The Results: Chester County Goes Blue, the Rest of the Country Delivers Stunning Upset to the Establishment
In what pundits are calling one of the most stunning political upsets in all of American political history, Donald J. Trump has triumphed and will become the 45th President of the United States. Here’s the rundown on how Chester County voted. Special thanks to all the poll workers who made election day possible in Chester County.
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
Vote for not more than 1
HILLARY CLINTON (DEM) . . . . . . 140,188 51.77
DONALD J TRUMP (REP). . . . . . . 115,582 42.69
DARRELL L CASTLE (CON) . . . . . . 818 .30
JILL STEIN (GRN) . . . . . . . . 2,231 .82
GARY JOHNSON (LIB) . . . . . . . 7,818 2.89
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 4,127 1.52
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Vote for not more than 1
KATIE MCGINTY (DEM) . . . . . . . 126,588 46.93
PAT TOOMEY (REP) . . . . . . . . 133,277 49.41
EDWARD T CLIFFORD III (LIB) . . . . 9,568 3.55
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 307 .11
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Vote for not more than 1
JOSH SHAPIRO (DEM) . . . . . . . 133,141 49.94
JOHN RAFFERTY (REP) . . . . . . . 133,191 49.96
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 288 .11
AUDITOR GENERAL
Vote for not more than 1
EUGENE A DEPASQUALE (DEM) . . . . . 118,262 44.70
JOHN BROWN (REP) . . . . . . . . 128,836 48.70
JOHN J SWEENEY (GRN). . . . . . . 9,448 3.57
ROY A MINET (LIB). . . . . . . . 7,804 2.95
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 192 .07
STATE TREASURER
Vote for not more than 1
JOE TORSELLA (DEM) . . . . . . . 127,025 47.87
OTTO VOIT (REP) . . . . . . . . 121,811 45.91
KRISTIN COMBS (GRN) . . . . . . . 9,033 3.40
JAMES BABB (LIB) . . . . . . . . 7,265 2.74
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 205 .08
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 6TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
MIKE PARRISH (DEM) . . . . . . . 76,780 45.39
RYAN COSTELLO (REP) . . . . . . . 92,159 54.48
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 229 .14
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 7TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
MARY ELLEN BALCHUNIS (DEM). . . . . 19,733 37.70
PATRICK L MEEHAN (REP) . . . . . . 32,533 62.16
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 74 .14
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 16TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
CHRISTINA HARTMAN (DEM). . . . . . 23,193 51.67
LLOYD K SMUCKER (REP) . . . . . . 19,876 44.28
SHAWN PATRICK HOUSE (LIB) . . . . . 1,681 3.75
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 135 .30
SENATOR IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 9TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
MARTY MOLLOY (DEM) . . . . . . . 23,037 44.85
THOMAS H KILLION (REP) . . . . . . 28,268 55.03
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 61 .12
SENATOR IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 19TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
ANDREW E DINNIMAN (DEM). . . . . . 75,162 56.25
JACK LONDON (REP). . . . . . . . 58,304 43.64
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 150 .11
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 13TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
NANCY DEAN (DEM) . . . . . . . . 10,622 37.78
JOHN LAWRENCE (REP) . . . . . . . 17,452 62.08
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 40 .14
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 26TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
TIM HENNESSEY (REP) . . . . . . . 21,629 97.55
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 544 2.45
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 74TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
JOSH MAXWELL (DEM) . . . . . . . 13,965 48.62
HARRY LEWIS (REP). . . . . . . . 14,721 51.26
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 35 .12
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 155TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
JAMES J BURNS (DEM) . . . . . . . 15,541 41.92
BECKY CORBIN (REP) . . . . . . . 21,476 57.92
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 60 .16
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 156TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
CAROLYN COMITTA (DEM) . . . . . . 18,118 49.83
DAN TRUITT (REP) . . . . . . . . 18,196 50.05
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 44 .12
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 157TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
HANS VAN MOL (DEM) . . . . . . . 12,465 44.84
WARREN KAMPF (REP) . . . . . . . 15,299 55.03
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 37 .13
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 158TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
SUSAN F RZUCIDLO (DEM) . . . . . . 15,509 46.73
ERIC ROE (REP). . . . . . . . . 17,617 53.08
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 64 .19
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 160TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
STEPHEN E BARRAR (REP) . . . . . . 6,125 69.46
DAVID G CLEARY (IND). . . . . . . 2,633 29.86
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 60 .68
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 167TH DISTRICT
Vote for not more than 1
JOE DENHAM (DEM) . . . . . . . . 15,597 43.05
DUANE MILNE (REP). . . . . . . . 20,578 56.80
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 55 .15
AMENDING THE MANDATORY JUDICIAL RETIREME
Vote for not more than 1
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,532 49.49
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,961 50.51
LIVE UPDATES
11:07pm: With around 70% of precincts reporting in Chester County it’s pretty clear that Chester County is going blue, even as it looks like the rest of the country is turning red. Here’s the latest.
