PA election results, any surprises where you live? [View all]
On the top line, there were two superior court seats up for grabs. The result was 1 D (Dan McCaffery), 1R (Megan King), so a split.
On my local Beaver county elections, some very close races. Rs stayed in control of the county gov't 2-1, but the 4th place finisher was a former-R commissioner who switched parties and ran as a Dem. Dems came within a whisker (>1000 votes)of beating the incumbent county DA. For the first time, an AfAm woman was on the ballot for a row office, recorder of deeds. It wasn't too surprising she lost, but she lost by >3000 votes out of more than 38,000 cast. Dems did win the county court seat that was on the ballot. The biggest surprise to me was the win for treasurer by the R county commissioner who decided not to run for re-election after alienating everyone she worked with. She was so bad, the other two commissioners formed an a D/R alliance to thwart her. Her election to a new, row office should make for some interesting times in the courthouse. All-in-all, a mixed bag with a good bit of ticket-splitting.
FTR, Beaver county is conservative with a lot of old, cranky white people. It's been trending R for awhile although the party registration numbers still might be close. I'd say the close races are a good harbinger for the future.
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