Amanda Wins!
If Daylin Leach winds up winning yesterday’s 17th District Democratic Senatorial Primary, then he can hoist up this page on his cell-phone for a photo-op, ala Harry Truman-1948.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for that to happen.
Only about 30% of the votes have been counted, but partial counts are in from almost every precinct in the district.
In an election unlike any other we’ve seen, not even taking into consideration the level of bitterness in the SD-17 race; it appears that among those intrepid souls who showed up to vote at the polls yesterday, Amanda Cappelletti was the clear favorite vs. the incumbent, Daylin Leach. Leach was seeking his fourth term.
Unless there is a dramatic skew in voter preference among those who voted in-person yesterday, versus the overwhelming majority who either cast their ballots by mail, or who took advantage of Lower Merion’s first ever “Drive-by Vote,” Cappelletti is going to win this primary. And the winner of yesterday’s election is all but assured of winning the General Election in November
The numbers so far.
Cappelletti 6,130 59.02%
Leach 4,587 40.98%
In the 2016 SD-17 Democratic Primary, a total of 37,650 votes were cast, and Leach got them all. It is expected that nearly as many, or possibly more votes were cast in the 2020 Primary.