Results for OJR, Spring-Ford and more
Here are the remaining primary election results for contested races that were not compiled until after the print deadline for yesterday’s edition.
Owen J. Roberts School Board
When the dust settled, only 12 of the 17 candidates running for the six open seats on the school board were left standing.
No candidate managed to earn both a Republican and Democratic ballot line, according to unofficial results on the Chester County election website..
Two of those who fell by the wayside were incumbents Matthew Fitzgerald, the current board vice president, and Pamela Clouser Wolfe, neither of whom managed to secure either a Republican or Democratic line on the ballot.
In fact the only incumbent left standing is Heather McCreary who, with 1,318 votes, was the third highest Republican vote-getter among those running for one of the five seats on the board with a four-year term.
The other Republican candidates will be Daniel Dougherty, who topped the GOP vote with 1,372 votes; Kathy DiMarino who took in 1,363 votes; Ross R. Mickelsavage who won 1,078 votes and Cynthia Shapley Zoccali, who took the fifth slot with 1,017 votes.
The five candidates on the Democratic line will be Lydia Stutzman, who came in first with 1,481 votes; Paul Friel with 1,471 votes; Jennifer Munson with 1,391 votes; John Melniczek with 1,347 votes and Mitchell Haber with 1,014 votes.
In addition to Fitzgerald and Clouser Wolf, the other candidates for the four-year seats knocked off the ballot completely were and Colleen Blute and William Kleinfelter.
In the three-way race for the single seat with a twoyear term, Michelle R. Mayfield Frees was the one left behind.
John Diehl easily won the Republican line with 1,462 votes and Marquita Hill took the Democratic line, winning 1,161 votes.
That will leave Owen J. Roberts voters with plenty of choices in the November election when only the top six vote-getters of either party will be elected.
Upper Perkiomen School Board
Three candidates, including two incumbents, will enjoy better ballot position in November having secured both Republican and Democratic lines on the ballot Tuesday night.
Incumbents Judy Maginnis and Mike Elliott were joined by Peg Pennepacker securing both lines in the race for five open seats.
Four other candidates won at least one ballot line, according to unofficial results.
With 607 votes, incumbent Raeann Hofkin won a Democratic ballot line, as did Ed Walczak, who collected 498 votes.
On the Republican side, Dana Hipszer took in 436 votes and Thomas Manion, 343 votes, thus filling out the Republican ballot.
Incumbent John L. Farris came up short on both ballots, as did former board member John L. Gehman and Joe Borgese.
As a result, seven candidates — Pennepacker, Maginnis, Elliott, Walczak, Hokfin, Hipszer and Manion — will appear on the November ballot for five open seats.
Spring-Ford School Board Region 1
First, let’s just note that everyone who was running for all five of the open seats on the school board in the primary, won at least one ballot line and will again be running in the general election in November.
In Region 1, which includes portions of Upper Providence, four candidates will be seeking two seats.
Incumbent Kelly J. Spletzer and James Hoffman, each won the two Republican ballot lines with vote totals of 418 and 330 respectively.
They will face Wendy Earle and Margaret D. Wright, each of whom won Democratic ballot lines with vote totals of 561 and 577 respectively.
Spring-Ford School Board Region 2
Again, four candidates are still seeking two seats in Region 2, which includes portions of Limerick and Upper Providence townships.
Incumbent Colleen Zasowski and David Shafer won the two Republican ballot lines with vote totals of 588 and 562 respectively.
Linda J. Weaver and Kathleen Drennan won the two Democratic lines, with vote totals of 582 and 559 respectively.
Spring-Ford School Board Region 3
In Region 3, which includes the boroughs of Royersford and Spring-City, as well as portions of Limerick Township, the same two people running in the primary will face each other again in the general election.
Tom McMonigle won a total of 652 votes to capture the Republican ballot line and Diane C. Sullivan captured the Democratic line with 571 votes.
Lower Frederick Supervisors
In what may have been the most convoluted and contested race in the western part of Montgomery County, two candidates were eliminated from a total of four open seats on the board of supervisors, which voters expanded from three to five seats last year.
In the Republican primary for the two seats with six-year terms, incumbent Terry Sacks, with 372 votes, and Nathan Schadler, with 321 votes, emerged victorious.
They beat Terry Bird who won 229 votes.
Sacks and Schadler will face Democrat Chuck Yeiser, who is the only Democrat running in that race.
In the race for the single seat with a four-year term, Dan Orfe collected 301 votes to the 188 won by Bryan J. Hill in the Republican primary.
Orfe will face Democrat Chris Kristofco, who was unopposed in the primary race.
And in the uncontested race for the seat with a twoyear term, Republican Chuck Liedike will face Democrat Noelle Halter in November.
Royersford Borough Council
Two incumbents and a third candidate easily beat a fourth for the three open seats in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
John K. Guest won only 47 votes, to the 235 won by incumbent Tiffany Moyer and 211 won by incumbent Joe Moskal.
Kimberly Kirschner took in 234 votes to round out the Democratic ticket.
The three will face a lone Republican, Thomas R. Weikel, in the November election.
Spring City Borough Council
Michael Battelle was the odd-man-out in the four way Republican primary race for three open seats on Spring City Borough Council Tuesday.
He won only 78 votes according to the Chester County elections website.
His opponents, Daniel L. Bauman Jr., Donald H. Shaner Jr. and Eugene Sweeney easily outpaced him with 147 votes, 144 votes and 124 votes respectively.
In November, the only contested race in Spring City will be for mayor, which pits Democrat DeShana Battelle against Republican Donna Kern.
Pennsburg Borough Council
One incumbent was ousted and another survived Tuesday’s Republican primary for two borough council seats, each of which carries a two-year term.
Incumbent Joan M. Weider was the second highest vote-getter with 66 votes, but incumbent Patrick M. Suter came in third with 56 votes.
The top vote-getter was Wayne Stevens, who won 72 votes, according to the Montgomery County election website.
The fourth candidate was Larry Hange, who won only 41 votes.
Skippack Supervisors
Democrats Karen Lynch and Kathryn Cressman LeSage easily won the two Democratic ballot lines for township supervisor Tuesday night.
They won 619 and 567 votes respectively, according to unofficial Montgomery County election results, easily defeating Carl E. Bubek, who earned only 104 votes.
Lynch and Cressman LeSage will face incumbent Republican Paul Fox and Tammy D’Agostino in the fall race.
Upper Hanover Supervisors
Timothy Woodward easily won the Republican nomination for township supervisor, 434 votes to the 125 won by his opponent Beverly PlosaBowser.
In November, he will face Democrat LaBrea Huff for the single open seat on the board, which carries a sixyear term.
West Vincent Supervisors
A very close Democratic primary race went to Sara Shick by only 13 votes.
According to unofficial results on the Chester County election website, Shick beat Tina Gibson by 237 to 224.