Norristown Primary Election Live Results: School Board And More

NORRISTOWN, PA — Final results are in for a slew of primary races across Montgomery County and the Norristown area, including a few closely contested local races like the Norristown Area School Board.

The Democratic primary featured eight candidates vying for just four spots. The block of candidates running together, Shae Ashe, Cynthia Wirth, Marissa Dell, and Christopher Jamarillo, all won a clear victory.

Democratic Results:

1. Shae Ashe: 3,529
2. Cynthia Wirth: 2,997
3. Marissa Dell: 2,952
4. Christopher Jamarillo: 2,809
5. Tamika Mezache: 1,342
6. Mao O. Howell: 1,330
7. Lisa Licwincko-Engleman: 1,132
8. Daniel De Kok, Sr.: 729

Candidates cross-filed in the Republican race, with mixed results. Licwincko-Engleman and Mezache were able to keep the Democrats from running the table, but Wirth grabbed the final spot, setting up a seven person field for the general election in November.

1. Lisa Licwincko-Engleman: 1,472
2. Daniel De Kok, Sr: 1,384
3. Tamika Mezache: 953
4. Cynthia Wirth: 894
5. Christopher Jamarillo: 868
6. Shae Ashe: 545
7. Marissa Dell: 824

Update: 1 a.m.

Final results are still being tabulated in the Norristown area in the Tuesday primary. Check back for more information as it becomes available.

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Polls are closed across Pennsylvania and in Norristown in the 2021 primary election, and results will soon start trickling in.

Local voters have a number of municipal races to decide during this primary and November's general election, including school board, borough council, judge's seats, and more.

The school directors race is one of the most compelling this year. There are a slew of candidates that have cross-filed as both Democrats and Republicans, so the primary is serving as something of a preliminary, non-partisan qualifying round. However, there are still decisions to be made.

There are four seats available for a four year term. On the Democratic side, there are eight candidates: Shae Ashe, Cynthia Wirth, Marissa Dell, Tamika Mezache, Mao Howell, Christopher Jaramillo, Daniel De Kok Sr., and Lisa Licwinko-Engelman. The Republican ballot is all of the same candidates but Howell and Mezache.

Ashe, the current board president, is running together with Wirth, Dell, and Jamarillo.

"We are the only four candidates on the ballot dedicated to remaining champions for public education," Ashe said in a statement Monday.

Howell, Licwinkco-Engelman, De Kok, and Mezache have also been endorsed as a block. Specifically, Keeping Kids in School, a group that lobbied Norristown and other districts to reopen to full in person instruction during the pandemic, has endorsed those four.

A few key seats for four-year terms on borough council have multiple candidates, on the Democratic side.

There are two at-large seats, and three Democrats competing for it: Tiffani Hendley, Fernando Feliciano Jr., and Rebecca Smith. Smith is the seat's incumbent.

Similarly, there is one Ward 3 council seat, and two Democratic candidates, Ana Santoyo and Dustin S. Queenan. The pair are running to replace current Councilwoman Valerie Moman.

Primary voters across Pennsylvania also cast votes on several ballot questions, including a proposed constitutional amendment that would curb the governor's powers in a public health emergency.