Only 22.6 of registered voters in Erie County went to the polls yesterday. The highlights: Act 1 – the backhanded tax increase, went down in every area district. Erie City Council – Incumbent Democrat David Gonzalez lost to Mark (Aleks) Aleksandrowicz for the 4 year seat. Incumbent Joseph Schember won the nod for the 2 [...]

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Here’s the 2006 election results for the major area races: Ed Rendell defeated Lynn Swann for Pennsylvania Governor. Bob Casey, Jr defeated Rick Santorum for US Senate. Phil English defeated Steven Porter for US House of Representatives. Patrick Harkins defeated Christine Pontoriero for State House, 1st District. Flo Fabrizio was unopposed for State House, 2nd [...]

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Voter turnout in Erie County was 23.58 percent. There were no suprises, no upsets and even the represenatives that voted themselves a late night pay raise won. In the 1st Legislative District Pat Harkins won the Democratic nomination and Christine Pontoriero won the Republican side over a write-in campaign over Randy Brewer. The the 3rd [...]

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Erie received it’s first snow of the season. Instead of a litle dusting to allow us to prepare for Winter, we got dumped on. Areas received anywhere from 4-9 inches of snow. Snow on the roads means ice. Pensylvania State Police closed I-79 between Edinboro and McKean for most of the day. There were at [...]

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Republican Dale McBrier has conceded the Erie County Executive race. He will not ask for a recount nor persue any court challenges. Pretty smart move since the writing was on the wall already. Democrat Mark DiVecchio has leading in the official count by 122 votes. McBrier had the lead at the end of election night [...]

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The official count for last Tuesdays election took place yesterday. The focus of the county was the race for Erie County Executive because there was only a six vote difference between the two candidates. Democrat Mark DiVecchio now leads Republican Dale McBrier by 117 votes, a 123 vote swing. All machine votes are now official. [...]

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The official count for last Tuesdays election will be held today. We might know who won the race for Erie County Executive before the day is over. Republican Dale McBrier was leading Democratic Mark DiVecchio by six votes in the unofficial count. Mike Machuga of Erie won his first career PBA Tour title by defeating [...]

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The election results for Erie County Executive between Republican Dale McBrier and Democratic Mark DiVecchio was the subject of an emergency hearing on Saturday morning. The unofficial count has McBrier up by 6 votes. Two items prompted the action. First, in a TV interview, workers at the elction office said they had already deemed 20 [...]

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Dale McBrier defeated Mark DiVecchio by 6 votes, 32,168 to 32,162, to win the face for Erie County Executive. Holy cow. The official count will be held on Monday. Other election results: Erie Mayor: Joe Sinnott defeated Jack Anderson by over a 3-1 margin. Proving that shit hasn’t changed, nearly the first thing out Sinnott’s [...]

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