Mail-In Ballot Results Beginning To Shift Hatboro-Horsham School Board Race

HATBORO-HORSHAM, PA — Democrats have begun to gain vote tallies in the race for Hatboro-Horsham School Board, the news coming after it looked like the Republican candidates were on their way to victory following Tuesday's municipal elections.

Montgomery County updated its election results a little after 10 p.m. Wednesday and the new returns are showing at least some Democratic gains.

Democratic candidate Jennifer Wilson now has a lead over Republican Timothy Hain, with Wilson showing 4,015 votes to Hain's 3,984.

Previous results from Tuesday night showed all of the Republican candidates as the then-top vote getters.

The number of votes for each candidate according to the most recent county update are as follows:

Jennifer Wilson, (Democrat): 4,015

Erin Stroup, (Democrat): 3,943

Shawn Fagan, (Democrat): 3,915

Tara Conner-Hallston, (Republican but cross-filed): 4,299

Maggie Kistner, (Republican but cross-filed): 4,401

Erin Whalen, (Republican): 4,197

Stephen VanHorn, (Republican): 4,139

Timothy Hain, (Republican): 3,984

Amanda Jacobus, (non-partisan): 2,517

Aside from the Wilson-Hain race, however, the other Republican candidates are still looking strong at this point.

The reason for the changing results has to do with mail-in ballots that the county is still in the process of counting.

When county election officials posted their unofficial results on Tuesday evening, they only included the results from in-person voting precincts as well as the mail-in ballots that had been counted up to that point.

It was unclear as of Thursday morning when all of the outstanding mail-in ballots would be counted and when the final results would be tallied.

Patch will continue to bring you information as it becomes available.