Abington Primary Election Results: 9 Vie For 5 School Board Spots

ABINGTON, PA — Pennsylvania's 2019 primary election was Tuesday, with races contested on the county and municipal levels around the region.

In Abington Township, the biggest contested race was for school board, where nine candidates, all of whom cross-filed, ran for five open spots in each party.

Jennifer O'Rourke, Melissa Mowry, Shameeka Browne, Tamar Klaiman, Daniel Kaya, Vico Bertogli III, and Susan D. Arnhold will be on the ballot in the general election in November. There are five open slots.

The present Abington School Board has made numerous decisions of some gravity, handling the retirement of a longtime superintendent, choosing a new superintendent, and a historic donation and the school renaming crisis that followed in its wake.

Here are the full results:

Democrats

• Jennifer O'Rourke - 4,706
• Melissa Mowry - 4,681
• Shameeka Browne - 4,229
• Tamar Klaiman - 3,811
• Daniel Kaye - 3,762 (incumbent)
• Susan D. Arnhold - 2,168 (incumbent)
• Joseph J. Rooney - 993
• Michael Nelson - 860
• Vico Bertogli III - 630

Republicans

• Joseph J. Rooney - 2,090
• Jennifer O'Rourke - 1,198
• Vico Bertogli III - 1,313
• Susan D. Arnhold - 1,074 (incumbent)
• Daniel Kaye - 1,071 (incumbent)
• Michael Nelson - 1,064
• Melissa Mowry - 878
• Tamar Klaiman - 453
• Shameeka Browne - 395

The five Democrats who won were the five endorsed by the community group Leading Abington Forward.

Elected school board members serve out four year terms.