Sobel Could Be Back In With a Primary Win

He's led the 311 W. Main St. Task Force, he oversees the public safety committee and he's running for re-election.

With the Friends of Lansdale-endorsed Kathleen Becker dropping out of the race in Lansdale's Ward Two, incumbent Republican Mike Sobel was a shoe-in to win a second term on Lansdale Borough Council.

Step in Republican contender Tom Work, a member of the Lansdale Parking Authority.

Work received the endorsement from the Lansdale Republican Club; Incumbent Sobel did not receive an endorsement from the borough Republicans.

On Tuesday, the one open council seat in Ward Two in Lansdale Borough will, in theory, go to whomever receives the most votes from registered Republicans in Ward Two by the close of the polls. It could be decided in the Primary.

Read the candidates' Letters to the Editor:

• Letter: Sobel Stands for Lansdale First
• Work: Why I Voted No on Lansdale's Madison Parking Lot
• Letter: 311 W. Main St. Fact Versus Fiction

Read more on the candidates:

• Lansdale Republican Club
• Lansdale Republican Club Not Endorsing Council Incumbents

By successfully winning the Republican nomination in the Primary, the victor will automatically have his name appear on the November Ballot. With no Democratic challenger, and barring no independent party challengers or successful write-in candidates, the victor will be the new councilman.

Remember: Registered Independents and other political parties cannot vote on Tuesday.

Republicans and Democrats who lose the Primary cannot run as an independent in the general election, per the sore-loser law.

Here are the polling locations in Lansdale, open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Note the new polling location in Ward 3-1:

LANSDALE 1-1  
FAIRMOUNT FIRE COMPANY, 100 Vine St. (at Susquehanna Avenue)

LANSDALE 1-2  
PENNDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, 400 Penn St.

LANSDALE 1-3  
NORTH PENN YMCA, 608 E. Main St.

LANSDALE 2-1  
LANSDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 300 N. Broad St.

LANSDALE 2-2  
ELM TERRACE GARDENS, 660 N. Broad St.

LANSDALE 2-3  
KNAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 698 Knapp Road

LANSDALE 3-1  
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL, 258 W. Eighth St.

LANSDALE 3-2  
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1000 W. Main St.

LANSDALE 3-3  
YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | 700 York Ave. at Mitchell Avenue, south side