After a majority of the votes had been reviewed Tuesday night, Jack Stollsteimer seemed to have won reelection in Delaware County while Chris de Barrena-Sarobe was elected by Chester County voters.
As the final votes were being reviewed late Tuesday, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Chester County candidate Chris de Barrena-Sarobe, both Democrats, seemed poised to win their races.late Tuesday amid calls from their Republican opponents that they were soft on crime during a reported spike in incidents attributed to the suburbs’ proximity to Philadelphia.
Elsewhere in the Philadelphia suburbs, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele secured an all-but-guaranteed victory: Steele, a Democrat, had secured enough write-in votes to cross-file as a Republican and faced no challengers.In Bucks County, District Attorney Matt Weintraub was elected to an open position on the Court of Common Pleas.
Speaking after his presumed victory Tuesday, Stollsteimer said he was “completely humbled” that people from across the county had chosen to reelect him. In Chester County, de Barrena-Sarobe will lead an office he once served in as an assistant district attorney. The former federal prosecutor has said that pursuing drug offenses will be his main priority, drawing on his past experience with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware targeting major narcotics distributors.
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