Erie County election results: Live updates for Nov. 2
Michelle GanassiHere are your up-to-the-minute live election results in the 2021 Erie County municipal general election.
The race for Erie County executive tops the ballot.
Other highlights of the election include contested races for sheriff along with several school board and local municipal races.
Voter's guide: The races, candidates, issues in the Nov. 2 municipal election
Tuesday night's results in key races
With 147 of 149 precincts reported, here are the numbers in key Erie County races:
County Executive:
- Brenton Davis — 32,786
- Tyler Titus — 28,253
Erie County Sheriff:
- Chris Campanelli — 36,256
- Brian Shank — 25,545
Erie County Clerk of Records:
- Aubrea Hagerty Haynes — 30,988
- Edward Dimattio — 29,057
County Council, 4th Dist.:
- Jim Winarski — 4,911
- Timothy Gostomski — 2,170
County Council, 6th Dist.:
- Samuel Bayle IV — 5,239
- Lydia Laythe — 2,735
Erie City Council:
- Liz Allen — 10,720
- Jasmine Flores — 9,143
- Maurice "Mo" Troop — 9,304
- Chuck Nelson — 9,370
- Greg Brown — 5,897
- Shawn Lyons — 5,548
Davis claims victory; Titus won't concede
At his campaign headquarters Tuesday night, Republican Erie County Executive nominee Brenton Davis claimed victory.
Reporter Matthew Rink spoke with him there.
"We know due to the math that a win is not possible for (Tyler) Titus," he said. "We're waiting for a call from the Titus campaign to see how they want to proceed."
"Surprisingly, I've just been at peace," he said about the culmination of an 11-month campaign. "I've been calm. Everything went as planned, almost verbatim of how we thought this was going to play out, it did. We kind of expected a 5-point victory and it seems we're still in that realm."
"It's been surreal. It's the culmination of many years of hard work coming down to one event. It's humbling to see 32,000 people say that you're the person to lead us into the next generation."
His challenger, Tyler Titus, was not ready to concede.
"We are going to wait for all the ballots to be counted," said Titus campaign manager Josh Rosenbaum in a telephone interview.
"Every Erie County voter deserves to have their vote counted. That process will be completed tomorrow. As soon as it does, we will hear from Tyler."
Davis takes the lead
With 147 of 149 precincts reporting, Republican county executive nominee Brenton Davis turned the tables on Tyler Titus' early mail-in-driven lead.
- Brenton Davis — 32,786
- Tyler Titus — 28,253
Reminder that 4,354 uncanvassed ballots to be counted Wednesday will alter these totals.
Erie County Sheriff
More than 10,000 votes separate the nominees.
- Chris Campanelli — 36,256
- Brian Shank — 25,545
Stankewicz wins city controller
Stankiewicz wins:Unopposed Democrat Teresa Stankiewicz wins 3rd term as Erie city controller
Erie Mayor Joe Schember cruises
2nd term:Schember, facing no opposition, wins second term as Erie mayor
Update on mail-in ballots
Doug Smith, Erie County Clerk of elections, just provided an update on mail-in ballots:
The County canvassed 15,300 out of a recorded 19404 mail-in/absentee ballots.
The remaining 4,104 ballots will be canvassed tomorrow as well as a quantity of approximately 250 ballots removed from the drop box at 8 p.m., which makes a total of 4,354 uncanvassed ballots to be processed tomorrow.
Those 250 will increase the overall total to 19,654 (approximately).
Districts remaining with uncanvassed mail ballots:
- Approximately 3 in MILLCREEK (23,24 & 25)
- NORTH EAST TWP. 1ST DISTRICT
- NORTH EAST TWP. 2ND DISTRICT
- SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
- SUMMIT TOWNSHIP 1ST DISTRICT
- SUMMIT TOWNSHIP 2ND DISTRICT
- UNION TOWNSHIP
- VENANGO TOWNSHIP
- WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
- WATERFORD TWP. 1ST DISTRICT
- WATERFORD TWP. 2ND DISTRICT
- WAYNE TWP.
- Erie 5-8 and Springfield Township did not bring their memory cards containing results. Those will be retrieved in the morning.
Therefore, tonight's results will read 147 out of 149 precincts reporting.
More on the Erie County judges race
Erie judges:Piccinini, unopposed, wins full term as Erie County judge; Trucilla gets 10-year retention
Busy night at the Erie County Courthouse
The races tighten
With 100 of 149 precincts reporting, the county executive race is getting interesting. As if it hasn't been already.
- Titus — 22,455
- Davis — 21,436
There is no way to know if all City of Erie precincts are in, but here's the rundown so far in the Erie City Council race
- Liz Allen — 8,743
- Jasmine Flores — 7,487
- Maurice Troop — 7,630
- Chuck Nelson — 7,639
- Greg Brown — 4,464
- Shawn Lyons — 4,183
Erie judges? Call it
It's safe to call the race for Erie County judge. Marshall Piccinini is unopposed and has 24,747 votes with 55 of 149 precincts reporting. Piccinini was appointed judge two years ago and is running for a full term. Judge John Trucilla is also well on the way to being retained for a 3rd 10-year term.
Millcreek supervisor race
News on the Erie School Board race
Lead shrinks in county executive race
With about 30,000 votes now counted, Tyler Titus' lead in the Erie County Executive race is shrinking.
- Tyler Titus — 17,054
- Brenton Davis — 12,352
Neither nominee has made any remarks at their Election Night parties. Titus is expected later at Pier 6 Rooftop Bar & Restaurant on Erie's bayfront. The earliest Davis will speak at his campaign headquarters, 5001 Peach St. in Millcreek Township, is 11 p.m.
Mail-in ballots flow in
The first batch — and it's a big batch — of mail-in ballots have been counted. With about 19,400 mail-in ballots returned for the 2021 Erie County municipal general election, 15,300 have already been counted.
In Erie County's marquee races:
County Executive
- Tyler Titus — 11,116
- Brenton Davis — 3,491
Sheriff
- Chris Campanelli — 12,470
- Brian Shank — 2,447
Of course, election officials have yet to release any results from in-person voting today. Check back here through the night for updates.
Erie County election results
See a summary of election results by the numbers.
