Results Of 2023 Race For Chester County District Attorney

WEST CHESTER, PA —Two experienced prosecutors squared off in the 2023 race for Chester County District Attorney, the chief law enforcement officer of the 759-square mile county with more than 558,000 residents.

The polls have closed and Patch is tracking the unofficial results of the real-time race between Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe and Ryan L. Hyde. Full unofficial results will not be complete until later in the week.

Democratic candidate Barrena-Sorobe won the race with 79,177 votes, according to Chester County Voter Services. Republican candidate Hyde had 66,019 votes.

The winner will replace District Attorney Deb Ryan, who won a seat on the Chester County bench. The district attorney position is a four-year term with an annual salary of $191,926.

Barrena-Sarobe, 39, of Willistown is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley and Temple Law School. After graduating from law school, Barrena-Sarobe was hired as an assistant district attorney in Chester County.

In 2015, Barrena-Sarobe was one of the team members who received an award for outstanding drug investigations with a High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Strike Task Force for “Operation Spiderweb.” The team dismantled a cocaine operation that was affiliated with Mexican drug cartels.

Hyde, 47, of Uwchlan Township, earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Arizona, and a law degree at Villanova University. He worked as a prosecutor in the Bucks County District Attorney’s office and in private practice.