The Daily Numbers: 7 county-wide races up for grabs in Tuesday’s election.
7 wins for the Delco GOP.
2 seats on County Council, which went to incumbents Mario Civera and Dave White.
2 seats on the bench for the County Court of Common Pleas, for Chip Mackrides and Rich Cappelli.
3 county row offices: Sheriff Mary McFall Hopper; Controller Ed O’Lone; and Register of Wills Jen Holsten Maddaloni.
1st woman ever elected register of wills - kudos to you, Jennifer!
664-vote edge for Democrats in voter registration. It didn’t translate to wins at the ballot box.
0 Democrats who have sat on County Council since the Home Rule Charter was enacted in the mid-’70s.
55,711 votes for Hopper to lead all candidates
43,977 votes for her opponent, Rocco Polidoro of Springfield.
55,429 votes for the GOP’s Mario Civera in the County Council race; 53,683 for his running mate Dave White.
43,800 and 43,779 votes for their Democratic foes, Bill Clinton and Pat Worrell.
2 Democrats who posted re-election wins for Chester Council, meaning Democrats will continue to control the city’s governing body.
8 of 9 seats on the elected Chester Upland School Board that will be filled by Democrats.
3 of 4 council seats and the mayor’s post that went to the GOP in a bitter campaign in Ridley Park.
3 of 4 seats on the Upper Darby School Board that fell to the Democrats.
3 of 4 seats on Upper Darby Council that went to Democrats.
6th term won by Media Mayor Bob McMahon.
4 seats on the Rose Tree School Boars captured by Republicans.
375 votes for James Bryan, the former Collingdale councilman who is now the target of a probe into missing money from the firm he used to work for. He lost in his bid to win a District Judge race.
6-3 or 5-4, either way for 1st time in history Democrats will control the Southeast Delco School Board.
60 percent of the vote that went to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in rolling to a 2nd term.
8 robberies now believed to be the work of man who is terrorizing stores in the Upper Darby, Haverford, Marple area.
2,000 dollar reward posted for info to bring him to justice.
1-0 lead with a minute left blown by the Flyers last night, who surrendered the tying goal, and then fell in OT to the Hurricanes.
0 goals scored so far this year by Captain Claude Giroux.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
7 TD passes for Nick Foles on Sunday. 7 goals? That might take the Flyers a month.
I Don’t Get It: Still hard to believe how many people stayed away from the polls yesterday. Shame on you.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Delco GOP? Minority Party? Hardly. They spit in the face of the numbers and rolled up 7 wins in county-wide races.
Quote Box: “I think we had a great campaign and I’m very happy.”
- Republican County Councilman Mario Civera, after winning re-election Tuesday.
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