2009 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS-UNOFFICIAL

COUNTY ROW OFFICE WINNERS

INCUMBENT DISTRICT ATTORNEY JIM GOODMAN HAS WON RE-ELECTION AS SCHUYLKILL COUNTY'S TOP LAWYER, DEFEATING REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER CHRISTINE HOLMAN 55 PERCENT TO 45 PERCENT IN UNOFFICIAL RESULTS. JOSEPH GROODY WON HIS OWN TERM AS SHERIFF, DEFEATING RETIRED POTTSVILLE POLICE CHIEF DALE REPP BY ABOUT 500 VOTES. GROODY HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO THE JOB LAST YEAR. PEGGY ZIMMERMAN, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR JURY COMMISSIONER, DEFEATED EDWARD KLEHA OF MAHANOY CITY, THE DEMOCRAT, 59 PERCENT TO 41 PERCENT. DISTRICT JUDGES DAVID PLACHKO AND ANTHONY KILKER WERE UNOPPOSED.

MAYORAL RACES

POTTSVILLE- MAYOR JOHN D.W. REILEY WON HIS THIRD TERM IN OFFICE, DEFEATING REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER BETH PILLUS BY A 53 TO 47 PERCENT MARGIN IN A REPEAT OF THE ELECTION 4 YEARS AGO.

SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE NEW MAYORS IN THE COMING YEAR:

MINERSVILLE-DEMOCRAT JOSEPH POST DEFEATED INCUMBENT DAVID DUTCAVICH
PORT CARBON-DEMOCRAT THOMAS PAVLICK DEFEATED INCUMBENT CHUCK JOY
PINE GROVE-REPUBLICAN KIMBERLY BROWN-ZERBE DEFEATED DONALD ADAMS
COALDALE-DEMOCRAT RICHARD CORKERY DEFEATED REPUBLICAN HARRY HONTZ
MCADOO-REPUBLICAN DANE WATRO DEFEATED INCUMBENT STEPHAN HOLLY
FRACKVILLE-KIM PHILLIPS DEFEATED CHESTER HUSS

OTHER RESULTS FOR MAYOR IN CONTESTED RACES

TAMAQUA-CHRIS MORRISON WON RE-ELECTION OVER RICHARD HADESTY SR.

CITY/BOROUGH COUNCIL

POTTSVILLE- LORI SPOTTS WON RE-ELECTION. MARK ATKINSON ALSO ADDED TO COUNCIL
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN-PAUL BEDWAY, JERRY BOWMAN, MARLIN BERGER JR.-ALL INCUMBENTS
TAMAQUA-MICAH GURSKY, DAVID MACE AND JOHN TRUDICH JR.
PINE GROVE-LYNNE UMBENHAUER, KENNETH LEHMAN, ROBERT WOLFE, JEANIE HEPLER, T.R. HIPPERT JR.
ASHLAND-MICHAEL GROODY, MARY FLANNERY, DANIEL WEIKEL JR., PATTI WESNER
FRACKVILLE-HARRISON HARPER JR., BRADLEY GOTSHALL, JOHN MORGAN JR., PETER ZUBER
GILBERTON-ANNA MAE BASHINSKY, ROBERT WAGNER, MICHAEL A. MCGINLEY
MAHANOY CITY-RAYMOND CAVENAS, THOM MAZIEKAS, THOMAS OBLAS
ST CLAIR-TOMMY BRENNAN, MICHAEL PETROZINO, JAMES LARISH
SHENANDOAH-LEO PIETKIEWICZ, ANDREW SZCZYGLAK, PAUL HOLLAND, RAYMOND NESTOR
COALDALE-DAVID YELITO, SUSAN SOLT, JOSEPH HNAT
MCADOO-JOHN SHIGO, JOSEPH MADOCHICK, CLARA PREPUTNICK, LISA KLEMAS

SCHOOL BOARDS

POTTSVILLE-MICHAEL SMINK, JOHN BORAN, SCOTT THOMAS, DENISE KLECKNER-FANELLI
NORTH SCHUYLKILL-SUZANNE O'NEILL, ROBIN HETHERINGTON, DEBORAH HAMPTON, DANIEL HOLDERMAN, KELLY MORAN. HOWEVER, THERE WERE OVER 51-HUNDRED WRITE IN VOTES. THEY WILL BE COUNTED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
PANTHER VALLEY-KOREEN NALESNIK, ANTHONY PONDISH, IRENE GENTHER
TAMAQUA- THOMAS ROTTET, MARK ROTHER, AARON FRANTZ, BRYAN MILLER
PINE GROVE- THOMAS HLAVATY, JEFFREY STUMP, DAVID LUKASEWICZ, DAVID MULDOWNEY, KAREN HOY, CLINTON KOONTZ
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN-SANDY HESS, RICHARD CRONEBERGER, JENNIFER STOYER, GERALD REICHERT

