GOP Has Big Night In TE

Republican candidates, backed by a pedge of no Earned Income Tax, swept into offices in big numbers Tuesday in Tredyffrin and Easttown.

By 10:45 the counting was over and the Tredyffrin Republicans had claimed victories for all  but one of the GOP candidates in the Tredyffrin Board of Supervisors and T/E School Board races.

Among Democrat candidates, only incumbent T/E School Board President Karen Cruickshank won her race, securing another term on the board. The only other Tredyffrin Democrat to win was Analisa Sondergaard who won for a judgeship in District Court 15-4-01.

The T/E School Board winners are:

•Jim Bruce (R) Incumbent Region 1

•Karen Cruickshank (D) Incumbet Region 1

•Kristine Graham  T/E School Board Region 2   

•Liz Mercogliano T/E School Board Region 2

(Incumbents Debbie Bookstaber and Kevin Mahoney did not seek re-election in Tredyffrin Region 2)

•Pete Motel (R) Incumbent  Region 3 (Easttown) T/E School Board Region

The Tredyffrin Board of Supervisors Winners Are:

•Paul Olson (R) Incumbent District 1

•John "JD" Dibuonaventuro (R) Incumbent,  District 2 (ran unopposed)

•Mike Heaberg (R) Incumbent, At-Large

•Kristen Kirk Mayock (R) At-Large