See UPDATE at bottom.
The primary was delayed, voters from various precincts had to vote in polling places not their own, and more people opted to vote via mail because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the results, though still unofficial, are in.
The stage is set for an Anton Andrew/Craig Williams battle in November for the 160th Legislative District seat currently held by state rep. Steve Barrar. Barrar is retiring at the end of the term.
Williams is the GOP-endorsed successor for the 160th, and he ran unopposed. He'll be going up against Democrat Anton Andrew, who defeated Cathy Spahr for their party's nomination. The unofficial vote total was 1,032 for Andrew, 891 for Spahr. The 160th includes municipalities from Western Delaware County and Southern Chester County.
A matchup is also set for the state's 9th Senate District. Incumbent Republican Tom Killion ran unopposed. He will face John Kane, who defeated Brett Burman. Kane pulled in 4,628 votes to Burman's 3,352. The district includes portions of Delaware and Chester counties.
For the U.S. House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District — representing Delaware County and parts of South Philadelphia — incumbent Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon ran unopposed. Her opponent in November will be Republican Dasha Pruett. Pruett received 4,059 votes in her primary race against Rob Jordan.
In the race for the 6th Congressional District for U.S. House representing Chester County, incumbent Democrat Chrissy Houlihan will go up against John Emmons. Both ran unopposed.
With Democrat state Sen. Andrew Dinneman leaving office, the Democrats ran a three-way primary pitting current state Rep. Carolyn Comitta, D-156, against Kyle Boyer and Don Vymazal. Comitta pulled in 55 percent of the votes with 8,506. Vymazal took 4,661 votes while Boyer received 2,112.
Comitta was also on the ballot for her current seat in the state House. She ran unopposed in the primary, as did Republican Len Iacono.
There was little in the way of a contest in either of the presidential primaries. While both President Trump and presumptive Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden faced opposition, both won their respective primaries easily.
Combining votes in both Chester and Delaware counties, Trump scored 32,903 votes. His closest challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, received 2,732. On the Democratic Party sides, Biden received 32,339 votes to Bernie Sanders' 6,381.
Chester County reported a voter turnout of 17.7 percent, while some mail-in votes are still being counted. All vote totals are unofficial until verified by their respective county boards of election. Both counties were continuing to count ballots at the time of publcation.
UPDATE:
According to a press release sent Thursday, June 4, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas has ruled that all valid mail-in ballots postmarked by June 2, and received by the Board of Elections by June 9, at 5 p.m. will be counted.
The Court also ruled that certain voters whose ballots had not been mailed out to them by the Bureau of Elections before Election Day would have until 5 p.m. on June 12, to return their ballots to the Bureau. Those voters will receive their ballots in the mail in the next day or two. The envelope will contain a special notification with instructions for those voters. They may return their ballots in person to the Bureau of Elections or by mail (if returned by mail, the ballots must be received by the Bureau, not merely postmarked, by 5 p.m. on June 12).
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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