TTDems Ticket Shift For November Election

With the dust just settling on afor an at-large seat on the Tredyffrin Township Board of Supervisors, there is now a shake up in the race for the two at-large seat up for grabs in the November general election.

Yes, it can be confusing. There are two at-large seats on the board on the November general election ballot. One seat is currently held by Mike Heaberg following the special election race between the Republican incumbent Heaberg and Democrat challenger Molly Duffy. Heaberg won that seat in last month's special election by . But the special election victory only gives Heaberg the seat for the remainder of the unexpired term of State Rep. Warren Kampf, who resigned from the board to go to Harrisburg. Heaberg must run again—for a full four-year term on the board—in November.

Heaberg and Duffy were not just running in the special election in May. They also ran in the primary election—held at the same time—to be on the ballot for the two at-large seats in the November general election

. That means only registered Democrats can vote for Democrats and only registered Republicans can vote for Republicans in a primary.

Results of the primary election put Heaberg and Kristen Kirk Mayock on the Republican ticket for the two at large seats in the November election. Democrats voted to put Molly Duffy and Ernie Falcone on the November general election ballot.

Of the four candidates who won the primary, the top two vote-getters in the November election will win the two at-large seats.

But There's a New Twist

Ernie Falcone has dropped out of the race, according to a news release from the Tredyffrin Township Democrats. The statement from TTDems Chair Dariel Jamieson says Falcone had to bow out for personal reasons that were not explained further.

In Falcone's place "The Tredyffrin Township Democratic Committee (TTDems) will endorse F. Michael 'Murph' Wysocki to fill the role of candidate for At-Large Supervisor in the November election," according to the TTDems press release.

According to the statement, which can be read in full here, Wysocki is a lawyer and vice chair of the TTDems.

TTDems Endorse Write-in Winner

In other election news, the TTDems have also endorsed John Cameron for Tredyffrin Township auditor. Cameron, who was not on the May 17 primary ballot, got 934 write-in votes. Click here to read the statement from TTDems about Cameron.