Cope versus Leighton

Come November, it's Democrat Wilkes-Barre City Mayor Tom Leighton squaring off against Republican challenger Lisa Cope.

Here's the final vote tally from the Republicans:

Lisa Cope . . . . . . . . . . 357
Frank R. Sorick . . . . . . . . 283
Karen Ceppa. . . . . . . . . . 260

Write-ins. . . . . . . . . . . 132

Now the Democrat numbers...

Tom Leighton . . . . . . . . . 2,603
Charlotte B. Raup. . . . . . . . 1,810
Nick Punko . . . . . . . . . . 242

Write-ins. . . . . . . . . . 21

Whew! Somebody has their work cut out for them.

G'nite