The Daily Numbers: 3 seats on County Council captured by the Republican incumbents.
3 seats on Delco Court of Common Pleas also captured by Republicans.
1 mayor’s race that went to the Dems. That would be Chester where state Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland turned back former GOP Mayor Wendell Butler.
27 percent turnout for the election in Delaware County.
58,035 votes for Dominic Pileggi, top vote getter in the county, as he moves from Harrisburg to seat on county bench.
55,018 votes for Republican Colleen Morrone, top vote getter in the County Council race.
45,877 votes for Christine Reuther, top vote getter for Dems in the County Council race.
33,045 votes for Kirkland, to 2,118 for Butler.
2 Dems who won seats on Chester City Council.
2 Dems who captured seats on the Chester Upland School Board.
9 seats on the CU Board now in the hands of Democrats. That’s an all-Democratic school board.
5 Rerpublicans who captured seats on the Rose Tree Media School Board, turning back 5 Dem challengers.
89,718 votes for Kevin Steele, who topped the 72,574 votes for Bruce Castor in the race for Montgomery County D.A.
23 years, how long Jim Kenney spent on Philadelphia City Council, before rolling to huge win in mayor’s race last night.
1,073,753 votes for Democrat Kevin Dougherty, tops in the race for seat on Pa. Supreme Court.
11.5 million dollars spent on the Pa. high court races.
10,000 dollar lottery prize won by Bridget Conroy-Varnis after she cast her vote in South Philly.
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I Don’t Get It: 27 percent. Less than 1 in 3. That’s how many people bothered to show up to vote yesterday.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Thaddeus Kirkland. He’s trading his seat in the state Legislature for the mayor’s desk in Chester.
Quote Box: “Nobody likes to lose, but we gave it all we could.”
- Former Republican Chester Mayor Wendell Butler Jr., conceding defeat to Thaddeus Kirkland in Chester mayor’s race.
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