REFERENDUM

VOTERS IN TAMAQUA HAD TO CONSIDER A DEBT AUTHORIZATION REFERENDUM TUESDAY, WHETHER TO BORROW UP TO $1.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO FINANCE REHABILITATION AND REPAIR OF THE UPPER AND LOWER OWL CREEK DAMS. THAT REFERENDUM WAS APPROVED BY A MARGIN OF ABOUT 100 VOTES.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A LONGTIME ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR HAS EASILY BEEN ELECTED PHILADELPHIA'S FIRST BLACK DISTRICT ATTORNEY.FORTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD SETH WILLIAMS WILL BE THE CITY'S FIRST NEW DA IN NEARLY 20 YEARS. HE WILL SUCCEED LONGTIME INCUMBENT LYNNE ABRAHAM, WHO DID NOT SEEK ANOTHER TERM. SHE HAS SERVED IN THE POST SINCE 1991.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - PITTSBURGH'S 29-YEAR-OLD MAYOR BEAT TWO INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES TO WIN HIS FIRST FULL TERM IN OFFICE. LUKE RAVENSTAHL INHERITED THE SEAT IN SEPTEMBER 2006 FROM HIS PREDECESSOR, BOB O'CONNOR, WHO DIED MONTHS INTO OFFICE FROM A RARE BRAIN CANCER. RAVENSTAHL BEAT CHALLENGERS KEVIN ACKLIN AND FRANCO DOK HARRIS FOR THE SEAT LAST NIGHT.

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 27 YEARS, HARRISBURG HAS A NEW MAYOR. DEMOCRAT LINDA THOMPSON, THE HARRISBURG CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, BEAT REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER NEVIN MINDLIN. SHE WILL BE THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE MAYOR IN HARRISBURG. THOMPSON WILL REPLACE LONGTIME MAYOR STEPHEN REED, WHOM SHE BEAT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

YORK, PA. (AP) - THE CITY OF YORK HAS ELECTED ITS FIRST BLACK MAYOR, FORTY YEARS AFTER VIOLENT RACE RIOTS IN THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TOWN LED TO THE DEATH OF A WHITE POLICE OFFICER AND A BLACK WOMAN. DEMOCRAT KIM BRACEY BEAT REPUBLICAN WENDELL BANKS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN YORK OUTNUMBER REPUBLICANS BY NEARLY 2 TO 1.

ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) - ALLENTOWN MAYOR ED PAWLOWSKI HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED TO ANOTHER TERM. THE DEMOCRAT BEAT REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER AND ALLENTOWN CITY COUNCILMAN TONY PHILLIPS IN YESTERDAY'S GENERAL ELECTION. PHILLIPS SPENT 21 YEARS AS A CITY POLICE OFFICER BEFORE RETIRING IN 2004.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - IN PHILADELPHIA, THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS ARE SCRAMBLING FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE DAY TRYING TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO WORK AS BUSES, SUBWAYS AND TROLLEY OPERATIONS GROUND TO A HALT. THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM'S LARGEST UNION IS ON STRIKE OVER WAGE, PENSION AND HEALTH CARE ISSUES. GOV. ED RENDELL SAYS HE IS STUNNED AT THE ACTION.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF THE REPUBLICAN MESSAGE MAY HAVE COST THE PARTY A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR A NORTHERN NEW YORK HOUSE SEAT. DEMOCRAT BILL OWENS HAS BEEN ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON A SPLIT THAT EMERGED BETWEEN REPUBLICAN MODERATES AND CONSERVATIVES. THE DEMOCRAT WON IN AN AREA THAT HADN'T GONE DEMOCRATIC IN MORE THAN A CENTURY.

RICHMOND, VA. (AP) - REPUBLICAN BOB MCDONNELL WOOED VIRGINIA'S INDEPENDENT VOTERS TUESDAY TO WIN A LANDSLIDE ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR. AND IN NEW JERSEY, REPUBLICAN CHRIS CHRISTIE HAS UNSEATED NEW JERSEY'S DEEP-POCKETED BUT UNPOPULAR GOVERNOR. THE GOP VICTORIES ARE SEEN AS A TROUBLING SIGN FOR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AHEAD OF THE 2010 MID-TERM ELECTIONS.

JERUSALEM (AP) - ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAYS ITS NAVY HAS CAPTURED AN ARMS SHIP BOUT 100 MILES OFF ISRAEL'S COAST. ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY THE VESSEL AND ITS CARGO WERE HEADING FROM IRAN TO HEZBOLLAH GUERILLAS IN LEBANON. DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SAY THE SHIPMENT INCLUDED ANTI-TANK MISSILES.

KHAR, PAKISTAN (AP) - IN PAKISTAN, AN OFFICIAL REPORTS THAT A GROUP OF MILITANTS HAS KILLED TWO WOMEN TEACHERS IN AN AMBUSH. PAKISTAN'S TALIBAN FIGHTERS ARE DEEPLY OPPOSED TO MODERN EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY FOR GIRLS.

TEHRAN, IRAN (AP) - IRAN'S STATE NEWS AGENCY SAYS AN EARTHQUAKE HAS INJURED AT LEAST 700 PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY'S SOUTH. BUT THE AGENCY SAYS NO ONE HAS DIED IN THE 4.9-MAGNITUDE QUAKE, WHICH CUT POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES AND SENT RESIDENTS STREAMING INTO THE STREETS.