Erie County Updates

  • Pete Sala leads race for Erie County Court of Common Pleas Judge with 58 percent of vote over Eric Mikovch.
  • Erie County Council members Ellen Schauerman and Terry Scutella will retain their seats. Incumbent Brian Shank falls to Chris Drexel in race for District 5. Rock Copeland defeats Kim Hunter for District 3. 
  • Millcreek Township Supervisor Jim Bock pulls ahead of Democratic challenger Sam Comfort to keep his seat, earning 52 percent of votes.

Crawford and Warren County

  • Crawford County has not completed the canvassing of mail-in and absentee ballots.
  • Crawford County Commissioners: Scott Schell and Eric Henry top opponent Christopher Seely.
  • Meadville City Council: Democrats Autumn Vogel and Larry McKnight defeat their Republican opponents.
  • Warren County Commissioners: Kenneth Klakamp and Tricia Durbin lead race.

Pennsylvania Judicial Races

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Update

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt said Tuesday's municipal election in Pennsylvania ran relatively smoothly, with county elections boards reporting a minimal number of isolated issues.

A handful of counties reported routine issues throughout the day, such as precincts opening a few minutes late.

The most recent issue occurred in Delaware County, where police said a bomb threat investigation led them to close the polling place inside Radnor High School. The polling place was relocated to Radnor Elementary School, and a judge ordered the voting hours there extended until 9 p.m.

The day's main issue occurred in Northampton County, where a clerical error by the voting system vendor caused a labeling mistake for some voters related to their selections in the Superior Court judge retention questions. Ultimately, county officials said, all voters' selections were correctly tabulated.

Absentee/Mail-in Ballots

Erie County

  • Democratic Voters:
    • Mail Ballot Requests: 16,866
    • Voted Ballots Received: 13,837
  • Republican Voters:
    • Mail Ballot Requests: 4,648
    • Voted Ballots Received: 3,492
  • Other Voters:
    • Mail Ballot Requests: 1,549
    • Voted Ballots Received: 1,061

Warren County

  • 2,292 absentee/mail-in ballots were sent out, and 1,586 were returned (69 percent)

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