LANSDALE — The next iteration of the North Penn School Board looks likely to closely resemble the previous one.
Voters rendered their verdict on Tuesday, with vote totals showing incumbent Democrats winning the five seats on the ballot for four-year at-large terms on the board.
Incumbent Democrats Elisha Gee, Tim MacBain, Juliane Ramic and Cathy Wesley were joined by new candidate Kunbi Rudnick on the “North Penn Neighbors for Progress” team, opposed by Republicans Vince Altieri, Diana Blystone and Liz Vazquez running together as “North Penn Voices 4 All,” and Adam Breaux and Michael R. Jowder running together as “North Penn United.”
Montgomery County vote totals Wednesday showed all five Democrats with winning totals and both mail-in ballots and in-person counted. Of the ten candidates, Wesley secured the most total votes with 17,524 reported by the county; followed by Ramic with 17,083; then MacBain with 16,954; Gee with 16,773 and Rudnick with 16,455.
On the Republican side, Altieri was the top vote-getter with 11,674, followed by Vazquez with 11,659, Blystone with 11,635; Jowder with 11,181 and Breaux with 10,837, according to final but unofficial county vote totals.
Rudnick, now slated to become the board’s newest member, posted a gallery of photos Wednesday from the polls the day before, thanking friends, family and voters.
“Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a chat, checked in on me or simply waved/smiled as they passed by at the polls. I needed the positive energy, and I am grateful,” she said.
Altieri said Wednesday he “became a more engaged community member and for that I am forever grateful,” before wishing those elected success, and Bystone and Vazquez said they were “truly grateful for all the support we received the last nine months from complete strangers. We value the new friendships we made throughout this journey. Thank you to over 11,000 people who believed in our messages.”
