner, R-8th, fended off Democrat Phil Heasley to win reelection by a 55-percentage point margin. Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-10th, beat Democrat Kolbe Cole, 14,788 votes to 9,776 votes.Rep. Marci Mustello, R-11th, won against Sam Doctor, a Democrat, by a 44-percentage point margin.In the 14th District, Rep. Jim Marshall, R-14th, beat Democratic challenger Zachary Wilson, 60.7% to 30.3%.Rep. R. Lee James, R-64th, defeated Green Party challenger Michael Bagdes-Canning by more than 17,000 votes.Rep. Jeff Pyle, R-60th, did not face any significant challengers and was reelected by acclaim.