Democrats win all but one local race in northern Chester County

Democrats win all but one local race in northern Chester County

Democrats swept all but one municipal seat in the seven contested elections in the northern Chester County area covered by The Mercury. The election was marred by the fact that on Election Day, nearly 20 percent of all registered voters — 75,076 registered third-party voters, including Independents, Libertarians, and the names of those registered as “No Affiliation” and “Non-Parisian” — were omitted from the poll books. Registered third-party ca…