There was a glitch on election day in Chester County. When the county Voter Registration service sent out the poll books to the various polling places, they messed up and only included voters registered as Republican or Democrat. Independents and third-party voters weren’t included.
Those independent and third-party voters who voted early had to file provisional ballots. The county did send out updated books later in the day, and kept polls open until 10 p.m. to get everything squared away.
Beyond that, there were few surprises in the results for local elections since so many incumbents ran unopposed.
Incumbents Scott Boorse in Birmingham and James Cornel of Newlin were in that category of running unopposed and were reelected.
In Pennsbury Township, incumbent Supervisor Kay Ellsworth was defeated by Democrat Gerard Pinamonti, 1138 votes to 641 for Ellsworth.
Ellsworth was appointed supervisor earlier this year and was sworn in at the beginning of the February meeting. She replaced Dan Boyle, who was appointed township manager, replacing Kathy Howley, who retired in the summer of 2024.
In the Kennett Square mayoralty race, incumbent democrat Matt Fetick beat out former mayor Leon Sopencer by a count of 883 to 566.
There were no surprises in Delaware County either.
In Chadds Ford Township, incumbent Supervisor Kathleen Goodier earned reelection by running unopposed. Also unopposed in Chadds Ford were Valeria Hoxter for tax collector and Swati Patel for auditor.
There were more names than usual on the Concord Township ballot for Township Council, five names in all.
Incumbent councilmembers Dominic Pileggi, Dana Rankin, and John Gillesie each won reelection, and James Hunt was elected to replace Colleen Morrone.
Hunt came in with 3,034 votes, barely beating out Democrat Dave Cleary with 3,003 votes.
In the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board Regions A and B, where voters were to elect two people each, Susan Still Elks and Joseph Everett were voted in for Region A, while Sandra Litvin and Steve Simonson won in Region B. Not returning to the board for another term are Jeff Hellrung, Elise Anderson, and Mary Kate Loomis.
All tallies are unofficial until certified by the board of elections in the two counties.
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.
