Pike County Courier: Republican candidates all but swept the field in Tuesday’s elections in unofficial election night returns.
Republicans, incumbent Commissioner Richard Caridi (4,964) and Milford Borough President Matt Osterberg (4,902) topped the county ticket.
Democrat incumbent Karl Wagner (3,062) won re-election outdistancing Republican Pam Lutfy (2,442), who was running as a Democrat after a primary write-in victory in May.
Republicans Ann Seaman (4,909) and Thomas Foran (4,698) won the auditors seats over Democrat Missy Strub (2,989).
In some municipal supervisors’ races, Republican, Thomas Ryan (719) unseated Democrat Ileana Hernandez (401) in Delaware Township; incumbent Republican Thomas Mincer (878) easily defeated Democratic challenger Bill Wilson ((411) in Dingman; Republican, Nicholas Mazza (492) defeated Democrat Jon Castimore (328) in Blooming Grove.
Other victorious Republican supervisor candidates included: John Sivick, over Pastor Feldman in Lehman, Richard Krochta over Fred Suljic in Lackawaxen, and Mary Ann Hubbard over Donald Simon in Greene Township.
The only Democratic victor in a supervisor’s race was Larry Flansburg (343), who won election along with jointly nominated Robert Melvin (331) in Westfall Township.
In other races, Republican, William Leiser (1,007) won the Dingman Tax Collector seat over Karen Scollo (322); Republican Janet Clark (352) defeated incumbent Mayor Richard Gassman (319) in Matamoras Borough; and in the Matamoras council races Republicans Kelli Walsh (366) and David Clark (356) along with Democrat Dayne Losee (309) won election over Democrats Christopher Ross (301) and Eric Kudrich (301) and Republican Kevin Rose (255).
Some 8,270 residents turned out and voted, compared to 8,436 (2007) and 9,057 (2003) in the last two municipal elections. Read more »