Polling places mostly reported low turnout in many places Tuesday as voters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey went to the polls.
The big races include Philadelphia Mayoral race, the race for Montgomery County Commissioners and the statewide question to allow sports gambling in New Jersey.
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About 45 minutes after polls closed Democratic Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter was declared victorious in his bid for reelection. He pulled in about 75 percent of the votes, easily beating back challenges from Republican Karen Brown and Independent Wali "Diop" Rahman.
Also in the city, Democrats took five City Council at Large seats. Bill Green (17 percent), James Kenney (16 percent), Blondell Reynolds Brown (15 percent), Wilson Goode, Jr. (15 percent) and William Greenlee (14 percent) apparently held off their challengers with 96 percent of precincts reporting.
The two Republican seats were still too close to call but Dennis O'Brien was leading Wednesday morning with 6.5 percent of the vote and David Oh had 5 percent.
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, Democrats took control of Montgomery County as Josh Shapiro and Leslie Richards won the County Commissioner race. GOP Incumbent Bruce Castor edged out fellow Republican Jenny Brown to win the third seat on the board.
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In the Garden State voters said yes towards approving possible sports betting in Atlantic City and state horse tracks. The measure doesn't make sports wagering law as it is still federally prohibited and is more like a first step in the process towards sports gaming.
In Atlantic County, incumbent Democrat Jim Whelan held off Republican Assemblyman Vince Polistina in the hotly-contested 2nd Legislative District for state Senate. Whelan pulled in about 54 percent of the votes.
In Gloucester County democrats retained control of the Board of Freeholders as former Penn State football player Adam Taliaferro and fellow Democrats Heather Simmons and Lyman Barnes won the three open seats on the seven-member board.
And voters in Moorestown, N.J. passed referendums that would allow liquor sales at the Moorestown Mall.
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