Politics & Government

Marple Newtown School Board 2013 Election Results

Republican incumbents are re-elected.

The Delaware County Election Bureau's unofficial votes for the candidates running for Marple Newtown Board of School Directors have been counted.

Republican Incumbents Kathryn Chandless, A.J. Baker, and Barbara Harvey took the top votes along with Republican Matthew DeNucci for the four-year term seats, beating out Democrat challengers Claude Falcone, Patience Lehrman, Ellen Trantas and Laura Wozniak.

Leonard Altieri, Nancy Galbraith and Jim Lanzalotto took the two-year term seats in their uncontested race. 

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Marple Newtown Board of School Directors

Note: As of  midnight Wednesday, 840 of 846 machines in Delaware County precincts were reported, according to the Delaware County Election Bureau results website.

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View the table below to see how many votes were cast for each candidate in each municipality.

Four-Year Term 

                                    TOTAL       MARPLE        NEWTOWN

  • A.J. Baker (R)                 4,185           2,601           1,584
  • Kathryn Chandless (R)     4,651         2,885             1,766
  • Matthew DeNucci (R)       4,547          2,790            1,757 
  • Claude Falcone (D)          2,381          1,446             935
  • Barbara Harvey (R)         4,227           2,624            1,603
  • Patience Lehrman (D)     2,347           1,437             910
  • Ellen Trantas (D)            2,620          1,636              984
  • Laura Wozniak (D)          2,946          1,732              1,214


Two-Year Term 

                                    TOTAL       MARPLE         NEWTOWN
  • Leonard Altieri (D/R)      6,852             4,197           2,655 
  • (All votes combine cross file)
  • Nancy Galbraith (D/R)     6,979            4,309            2,670
  • (All votes combine cross file)
  • Jim Lanzalotto (R)          5,087            3,136             1,951


All results are unofficial. Results do not include Absentee, Provisional, or Remote Military votes.


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