Politics & Government

Updated: Primary Election Results for Contested Races

Results are unofficial.

For the races reported below, 100 percent of the votes are in.

Those candidates listed in bold were the winners. For the school board race, Ken Butera, Kevin Pattinson, Leslie Dengler and David Ziev all garnered a spot on the ballot. Irfan A. Khan and Paul R. Slaninka, current school board president, landed in the top five in the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively.

All results are unofficial until the election is certified by the Chester County Board of Elections or the Montgomery County Board of Elections. Once certified the official election results will include all write-in votes, provisional ballots, military and overseas absentee ballots.

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Democrat

School Director-Phoenixville Area School District

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Kenneth Butera: 21.71% (672 votes)

Irfan A. Khan: 17.12% (530 votes)

Kevin Pattinson: 16.80% (520 votes)

Leslie A. Dengler: 15.18% (470 votes)

David H. Ziev: 14.21% (440 votes)

Paul R. Slaninka: 13.66% (423 votes)

Write-in: 1.32% (41 votes)

Phoenixville Borough Council-North Ward

Carol Stinson: 66.67% (84 votes)

Michael Hill: 31.75% (40 votes)

Write-in: 1.59% (2 votes)

Phoenixville Borough Council-West Ward

James C. Kovaleski: 61.22% (60 votes)

Nina Haslip: 37.76% (37 votes)

Write-in: 1.02% (1 vote)

Republican

School Director-Phoenixville Area School District

Paul R. Slaninka: 16.17% (722 votes)

Kenneth Butera: 15.76% (704 votes)

David H. Ziev: 15.58% (696 votes)

Leslie A. Dengler: 15.09% (674 votes)

Kevin Pattinson: 14.98% (669 votes)

Kyle Shirkness: 13.61% (608 votes)

Irfan A. Khan: 8.58% (383 votes)

Write-in: 0.22% (10 votes)

Phoenixville Borough Council-North Ward

Christopher Bauers: 47.14% (83 votes)

Jon R. Ichter II: 35.23% (62 votes)

Walter Rubel: 17.05% (30 votes)

Write-in: 0.57% (1 vote)

Schuylkill Township Supervisor

Barbara Cohen: 40.48% (372 votes)

Kevin M. Handforth: 36.45% (335 votes)

Peter A. Mercuri: 21.98% (202 votes)

Write-In: 1.09% (10 votes)

Upper Providence Township Supervisor

Lisa Mossie: 65.98% (514 votes)

Robert Fieo: 34.02% (265 votes)

Editor's Note: This article has been changed. All six remaining candidates for school board will appear on the ballot in the fall and will have an equal shot at the five open seats, as it stands now, going by the unofficial results.


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