2021 Local Election Results
Victories for Davis and Campanelli draw county attention
The polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2 for the 2021 municipal election. The results began to roll in shortly after, with election night totals settled late into the night.
Of the main races to watch, Republican Brenton Davis emerged as the next Erie County Executive, defeating Democrat Tyler Titus. While Titus, like many Democrats, had the major edge with mail-in ballots, the election day results told a very different story. With a possible 4,000+ uncanvassed mail-in ballots still to be counted by late Tuesday night, Titus hung on, ultimately conceding on Wednesday afternoon.
Brenton Davis [R] - 34,506
Tyler Titus [D] - 31,767
This proved to be one of the few Democratic upsets among the marquee 2021 races.
Chris Campanelli won a decisive victory over Republican Brian Shank, and will be the next Erie County Sheriff. The discrepancy between these top two races seems to indicate that many Democrats crossed party lines to vote for Davis, with Republican voters casting ballots for Campanelli.
Chris Campanelli [D] - 40,284
Brian Shank [R] - 26,859
Perhaps a better example of a race that held closer to party lines was that of Erie County Clerk of Records, with Aubrea Hagerty-Haynes beating out Ed DiMattio by more than 4,000 votes in a county-wide vote.
Aubrea Hagerty-Haynes [D] - 34,723
Ed DiMattio [R] - 30,560
Erie City Council saw the reelection of Liz Allen, with newcomers Jasmine Flores, Maurice "Mo" Troop, and Chuck Nelson gaining seats in a predicted Democratic sweep. Also unsurprisingly, Mayor Joe Schember won a second term, running unopposed. County Councilman Andre Horton also ran unopposed.
Erie City Council
Liz Allen [D] - 11,149
Jasmine Flores [D] - 9,547
Maurice "Mo" Troop [D] - 9,732
Chuck Nelson [D] - 9,748
Greg Brown [R] - 6,072
Shawn Lyons [R] - 5,706
Erie Mayor
Joe Schember [D] - 14,116
County Council 2nd District
Andre Horton [D] - 4,440
Other Notable Races
County Council 4th District
Jim Winarski [D] - 5,284
Timothy Gostomski [R] - 2,250
County Council, 6th District
Samuel Bayle IV [R] - 5,239
Lydia Laythe [D] - 2,735
Erie City School Director
Jay Breneman [D] - 10,554
Lauren Gillespie [D] - 8,860
Leatra Tate [D] - 8,256
Daria Devlin [D/R] - 8,788
Timothy E. Gostomski [R] - 5,180
Aaron J. Lundberg [R] - 5,488
Zakaria Sharif [R] - 4,722
Millcreek Township Supervisor
Kim Clear [D] - 9,366
Kirk McCaslin [D] - 6,949
