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Deminpenn

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Sat May 2, 2026, 12:46 PM May 2

Beaver County election results/Dem HD-14 write-in

Jake Young, the Dem write-in candidate got over 900 write-in votes, more than the 300 he needed to qualify for the Nov election.


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Beaver County election results/Dem HD-14 write-in (Original Post) Deminpenn May 2 OP
Dems outpreform Rs in the primary Deminpenn Yesterday #1

Deminpenn

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1. Dems outpreform Rs in the primary
Wed May 20, 2026, 03:24 AM
Yesterday

In Beaver County, Dems are outnumbered by Rs, but they outperformed at the polls on Tuesday, turnin out at 30.5% to Rs 19.4%.

In my township, which is heavily R ( 2 to 1), Ds outpreformed Rs in every precinct. Total turnout was 24.5%, D 32,4%, R 20%. Rs had several contested races, Dems had none except for the write-in for HD-14. In my precinct, turnout was 26.6%, D 34,5%, R 22.5% .

Turnout and overperformance is pretty much in line with what we've seen in the special elections around of around 10%.

Also did a cursory glance at the township R lt gov votes since there was a MAGA vs the "establishment" endorsed candidate. The challenger got around 1/3 or so of the R primary votes.

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