Ninth Ward voters helped power an unexpected victory for Mt. Airy resident’ Chris Rabb who secured the Democratic nomination to run for the state’s 200^th House seat in November. Rabb collected 47 percent of the vote in the district, beating incumbent Tonyelle Cook-Artis by 7 points.  His margin in the 9^th Ward, however was far greater, securing 79 percent of the vote to Cook-Artis’ 13.  Of the 10,114 total votes he received, 4,022 were cast in the 9^th Ward. 2^nd congressional race The 9^th Ward was not as influential in the 2^nd District U.S. Congressional race in which Dwight Evans captured the Democratic nomination. Ninth Ward voters favored Mt. Airy attorney and 9^th ward leader Dan Muroff, who picked up 46 percent to Evans’ 31. Evans won 42 percent of the vote, beating incumbent Chaka Fattah – who is currently facing multiple charges of fraud and theft – by 8 points. Muroff collected 10 percent of the votes in the district. Other races 9^th Ward voters largely followed state and city trends in turning out majority votes for presidential Democratic primary winner Hillary Clinton, Democratic Attorney General nominee Josh Shapiro and Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Kate McGinty. The only other exception was in the Republican Primary in which 9^th Ward voters favored Ohio Gov. John Kasich to front-runner Donald Trump, 52 percent to 30. Republican voter registration is not high n the 9^th Ward and only 714 votes cast in total for Republican candidates compared to 5,862 votes for Democratic candidates. 9th Ward Results (names in blue indicate statewide winner, an * indicates the ward winner). Results are presented as name, party, vote total and percentage. Source. President

*CLINTON, HILLARY	DEMOCRATIC	3610	61.58 %
SANDERS, BERNIE	DEMOCRATIC	2235	38.13 %

 

CRUZ, TED	REPUBLICAN	101	14.15 %
RUBIO, MARCO	REPUBLICAN	11	1.54 %
BUSH, JEB	REPUBLICAN	7	0.98 %
CARSON, BEN	REPUBLICAN	1	0.14 %
*KASICH, JOHN R	REPUBLICAN	373	52.24 %
TRUMP, DONALD J	REPUBLICAN	220	30.81 %

  US Senate

VODVARKA, JOSEPH J	DEMOCRATIC	138	2.47 %
FETTERMAN, JOHN	DEMOCRATIC	1353	24.22 %
SESTAK, JOE	DEMOCRATIC	1794	32.11 %
*MCGINTY, KATIE	DEMOCRATIC	2301	41.18 %

  US Congress

GORDON, BRIAN ANTHONY	DEMOCRATIC	535	9.50 %
FATTAH, CHAKA	DEMOCRATIC	739	13.12 %
EVANS, DWIGHT	DEMOCRATIC	1763	31.29 %
*MUROFF, DAN	DEMOCRATIC	2596	46.08 %

  200^th District

CURRY, BOBBY	DEMOCRATIC	411	8.05 %
COOK ARTIS, TONYELLE	DEMOCRATIC	668	13.09 %
*RABB, CHRIS	DEMOCRATIC	4022	78.82 %