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Preliminary Election Results 2020

Preliminary Election Results 2020

These results are preliminary and unofficial. Because of changes to voting rules, and this election’s occurring during a pandemic, far more mail-in and absentee ballots were cast than ever before. Pennsylvania law disallows counting those ballots before election day, so we will have to wait for official results. We’ll update these results here frequently.

The following results are as of Thursday, November 5 at 11:18 pm:


President of the United States

  Swarthmore Nether Providence Twp. Rutledge Rose Valley County Total
Biden/Harris (D) 3,345 6,274 353 576 195,996
Trump/Pence (R) 427 2,722 187 206 114,232
Jorgensen/Cohen (L) 24 81 8 8 2,830

Representative in Congress 5th District

  Swarthmore Nether Providence Twp. Rutledge Rose Valley County Total
Mary Gay Scanlon (D) 3,345 6,170 366 558 191,166
Dasha Pruett (R) 455 2,846 179 233 117,712
Representative Mary Gay Scanlon greets voters at Swarthmore-Rutledge School on November 3. Photo: Melissa Hoy

Representative Mary Gay Scanlon greets voters at Swarthmore-Rutledge School on November 3. Photo: Melissa Hoy


Representative in the General Assembly 161st District

  Swarthmore Nether Providence Twp. Rutledge Rose Valley County Total
Leanne Krueger (D) 3,345 6,120 368 549 21,914
Ralph Shicatano (R) 455 2,887 175 240 16,669

Senator in the General Assembly 9th District

  Swarthmore Nether Providence Twp. Rutledge Rose Valley County Total
John I. Kane (D) N/A 5,564 N/A 509 48,733
Thomas H. Killion (R) N/A 3,455 N/A 278 43,762
Lines to vote in Swarthmore were long Tuesday morning. Photo: Rachel Pastan

Lines to vote in Swarthmore were long Tuesday morning. Photo: Rachel Pastan

Humans of Swarthmore:  Martha Perkins

Humans of Swarthmore: Martha Perkins

Voting Briefing

Voting Briefing