All of the Republican-endorsed Town Council candidates, and the Erie County Legislature candidate, emerged in a strong position for the general election. All of those candidates have secured the the Conservative line for the fall election, and that is something that the deposed Republican leadership has frequently struggled with.
To the great credit of Sojka and the "New" Republican Party, it would seem that the prospects are promising for Gaczewski, Leary, Stutz and Todaro.
Equal kudos to those Republican voters who shunned party label and embraced objective competence, and voted for Terranova.
Fasten your seat belt.MY OPINION:
It will be very difficult for Desiderio to win this thing without the Conservative line.
I believe that Terranova will win this race in November, and in that connection, such GOP failure will rest with Commissioner Mohr, who appears to have thumbed his nose at the Langworthy-Sojka strategy (illustrated by the Mickey Kearns endorsement) of reaching across the isle to celebrate the broad civic good.
But, as on the national level, the Lancaster-Erie County entrenched "Establishment" of both parties will not go down easy.