PA: Despite light turnout in primary, Bucks County has a lot at stake in November election
Both the Democrats and Republicans are preparing for a busy and expensive fall as each party looks to who will control the county government in preparation for next year's presidential and Congressional elections.
"Yes, it's certainly going to be a busy summer and fall," said state Sen. Steve Santarsiero, the Bucks Democratic Party Chairman. "The Democrats always run a grassroots campaign. We've been very successful on fundraising."
Bucks Republican Party Chairwoman Patricia Poprik said, "I feel very good going into the fall."
She said national issues like what is happening at the Southern border and whether President Biden should run again will have the Republicans working hard this year, even before the presidential election in 2024.
Bucks County has become more purple than red and blue in recent years and with a strong contingent of independent voters the parties cannot depend on registration rolls to a path to victory.
According to the Bucks County Board of Elections, as of December 2022, Bucks County has 204,145 registered Democrats; 196,480 registered Republicans and 81,126 voters who claimed no affiliation.
Those numbers should make for hard-fought campaigns in the fall. And the Democrats, governing through the pandemic, have not had an easy time.
Democratic Commissioner Chairman Bob Harvie and Commissioner Diane Ellis Marseglia, who ran unopposed in their primary Tuesday, faced a lot of criticism at the commissioners' meetings this year from conservative voters. They said they are ready to run their campaign.
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