HILLARY CLINTON (DEM) . . . . . . 88,278 52.09
DONALD J TRUMP (REP). . . . . . . 71,722 42.32
DARRELL L CASTLE (CON) . . . . . . 510 .30
JILL STEIN (GRN) . . . . . . . . 1,393 .82
GARY JOHNSON (LIB) . . . . . . . 4,834 2.85
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 2,720 1.61
10:40pm: We’re at almost 50 percent of precincts reporting and Hillary is showing a clear lead in Chester County.
HILLARY CLINTON (DEM) . . . . . . 56,204 52.08
DONALD J TRUMP (REP). . . . . . . 45,704 42.35
10:27pm: With more than THIRTY percent of the precincts in Chester County Reporting here’s where we’re at:
HILLARY CLINTON (DEM) . . . . . . 32,839 53.06
DONALD J TRUMP (REP). . . . . . . 25,572 41.32
9:51pm: As more precincts report, we’re getting a clearer picture of how Chester County will vote. With 17% of precincts reporting:
HILLARY CLINTON (DEM) . . . . . . 15,423 51.56
DONALD J TRUMP (REP). . . . . . . 12,852 42.97
9:35pm: With around 3% of the Chester County precincts reporting here’s where we’re at: HRC leads by 52% to DJT’s 42.75%. Still plenty of ballots left to count.
HILLARY CLINTON (DEM) . . . . . . 2,240 52.21
DONALD J TRUMP (REP). . . . . . . 1,834 42.75
9:05pm:Â With 76% of the precincts reporting a two point lead by Donald J. Trump in Florida the results of the PA election just became THAT much more important. We’ll be reporting on them as soon as we have them.
7:45pm: We are officially 15 minutes away from polls closing in PA for the 2016 General Election. The last voters are casting their ballots now and it is only a matter of time before we begin tallying up the score for Chester County. Will it go blue? Will it stay red? Stay tuned!!!
7:30pm: With 2 percent of precincts reporting HRC has a slight lead in Florida as polls close in West Virginia and Ohio. Reminder: PA polls close at 8. We should be getting Chester County results around 8:30-9:00pm.
6:32pm:Â Polls are closing in Florida in 28 minutes and we’ll have the first results of the 2016 election thereafter. For now, here’s a tweet from veteran Chester County reporter Mike Rellehan.
Co officials report no large scale voting problems at 1:20 p.m., only minor glitches that are being handled. #chescovote
— Michael P. Rellahan (@ChescoCourtNews) November 8, 2016
5:52pm: Many are wondering how Chester County’s voted in past general elections. For decades, we’ve voted for Republican presidential candidates. That changed in 2008 when Barack Obama won by a margin of 23,142 votes. Then it went back in 2012 when Romney won here by just 529 votes.
5:42pm: We are hearing from a few precincts that they are seeing record turnout from Chester County voters. What that means, we won’t know until the results actually come in.
5:00pm: But back to the Presidential Election. Most polls are showing Clinton at a big advantage. But Trump supporters shouldn’t be discouraged for three reasons, according to Nate Silver:
- First, Clinton’s overall lead over Trump — while her gains over the past day or two have helped — is still within the range where a fairly ordinary polling error could eliminate it.
