Summary
A Democratic candidate, Lincoln Kretchmar, won the mayoral race in a Pennsylvania borough that had consistently voted for the Republican Party for 113 years. This marks a significant change in voting patterns in a key swing state, where President Trump recently won back the state in the 2024 elections.
Key Facts
- Lincoln Kretchmar, a Democrat, won the mayoral election with 917 votes.
- The Republican candidate, Thomas Todd Hamilton, received 904 votes.
- The borough had voted for Republican candidates in presidential elections since 1912.
- Before Hamilton, Robert Linn was the Republican mayor from 1946 to 2004.
- In the same election cycle, Democrats won in Pittsburgh's mayoral race and the Philadelphia district attorney election.
- The state of Pennsylvania is a significant swing state in U.S. elections.
- The midterm elections are scheduled for November 2026, following this shift in local political outcomes.
- President Donald Trump regained Pennsylvania with 50.4% of the vote in the 2024 election.
