The Carbon County Democrats for Change meeting tonight featured the Chair of the County Party, Billy O’Gurek, analyzing the results of the recent primary. Mr. O’Gurek first discussed the turnout figures, which were pathetic. While three of the top five precincts were located in Summit Hill, even those were under 50% turnout. Penn Forest precincts were near the bottom, with about one of ten eligible voters casting ballots.
O’Gurek illustrated his remarks on the Patrick Murphy-Kathleen Kane race for the office of Attorney-General with a rather dramatic map. The only area Murphy won was Philadeplhia and a few surrounding counties. The entire rest of the state, including Carbon, was solid Kane.
The Rabenold-Strubinger race results for the House of Representatives nomination portends problems for Heffley. Rabenold did extremely well in areas where Heffley was strong in the past, including Franklin and Mahoning Township. While Strubinger, who is on the Jim Thorpe Area School Board, did win a few precincts in the northern part of the county, the fact that Rabenold did so well in the rural townships means he stands a good chance of making Heffley a one-term representative.
O’Gurek also noted that a strong vote for Obama will bring out Democratic voters in low turnout areas like Penn Forest. That should help all of the remaining Democratic candidates.
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