
Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the “Blue Wave” that washed away local Republican office holders.
“We are outperforming our own best expectations,” said one local Democrat.
Election Day comes in the midst of a federal government shutdown that has already spanned more than a month. Will it matter?
In Bucks County, the sheriff’s and district attorney’s races, along with local school board elections, have taken center stage.
Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration said it cannot front the $200 million-plus in federal LIHEAP aid it had expected to help pay heating bills for some 300,000 low-income households across the commonwealth.