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 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
