November 8, 2017

Election Results: Mundy Retains PA Supreme Court Seat, Property Tax Referendum Passes

Sallie Mundy, the Republican Gov. Wolf appointed to the PA Supreme Court, retained her seat garnering 52.3 percent of the vote.
The ballot question amending the state constitution to allow the General Assembly to raise the homestead exemption to 100 percent and eliminate the property tax for residential homeowners was passed with 53.9 percent of the vote, paving the way for legislative action early next year.
On the PA Superior Court, McLaughlin, Nichols and Kunselman, all Democrats, won seats along with Republican Murray.
Democrat Ceisler and Republican Fizzano Cannon won seats on the Commonwealth Court.
Justices Saylor, Todd, and Shogan all won their retention races handily.
At the local level, Krasner easily won the Philadelphia District Attorney race and indicted Allentown Mayor Pawlowski won his fourth term in a multi-candidate race.
In Delaware County, Democrats, who said voting for them was a vote against President Trump, narrowly won two open County Council seats for the first time in history.
For statewide and county-by-county results, visit the Department of State Election Returns website.

 PA Supreme Court Justice
-- 1 Vacancy:
Dwayne Woodruff (D) - 47.6 percent
✅ Sallie Mundy (R) - 52.3 percent
--Retentions:
✅ Thomas Saylor (R) - 68.2 percent
✅ Debra Todd (D) - 70.8 percent

 PA Superior Court
-- 4 Vacancies:
✅ Maria McLaughlin (D) - 14 percent
✅ Carolyn Nichols (D) - 12.7 percent
✅ Deborah Anne Kunselman (D) - 13.6 percent
Geoffrey Moulton (D)
Craig Stedman (R)
Emil Giordano (R)
Wade Alan Kagarise (R)
✅ Mary Murray (R) - 12 percent
Jules Mermelstein (Green)
-- Retention:
✅ Jacqueline Shogan (R) - 69.3 percent

 Commonwealth Court
-- 2 Vacancies:
✅ Ellen Ceisler (D) - 25.6 percent
Irene Clark (D)
Paul Lalley (R)
✅ Christine Fizzano Cannon (R) 25.8 percent

 Property Tax Ballot Question: Yes - 53.9 percent

 Philadelphia District Attorney
✅ Larry Krasner (D) - 74.7 percent
Beth Grossman (R)

 Voting Problems
The Department of State reported no widespread voting issues at the state’s 9,160 polling places, but there were some local issues--
-- Philadelphia: Republican Commonwealth Count candidate Christine Fizzano Cannon had her name printed incorrectly on the ballot;
-- Chester County: 163 voters were assigned to the wrong voting precinct, but were able to vote; and
-- York County: Election machine issues allowing incorrect voting were discovered affecting 19 local races.  The agency is waiting for a full report from the county.
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