Politics & Government
No Surprises in Marple and Newtown Municipal Races
Both Marple and Newtown municipal races were uncontested in Nov. 8th's election, leaving no surprises in this year's election.
The unofficial results of Tuesday's election provided no surprises for Marple and Newtown townships' municipal races.
Board of Commissioners incumbents 7th Ward Commissioner Dan Leefson and 5th Ward Commissioner John Longacre were re-elected to their seats, while newcomers Joe Rufo for 1st Ward and Robert Fortebuono for 3rd ward will replace Trudy Riddell and Jim Balk, respectively, the only two democrats on the Board. Republican incumbent Robert D'Agostino was voted in for another six-year term.
Supervisor , in which the race for a six-year seat on the Board was left uncontested in Tuesday's election. John Nawn was appointed to replace the seat for a midterm, four-year term on the Board. Newtown Auditor Jack Pund was re-elected for another six-year term as township auditor. Republian incumbent Lee Hunter was voted in uncontested for another six-year term.
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View the chart below to see the votes for each candidate.
Marple Township Board of Commissioners
Four, four-year term, total openings on the Marple Board of Commissioners.
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Party Affiliation
Votes
1 Joseph Rufo
Republican 638
3 Robert Fortebuono
Republican 510
5 John Longacre II
Republican 482
7 Daniel Leefson
Republican 445
Newtown Township Board of Supervisors
One, six-year term, and one, midterm four-year term, total openings on the Newtown Board of Supervisors.
Party Affiliation
Votes
Full Edward Partridge
Republican 2,035
Mid John Nawn
Republican 1,661
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