Democrats score big in local races across Pa.

[struggle4progress]

PETER JACKSON
The Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Democrats ruled Tuesday in Pennsylvania's major municipal election races.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, a Democrat who took the helm of city government at age 26 following the death of his predecessor, was elected to his first full term.

Philadelphia voters elected Democrat Seth Williams to become the city's first black district attorney and re-elected Democrat Alan Butkovitz as controller.

The cities of Harrisburg, and York, which is still feeling the effects of race riots that occurred four decades ago, both picked Democrats to become their first black women mayors.

In Allentown, voters re-elected Democratic Mayor Ed Pawlowski, who won 6,201 votes or 73 percent with 91 percent of precincts reporting, to defeat Republican challenger and city councilman Tony Phillips ...

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20091103_ap_democratsscorebiginlocalracesacrosspa.html

[Clio the Leo]

1. more good news! thanks. NT

[Cha]

2. This is Wonderful..

Nice antidote to christie and mcdonnell.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. Where are the headlines?

[AllentownJake]

4. Democrats winning the 3 biggest cities isn't news

The only news is when they don't win.

Not one statewide Judge was elected. Not fucking one.

[WinkyDink]

5. Not in the Lehigh Valley (Allentown/Easton/Bethlehem).

[AllentownJake]

6. It was bad in Lehigh

worse in Northampton...poor leadership in Northampton..

[amandabeech]

7. I don't see Harrisburg as a big surprise.

The incumbent, Reed, was a Dem and had been in for some time. He had worn out his welcome. That he would be replaced by a Dem isn't surprising.

The city of York seemed to me to have recovered from the riots. It was the surrounding area that was and is still having problems.

[Cha]

8. Here's the OP I was looking for earlier..

Thank you, struggle4progress!