If the unofficial tally is accurate, John Morganelli captured 43,115 of the 57,680 votes cast on Tuesday, or 75% of the vote total. This is high praise for a dedicated public servant. John truly deserved to win.
On the day before the election, John made the following campaign stops:
📍 Hellertown: 7:00pm-8:00pm - Dinner at The Crossroads. Great cheese-steaks. Met Manny Aguia, who caught the marlin on the wall in 1980. My old friend Ron Davco took this photo.
📍 West Easton: 630pm - Attended municipal meeting
📍 Bethlehem Twp: 5:30pm - Blue Grillhouse
📍 Wilson Borough: 5:00pm - Wilson Deli for a freshly made hoagie to go for tomorrow!
📍 Easton: 430pm - NorCo Courthouse, where I work, and thanked County employees.
📍 Freemansburg: 4:00pm - Neighborhood walk
📍 Stockertown & Tatamy: 3:00-3:30pm - Stockertown Municipal Building & the Post Office.
📍 Forks Township: 2:30 pm - Forks Township PD
📍 Upper Mt Bethel: 130pm - Lunch at Mt. Bethel Diner
📍 Portland Borough: 1:00pm - O’Neills Place
📍 Up/Lw Mt.Bethel Twp: 12:30pm - Comunale’s Italian Market
📍 Bangor&E Bangor: 12:00pm - Miller’s Paint Store & E Bangor Police.
📍 Pen Argyl: 1130am - Borough Municipal Building
📍 Wind Gap: 11:00am - Gap Diner in Wind Gap.
📍 512 N: 10:00am-1030am - Whistle stops...
▪️Moore Twp ▪️ Chapman ▪️ Bushkill Twp.
📍 Bath: 9:15am - T&C Restaurant, Wunderler’s & Aharts
📍 Nazareth: 830am - Business District
📍 Palmer Township: 7:00am - TicToc Family Restaurant
He went alone, no handler, and enjoyed himself. He won nearly every precinct in the county. I congratulated John yesterday, and he showed me pictures he took of Portland, which he loves. According to barista Bob Cartwright, it is the Cancun of the Lehigh Valley.
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Who voted straight party? According to unofficial results, 10,639 Democrats and 7,917 Republicans voted straight party. What this means is that 68% of those who voted split their tickets. Starting next year, straight party voting will no longer be an option.
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Kassis won in Bethlehem and Easton, and in Easton, he even topped John in a few precincts. This plus the unexpectedly high turnout;,edto his victory.
Vic Scomillio knew he needed to make a dent in Bethlehem, and planted himself at Precinct 14-1 on Election Day. He remained there the entire day, greeting voters. But when the vote was tallied, he only had 151 votes, only 41 more than Tom Carroll.
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Terry Houck defeated Tom Carroll by 29,875 to 23,988. Although Carroll got the racist vote, he probably also received votes from Republicans who simply knew noting about him except his party.
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Thursday, November 07, 2019
13 comments:
You own views are appreciated, especially if they differ from mine. But remember, commenting is a privilege, not a right. I will delete personal attacks or off-topic remarks at my discretion. Comments that play into the tribalism that has consumed this nation will be declined. So will comments alleging voter fraud unless backed up by concrete evidence. If you attack someone personally, I expect you to identify yourself. I will delete criticisms of my comment policy, vulgarities, cut-and-paste jobs from other sources and any suggestion of violence towards anyone. I will also delete sweeping generalizations about mainstream parties or ideologies, i.e. identity politics. My decisions on these matters are made on a case by case basis, and may be affected by my mood that day, my access to the blog at the time the comment was made or other information that isn’t readily apparent.
The new voting machines were easy to use. I particularly liked the opportunity to view (behind glass) my actual ballot before hitting the “cast” button.
ReplyDeleteBernie, maybe you can answer these questions. First, who locks the door of the cast ballots box, and who would be able to verify there were not already ballots inside prior to the poll opening? Also, who opens the locked box, and is the contents verified after the polls close, and before results are announced?
Overall, I consider the new system an improvement. Reading elsewhere, other counties used different systems and numerous voters were unhappy. Berks County, in particular.
Who voted straight party? According to unofficial results, 10,639 Democrats and 7,917 Republicans voted straight party. What this means is that 68% of those who voted split their tickets
ReplyDeleteNot necessarily. Of those 68% I’m sure some of those still voted straight party without selecting the option. I’m sure some of them still voted all Republican or all Democrat.
West Easton visit? Put a certain crazy one on notice?
ReplyDelete"Carroll got the racist vote", agreed! Sadly, a new councilman campaigned with him, smiles and all.People are often the same as the company they keep.
ReplyDeleteAfter 45 was elected, I promised myself that I would never vote for a Republican until he is out of office. I broke my promise on Tuesday, simply because the Republican Council members in the district which I reside were superior to the Democrat candidates and like the Democrat that I am, I voted the person, not the party. However, I did vote for Morganelli, Houck and Kassis. Great wins on Tuesday!
ReplyDeleteIt is truly sad that some voters just vote for "their" party and disregard the actual stand of whom they are casting their ballot.
ReplyDeleteMorganelli is his own institution. He has a belief set that is not about the people but rather about politicians. Anyone remember his handling of the Nazareth politicians. Very suspect.
ReplyDelete75% of the voters disagree.
ReplyDeleteYou called I guess all of the races correctly. Good Job
ReplyDeleteThe total votes cast in the judicial race was 94,394 so Morganelli’s percentage is 46%. You have to tally up all of the votes for all of the candidates to arrive at the proper percentage. You are using the same fuzzy math as the mainstream media.
ReplyDeleteHe received 43,115 votes from the 57,680 voters who voted on Tuesday. That is 75%.
ReplyDeleteWhy will voters be unable to vote straight party in 2020?
ReplyDeleteBecause of a state law recently adopted, abolishing it.
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