State Sen. Tomlinson Tests Positive For COVID-19

BENSALEM, PA — State Sen. Tommy Tomlinson, who represents Bensalem and parts of the Levittown area, has tested positive for the coronavirus.

On Facebook, Tomlinson said Wednesday that he "started to experience some mild flu like symptoms" over the weekend.

"After consultation with my doctor, I decided to get tested for COVID-19," Tomlinson wrote. "Late last night, I received word that I tested positive."

Tomlinson said Wednesday he is feeling well but quarantining while sick.

"Just a reminder to all that you must continue to wear a mask, wash your hands and use social distancing to help defeat the spread," Tomlinson wrote.

Tomlinson, a Republican, was re-elected to a four-year term in the state senate in 2018, narrowly defeating Democratic state Rep. Tina Davis.

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Before being elected to the Senate, Tomlinson was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, serving the 18th District from 1991-94. Before that, he was director of the Bensalem Township School District from 1978 to 1990. He owns and operates Tomlinson Funeral Home in Bensalem.

The 6th District includes Bensalem, Bristol, Lower Southampton, Middletown, Northampton, Warwick, and Wrightstown townships, as well as Bristol, Hulmeville, Ivyland, Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, and Penndel boroughs.

In Bucks County, there have been 34,292 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began and 987 deaths related to the virus, according to the state Department of Health. The heavily populated Lower Bucks area that Tomlinson represents has been the county's hot spot, where most of its coronavirus cases have been reported.