Republican wins running as a Democrat
NEW HANOVER » A Republican who got bumped from the primary ballot on a technicality came roaring back on the Democratic line to win back her seat on the board of supervisors.
Incumbent Marie Livelsberger, who was bounced from the Republican ballot before the spring primary after candidate Shawn Malloy filed a complaint with the court about a missed deadline, won a victory on the Democratic line by nearly 400 votes.
Malloy had himself missed the same deadline, and by a larger margin, but since Livelsberger filed no complaint, he remained on the ballot.
Final but unofficial results from the Nov. 7 election show Livelsberger, who is a registered Republican, collecting 1,370 votes to Malloy’s 974.
William “Ross” Snook, who had both a Republican and Democratic line, easily took the other open seat on the board of supervisors, with a grand total of 2,093 votes.
Kurt Zebrowski, who won both lines on the spring ballot, was unopposed to complete the two years remaining on the term of Ralph Fluharty, whom Zebrowski was appointed to replace last August.
He won 2,207 votes Tuesday night, according to unofficial results.
Despite the fact that all four people everyone running for the three seats was a Republican, it was a hotly contested race.
Malloy spoke up in July, questioning bills Snook had submitted as a consultant to the township on the matter of the proposed Gibraltar Rock Quarry.
Snook defended the bills, but ultimately withdrew them.
Malloy then found himself under the spotlight when The Mercury revealed that despite citing over-development as the biggest issue facing the township, Malloy had benefitted in the primary from contributions from two large developers in town to a political action committee that purchased campaign materials for Malloy and his running mates.