Election Results: GOP Wins Bensalem Races

All the votes are counted and Bensalem voters have decided to change nothing.

According to unofficial county election results, township council, school board and auditor seats were won by Republican candidates.

Three Republican incumbents were chosen to keep their seats on township council over three Democratic challengers.

In one race, councilmen Ed Kisselback and Joe Knowles were reelected to four-year terms over Mary Jeffery and Robert Heller. In another contest, Councilman John Mathieu was elected for the first time over Bhavin B. Patel. In July, Mathieu filled the seat left vacant by the resignation of Joe Szafran, who was appointed Bucks County Recorder of Deeds.

As election results rolled in throughout the evening, Democrats never really threatened the GOP incumbents. Bensalem has 27 voting districts and the Republican lead was nearly identical when three districts were reporting as when all the votes were in.

In the end, Council President Kisselback lead all candidates with 4,561 votes or 30.8 percent of the total. His running mate Knowles garnered 4,085 votes. Jeffery lost by over 800. She received 3,258 votes while Heller finished with 2,894 or 19.6 percent

In the other race, Mathieu beat Patel by over 1,400 votes. Mattieu was elected with 59.4 percent of the votes.

In other township races, results were the same with the GOP defeating Democratic challengers.

Five GOP school board candidates earned seats. They were challenged by three Democrats. See related story.

In a race for a two-year township auditor post, Republican Ed Devenney (4,326 votes) defeated Democrat Harris Martin (3,192 votes).

John Fields ran uncontested for a six-year auditor seat. He received 5,140 votes.

Magisterial District Judge Joseph Falcone also ran uncontested he received 2,373 Republican votes and 1,545 votes on the Democratic ballot.

Here are the unofficial election results in Bensalem races: