LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – Edward Kropp Sr., a Pottstown police detective whose primary election campaign emphasized his law enforcement experience, appeared Tuesday (May 19, 2009) to have handily won both the Democrat and Republican primaries for judge in Magisterial District 38-1-12, which includes Lower Pottsgrove and part of Pottstown.
Poll workers gather at Berean Bible Church in Lower Pottsgrove.
The twin victories virtually assure Kropp of winning election in November to the seat now held by retiring Judge John Durkin. Kropp’s opponents were Stephen Klotz, a home improvement contractor and Lower Pottstgrove Township commissioner, and G. Michael Shirey, a Collegeville PA police officer. Like Kropp, both also cross-filed on Republican and Democrat ballots.
Tables showing individual party results in the contest, made available early Wednesday (May 20, 2009) from the Montgomery County (PA) Board of Elections website, appear below. The top table, labeled “TOTAL,” is a compilation by The Sanatoga Post for purposes of reader comparison, and was not supplied by the county.
Results specific to Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township were not immediately available.
| TOTAL – Magisterial District Judge 38-1-12 |
| 10 of 10 precincts, 100 % reporting |
| Under Votes | 210 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Edward C. Kropp Sr. | 1057 | 46.93% |
| G. Michael Shirey | 504 | 22.38% |
| Steve Klotz | 691 | 30.69% |
| Total | 2252 | 100.00% |
| Democrat – Magisterial District Judge 38-1-12 |
| 10 of 10 precincts, 100 % reporting |
| Under Votes | 140 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| G. Michael Shirey | 251 | 24.90% |
| Steve Klotz | 280 | 27.78% |
| Edward C. Kropp Sr. | 477 | 47.32% |
| Total | 1,008 | 100.00% |
| Republican – Magisterial District Judge 38-1-12 |
| 10 of 10 precincts, 100 % reporting |
| Under Votes | 70 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Edward C. Kropp Sr. | 580 | 46.62% |
| G. Michael Shirey | 253 | 20.34% |
| Steve Klotz | 411 | 33.04% |
| Total | 1,244 | 100.00% |
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Kropp cheated he ran while in his job of detective which is illegal
What a bunch of cry babies! Kropp went out and knocked at doors and answered questions that people had plus had a hard working team behind him not a bunch of cry babies. Speaking of cheating, what about Klotz breaking his township sign ordinance that he signed as a Commissioner.
Kropp cleaned Klotz’s clock. The fact is Kropp knocked on more doors than Klotz and out worked Klotz. The most qualified candidate won. Instead of whining about Kropp’s win, maybe you should ask Lower Pottsgrove Republicans why Klotz lost in his own backyard. I thought Vlahos was going to deliver Lower Pottsgrove for Klotz.
It would appear to me that to be a Judge there you do not have to have gone to law school. Is that true???
You do not have to be an attorney to serve as Magisterial District Judge in the state of Pennsylvania. If you are not an attorney, you have to pass the DJ exam.