- Second, the number of undecided and third-party voters is much higher than in recent elections, which contributes to uncertainty.
- Third, Clinton’s coalition — which relies increasingly on college-educated whites and Hispanics — is somewhat inefficiently configured for the Electoral College, because these voters are less likely to live in swing states. If the popular vote turns out to be a few percentage points closer than polls project it, Clinton will be an Electoral College underdog.
4:49pm:Â We are getting a lot of emails from people asking about the Toomey-McGinty race. It just might be one of the closest US Senate races PA has seen in a long, long time. And Toomey is playing it pretty close to the chest–he’s not telling voters who he plans on voting for for president until later this evening (6:45pm). That being said, the most recent poll analysis by the 538 people has Katie McGinty leading by one point.
4:37pm: Just a reminder: Chester County Republicans will be watching the results come in at the Downingtown Country Club and the Dems will be doing the same at Barnaby’s in West Chester.
4:00pm: Folks we are just about four hours away from having a VERY good indication of how this election is going to go. All eyes are on Chester County and the other Philly suburbs. Due to the moderate nature of our county’s demographic, we should be able to say with some certainty who the next president of the United States will be. That’s exciting!
3:33pm: We just spoke with a Republican insider who confirmed our suspicion that the race between Carolyn Comitta (D) and incumbent Dan Truitt (R) is going to come down to “the knife’s edge” in terms of votes. We’ll keep a close eye on the race in the 156th District, where a high voter turnout for Clinton may be the edge the West Chester mayor needs to get to the state house.
2:00pm:Â According to each candidate’s likeliest path to victory and polling schedules in each state it looks like these are the SOONEST possible times a candidate could officially declare victory (EST).
9pm for Clinton-Kaine
11pm for Trump-Pence
1:38pm:Â ‘The Atlantic’ has published a great article on Chester County this morning with the following subtitle: ‘The residents of one county evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans look forward to the day when they are not being bombarded with political appeals.” Read the full article here.
1:18pm:Â Just a reminder: Polls in PA are open until 8pm. If you are in line before or at 8pm you SHOULD be able to cast a vote.
1:00pm: Elections are underway here in Chester County and there seem to be some long lines for some at the polls. But for now, the biggest problem seems to be that some of the precincts are running out of ‘I Voted’ stickers. The WYNC program ‘The Take Away’ is reporting from Kimberton in Northern Chester County. They’ve got a whole segment on voters in “the swing county of Chester.” You can find that audio below.
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We will be reporting the results for Chester County AS SOON AS THEY COME IN.
POTUS / VPOTUS
Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence (R)
Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D)
US Senator from PA
Katie McGinty (D)
Pat Toomey (R)
PA Attorney General
Josh Shaprio (D)
John Rafferty (R)
US Congress Sixth District
Ryan Costello (R)
Mike Parrish (D)
US Congress Seventh District
Patrick Meehan (R)
Mary Ellen Balchunis (D)
US Congress Sixteenth District
Christina Hartman (D)
LLoyd Smucker (R)
PA House 155th
Becky Corbin (R)
James J. Burns (D)
PA House 157th
Hans Van Mol (D)
Warren Kampf (R)
PA House 158th
Eric Roe (R)
Suzan Rzucidlo (D)
PA House 156th
Carolyn Comitta (D)
Dan Truitt (R)
PA House 74th
Josh Maxwell (D)
Harry Lewis (R)
PA House 168th
Christopher Quinn (R)
Diane Levy (D)
PA Senator 19th District
Andy Dinnman (D)
Jack London (R)
PA Senator 9th District
Martin Malloy (D)
Thomas Killion (R)
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ALSO: On each ballot is a kind of confusing question of the retirement age for the PA Supreme Court justices and other judges. A YES vote means you want justices to be able to serve longer (75). A NO vote means you want to keep the retirement age at 70. Check out Ballotopedia for more information on this here
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