Republican Tom Kovach won the Special Election for New Castle County Council President by 4852 votes and secured 57.5 % of the vote.He did not win big by winning all over the county,but by winning with huge margins in several locations that had higher turnout than the areas where his opponent Democrat County Councilman Tim Sheldon did well.
Sheldon won more State Representative Districts. He won 14 and Kovach won 12 Rep Districts,but the turnout was significantly lower in the districts where Sheldon won and his winning margins were nowhere near the numbers in some overperforming districts Kovach won.
Sheldon's winning margin did not break 400 votes in any of the 14 districts he won and overall turnout exceeded 900 in only one district in which Sheldon won. Kovach's winning margin exceeded 500 votes in 8 of the 12 districts in which Kovach won, including 3 in which the winning margin exceeded 840. Overall turnout in each of the 12 districts in which Kovach won was at least 900 with 4 having over 2000 total votes cast and another 7 having over 1000 total votes cast.
People did not come out to vote as much in areas where Sheldon was strong. They came out in large enough numbers in selected areas that favored Kovach which created an upset in a race when the registration edge favored the Democrats.
New Castle County
1st-Wilmington & some Northern suburbs-
Sheldon:585-197 winning margin 388
2nd-Wilmington-
Sheldon:448-92 winning margin 356
3rd-Wilmington-
Sheldon:268-68 winning margin 200
4th-Wilmington & some Western suburbs-
Kovach:1373-735 winning margin 638
5th-Bear/Glasgow-
Sheldon:448-263 winning margin 185
6th-Edgemoor-
Kovach:1592-530 winning margin 1062
7th-Brandywine Hundred-
Kovach: 1536-693 winning margin 843
8th-Southern New Castle County –
Kovach: 540-461 winning margin 79
9th-Southern New Castle County-
Kovach:1061-629 winning margin of 432
10th-Brandywine Hundred-
Kovach:1167-421 winning margin of 746
11th-Brandywine Hundred-
Kovach:969-368 winning margin of 601
12th-Mt Cuba/Yorklyn-
Kovach: 1543-628 winning margin 915
13th-Elsmere/Richardson Park-
Sheldon:319-197 winning margin 122
15th-New Castle/Red Lion/Bear-
Sheldon:369-319 winning margin 50
16th-New Castle-
Sheldon:495-100 winning margin 395
17th-New Castle-
Sheldon:463-347 winning margin 116
18th-Stanton/Pleasantville-
Sheldon:389-339 winning margin 50
19th-Mill Creek/Kirkwood Highway-
Sheldon:487-358 winning margin 129
20th-Hockessin/Stanton-
Kovach:1097-535 winning margin 562
21st-Pike Creek /Red Mill area of Rte 2-
Kovach792-538 winning margin254
22nd-NorthStar/Linden Hill-
Kovach:1143-598 winning margin 545
23rd-Western Newark-
Sheldon:479-421 winning margin 58
24th-Rte 4 corridor east of Newark-
Sheldon:370-298 winning margin 72
25th-Eastern Newark-
Sheldon:310-302 winning margin 8
26th-Bear Glasgow-
Sheldon:164-122 winning margin 42
27th-Glasgow-
Kovach:486-409 winning margin 77
http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/stwres.shtml
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4 comments:
The bottom line and end result is, is that "Kovach Won" and that's all that counts in the end.
Maybe people in other areas care more about voting in elections and in the end outcomes much more so than others. I think the numbers here so proved that!
Don't forget you also have "MANY" Democrats that also voted for Kovach:
THE BETTER QUALIFIED CANDIDATE!
Naomi,
Thanks for reading & commenting and I could not agree more that a win is a win. My point here was not to determine who was the better candidate,but to point out that Kovach did not win so big by winning all over the county with small winning margins across the board,but by losing over half the rep districts and winning hugh in a few areas. Winning may be all that coults in the end as far as this election ,but I plan to show how unless Kovach can spread his popularity throughout the county he may have problems in a general election when there is a full ballot which may bring out more of the casual Democrat voters than were brought out by a special election held in subfreezing weather on a Thursday.
If I were running against a majority party, I too would do what Kovach did.
In the end,the best way to summarize this election, is to say that in this case, fewer people cared more.
Kavips, I think you are correct. Special elections are notorious for low turnout and recent county government special elections have had even lower turnout than the state legislative special elections. Motivating a few that care is more important than contacting a lot of people who are not passionate about it when it comes to special elections.
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