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11:04, Harrisburg City Council, Frank Filkosky

With all 28 precincts reporting, the unofficial election results for the Harrisburg City Council Democratic race has Brad Koplinski, Susan Brown Wilson, and Sandra Reid taking the three nominations.  Both Patricia Stinger and Ellis Roy had strong showings with over one thousand votes, but it appears in this race, the advantage of the incumbents was too high to overcome.  Wilson was the top vote getter, receiving almost 400 more votes than Koplinski in second.
10:04, Harrisburg City Council, Frank Filkosky

A majority of the votes have been counted in this city council race and the leaders are still Koplinski, Wilson with over two thousand votes. Reid is still in third, but Patricia Stinger is putting up a fight for that critical third position.
9:55, Hampden Twp. Commissioners, Geoff Middleberg

 

Patriot-News: Incumbent Republicans Al Bienstock and John V. Thomas earned nearly three times the number of votes as those cast for challenger Jeff Higgins in the Hampden Twp. commissioner race, according to unofficial results posted tonight.

9:39, Harrisburg City Council, Keegan Gibson

PoliticsPA is calling the race.

Incumbents Susan Brown Wilson and Brad Koplinski lead by hundreds of votes with only 3 precincts left to report. Their runningmate Sandra Reid will finish 3rd.

It’s Linda Thompson’s worst nightmare in Harrisburg. 2 opponents re-elected, & her strongest Council ally replaced by an opponent.

9:02, Harrisburg City Council, Frank Filkosky
The incumbents Wilson and Koplinski appear to be in the lead in this city council race, with Sandra Reid being the third candidate in the standings.
8:30, Erie County, Judith Ayers

 

Erie Times-News: Candidates wait for results polls now closed

Voting is now over in the 154 polling districts in Erie County. The County clerk of elections estimates that the first results will be available from the County Courthouse by 8:40 pm. Keep checking for results as they roll in.

7:45, Luzerne County, Geoff Middleberg
Times-Leader: Court Triples Electioneering Buffer Zone in Wilkes-Barre 

After multiple warnings and complaints about candidates and their campaign supporters electioneering too close to the polling place at the Kistler Elementary School, Luzerne County’s Director of Elections received an emergency court order extending the 10-foot buffer zone to 30 feet.

Leonard C. Piazza III said he made numerous stops at the polling place, which is used by wards 15 and 16 in the city, and admonished those who were violating the law.

“The situation just degraded all afternoon,” he said and he was forced to take action by requesting, and receiving, the court order from Luzerne County Judge Joseph Cosgrove at about 6 p.m.

7:15, Crawford County, Geoff Middleberg
From the Times-News

The candidates outnumbered the voters for a time this afternoon at what’s typically one of Crawford County’s busiest voting precincts.

Candidates for county commissioner and township supervisor were lined up outside Vernon Township’s municipal building, waiting to greet voters who came to cast ballots in Pennsylvania’s municipal primary.

Inside the building, nine voting machines sat idle while a table full of election workers waited.

As of 3 p.m., only 406 of the township’s 2,795 registered voters had cast ballots. Bea Hawn, the township’s minority election inspector, blamed steady rains for keeping some voters at home.

7:00, Erie County, Geoff Middleberg
Update From The Times-News:
Voting went smoothly today in Erie County — for those who bothered to vote. 

Doug Smith, Erie County clerk of elections, reported only minor problems that are typical of any primary or election.

Countywide, he said about five touch-screen machines failed to start up before the polls opened. They either were replaced with other machines, or polling places had enough other machines already, he said.

6:15 pm, Newtown Township, Delaware County, Geoffrey Middleberg

 

Inquirer: Sign location causes stir in Delco polling place

A contentious race for Newtown Township supervisor in Delaware County created a brief ruckus when plain clothes sheriff’s deputies showed up at a polling place in a fire house off Rt. 252 and demanded supporters for Republican Ed Partridge to remove a poster from the lobby.
The deputies told Jan Elston, 82, who was also handing out ballots, to take the poster, which contained campaign information and news clippings, out into the rain.

5:30pm, Harrisburg City County, Keegan Gibson

There’s been low turnout recorded all day in Harrisburg, and that’s good news for incumbents Susan Brown Wilson and Brad Koplinski. It was a voter surge in 2009 that ousted former Mayor Stephen Reed and brought in Linda Thompson.

Thompson’s surge supporters would be key to a defeat of either incumbent, and so far that hasn’t materialized.

4:45pm, Cumberland County Dem Commissioners, Keegan Gibson

In the three-man fight for two Democratic nominations in Cumberland County, liberal transplant Michael Fedor is hoping he can out-work two establishment candidates with longer local resumes.

Carlisle Borough President Sean Shultz and East Pennsboro Township Commissioner Jim Hertzler have lived in the county for ages and have better name ID.

“Turnout seems light,” says Shulz. “Jim and I are very confident that our message of teamwork is resonating with the people of Cumberland County. We believe it’s time that the Democratic Party once again has a strong, experienced team.”

Fedor, a former Duncannon Borough Councilman and labor organizer, has been working an Obama-style campaign heavy on phone calls and door knocking.

“Heard spotty reports about turnout being light, but not terrible,” says Fedor CM Mike Johnson. “We’re keeping an eye on a few areas that seem lighter than expected, but our main focus is on turning out our supporters today regardless of where in the county they are.”

“I’m expecting the turnout to be higher than usual in Camp Hill, relative to the rest of thee county because of the attention to the school board race there.  But trying to quantify how much higher is difficult to do.”

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