Babette Josephs: No concession until official count done
All of the ballots cast in Tuesday's Democratic primary election for the 182nd District state House seat have been tallied and challenger Brian Sims holds a 226-vote lead on 14-term incumbent state Rep. Babette Josephs. The official count, which starts Friday at 9 a.m., will include opening 139 absentee ballots and five alternative ballots.
Babette Josephs: No concession until official count done
Chris Brennan
All of the ballots cast in Tuesday's Democratic primary election for Center City's 182nd District state House seat have been tallied and challenger Brian Sims holds a 226-vote lead on 14-term incumbent state Rep. Babette Josephs. The official count, which starts Friday at 9 a.m., will include opening 139 absentee ballots and five alternative ballots.
That means Josephs can't close the gap on Sims, an attorney who served as her campaign treasurer two years ago. But don't look for Josephs to concede the race just yet.
"We're going to wait for the official count," Josephs spokesman Dave Scholnick said. "It's close enough we'd rather not rely on unofficial numbers."
Boo - Go home Babette!- Babette is the worst kind of liberal scum. Its amazing people vote Democrat at all, really.— hotelguy
- Entitled til the end. Rarely has one served so long with so little to show for it. Name a single legislative accomplishment or legacy that was hers and not riding on coattails.— bullrun
- Yeah..kind of reminds me of the complete and total lack of any accomplishements of Rep. Ron Paul. — Donald Segretti
- Babette referred to my party's female legislators as "men with breasts." She is a misogynist.— featherman
- hotelguy - go grow a set - trolling tea bagger.— SoundGround
- You have no chance to steal this one, so concede already. Buh-bye...— Getinline
- In this neck of the woods no matter what door they leave by they always leave in disgrace and with some degree of embarrassment.— He Visto Todo
- Haven't you waisted enough time in Harrisburg without anything to show for it?— phillytransplant
- Sorry Babs baby, your term limit has arrived. Adios.— dogman5
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