While races across the country remain too close to call, preliminary numbers have come in from both Sullivan County in NY and Wayne County in PA.
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The polls have closed on the November 2022 election, and while some races remain too close to call, preliminary results have emerged in some races across New York and Pennsylvania.
Sullivan County, NY
Marc Molinaro (R) leads in the unofficial results for the 19th Congressional District, with 50 percent of the vote to Josh Riley's (D) 48 percent. Molinaro earned 58 percent of the vote in Sullivan County. The Associated Press has called the race for Molinaro.
Senator Peter Oberacker (R) leads in the unofficial results for the 51st State Senate District, earning 60 percent of the 72,650 votes cast district-wide and 58 percent of the vote cast in Sullivan County. Oberacker is the incumbent for the 51st; the 2022 redistricting cycle added Sullivan County to his bailiwick. He ran against challenger Eric Ball (D) in the 2022 election cycle.
Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther (D) leads in the unofficial results for the 100th State Assembly District, earning 55 percent of the vote district-wide. Gunther has served in the assembly since 2003; her challenger Lisa LaBue (R) earned 42 percent of the vote.
Sullivan County District Attorney Meagan Galligan (D) leads in the race for the 3rd Judicial District with 16.14 percent of the vote. The race asked voters to choose between four candidates for three seats. Sharon Graff (D) and Thomas Marcelle (R) lead over Heidi Cochrane (D) with 15.99, 15.97 and 15.78 votes respectively; Marcelle has almost a 2000 vote lead over Cochrane. Marcelle came out ahead in Sullivan County, earning 22.97 percent of the vote; Galligan earned 16.61 percent, and Graff and Cochrane earned 11.98 and 11.75 percent of the vote respectively. Elsewhere in the state, the three Democratic candidates earned largely similar shares of the vote.
The Democratic incumbents in statewide offices lead for their seats. Governor Kathy Hochul (D) has 52 percent of the vote to Lee Zeldin's (R) 47 percent; Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli (D), Attorney General Letita James (D) and Senator Chuck Schumer (D) have slightly larger leads. The Republican candidates lead in Sullivan County; Zeldin has 60 percent of the vote, Comptroller challenger Paul Rodriguez (R) has 53 percent of the vote, Attorney General challenger Michael Henry has 56 percent of the vote and Senate challenger Joe Pinion (R) has 54 percent of the vote.
The Town of Tusten held referendums on two ballot propositions: whether to approve a law banning on-site cannabis establishments, and the same for a law banning cannabis dispensaries. The first law was defeated by 54.15 percent of the vote to 45.85, and the second law was defeated by 59.88 percent of the vote to 40.12 percent.
59 percent of voters statewide cast their ballots in favor of the Environmental Bond Act, a proposition authorizing funding for green capital projects across New York State.; 29 percent cast their ballots against and 12 percent did not vote on it. 49 percent of voters in Sullivan County cast their ballots in favor, 40 percent cast their ballots against and 11 percent did not vote on the proposition.
Wayne County and Pike County, PA
Statewide races in Pennsylvania largely went the way of the Democratic Party. John Fetterman (D) earned 50.16 percent of the vote to Mehmet Oz's (R) 47.42 percent statewide in the State Senate race. Josh Shapiro (D) earned 55.47 percent of the vote in the Governor's race, with Doug Mastriano (R) earning 43 percent of the vote. The Associated Press has called both Fetterman's and Shapiro's races in their favor. The Libertarian candidates for both races, Erik Gerhardt and Jonathan Hackenburg, earned 1.36 percent and 0.97 percent respectively.
Republicans boasted stronger numbers in Wayne and Pike Counties. Mastriano earned 61 percent of the vote in Wayne County and 57 percent of the vote in Pike County; Oz earned 2 percent more in each county.
The Associated Press has called the race for the 8th Congressional District in favor of Matt Cartwright (D) over Jim Bognet (R). Bognet led over Cartwright (D) in the Wayne/Pike share of the unofficial vote, with 65 percent of the vote in Wayne and 60 percent of the vote in Pike.
In the Pennsylvania State Senate race for the 20th District, incumbent Lisa Baker (R) leads over Jackie Baker (D) with 75 percent of the Wayne County vote and 64 percent of the Pike County vote. For the 40th District, Rosemary Brown (R) leads with 68 percent of the Wayne County vote over Jennifer Shukaitis (D).
Jonathan Fritz (R) ran unopposed for the 111th State Assembly district.
Former Wayne County Commissioner Joe Adams (R) leads in the race for the 139th State Assembly District, with 64 percent of the Wayne County vote and 62 percent of the Pike County vote. These numbers do not include write-in votes; in Wayne County, Adams leads with 54.51 percent of the vote, Rosenfeld has 30.66 percent of the vote, and 14.84 percent of the vote went to to write in candidates. Both Marian Keegan and Bob Beierle ran as write-in candidates.
Turnout
Poll sites on the western end of Sullivan County ran busy on election day 2022.
The Town of Tusten had steady attendance all morning, according to poll workers. The site had around 250 votes cast by 1:30 pm, and a line around 45 minutes long. Lines in the Town of Cochecton were around 30 minutes long, with around 300 votes cast as of 3 pm. A "mammoth" turnout in the Town of Bethel, according to poll workers, saw around 690 votes cast by 4 pm, and lines around 40 minutes long. The length of the lines turned some people away from the voting sites, either premanently or until lines cleared up.
Other poll sites had less lengthy lines, but equally extensive voter turnout. Around 260 votes had been cast as of 2 pm in the Town of Delaware. Voting had held steady from the morning until then, and it had been hard to manage with the staff on hand, said a poll worker. The Town of Highland saw around 620 votes cast by 4:30 in a continual wave of voting since 7 am.
A change in policy had poll workers at all locations surveyed printing off ballots for each individual voter, rather than having a stack of ballots at hand to give to voters.
Previous election days saw booklets with only half the ballots used up, and printing ballots off ensures there won't be that waste, according to poll workers in the Town of Highland. It's commiserate with the rest of the process, they said; it takes people a while for people to vote, so printing off the ballots doesn't slow things down.
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