| style="background:#b3d9ff;"| 39% | style="background:#ccc;"| Jake Towne | style="background:#ccc;"|Independent | style="background:#ccc;"| 7% |- ||2012 | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| Charlie Dent (inc.) | style="background:#ffb3b3;"|Republican | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| 57% | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| Rick Daugherty | style="background:#b3d9ff;"|Democratic | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| 43% |- ||2014 | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| Charlie Dent (inc.) | style="background:#ffb3b3;"|Republican | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| 100% | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| |- ||2016 | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| Charlie Dent (inc.) | style="background:#ffb3b3;"|Republican | style="background:#ffb3b3;"| 58% | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| Rick Daugherty | style="background:#b3d9ff;"|Democratic | style="background:#b3d9ff;"| 38% | style="background:#fc9;"| Paul Rizzo | style="background:#fc9;"|Libertarian | style="background:#fc9;"| 4% Post-political career Following his resignation from Congress, Dent joined the law firm DLA Piper as a non-attorney policy adviser. He registered as a lobbyist following the mandatory one-year cooling off period. On August 19, 2020, Dent announced his formal endorsement of Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election, joining other Republicans such as Colin Powell, John Kasich, Christine Todd Whitman, Jeff Flake, Chuck Hagel, Susan Molinari and John Warner in choosing to vote for the Democrat in the election. On July 6, 2022, Dent endorsed Democrat Josh Shapiro in the Pennsylvania Governor Election, claiming that Shapiro would 'unite the state' and that Mastriano 'is a threat to the rule of law'. Personal life Dent is married to Pamela Jane Serfass and has three children. References External links |- |- |- |- |- 1960 births 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians American people of English descent American people of German descent American people of Irish descent American Presbyterians Articles containing video clips Lehigh University alumni Living people Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators Pennsylvania State University alumni Politicians from Allentown, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania William Allen High School alumni