{"id":25140,"date":"2025-11-05T05:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/25140\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:07:08","slug":"3-new-faces-elected-to-easton-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/25140\/","title":{"rendered":"3 new faces elected to Easton City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easton voters on Tuesday elected three new members to the seven-person city council<\/a>, which looks to remain made up of all Democrats.<\/p>\n

Only voters in District 2 \u2014 covering most of the West Ward \u2014 faced a choice on the ballot, with Republican Sharbel Koorie running against Democrat Julie Zando-Dennis.<\/p>\n

According to unofficial results with all precincts reporting, Zando-Dennis took 705 votes to 384 for Koorie \u2014 a percentage split of 65-35 between the total votes for the two.<\/p>\n

Results are unofficial until certified. Approaching midnight Tuesday, Northampton County reported all Election Day votes, partial mail-in ballots and no provisional ballots. <\/p>\n

Koorie is a city code enforcement officer whose business ventures include owning Daddy\u2019s Place restaurant in the West Ward and running a DJ business for 40 years.<\/p>\n

Zando-Dennis works as an assistant vice president\/senior claims examiner, specializing in construction defects for Berkley Alliance Managers, a major insurance company.<\/p>\n

In Easton\u2019s Districts 1 and 3, voters ousted incumbents in the Democratic primary held in May. No Republicans were on the primary ballot in these areas.<\/p>\n

In District 1, covering primarily College Hill and Downtown, city planning commission member Frank Graziano III defeated longtime council member and retired Lafayette College professor Roger Ruggles.<\/p>\n

In the South Side\u2019s District 3, Easton Area School Board member Susan Hartranft-Bittinger received the Democratic nomination over first-term incumbent Taiba Sultana.<\/p>\n

Easton City Council members serve four-year terms.<\/p>\n

MORE: Easton City Council race up for grabs<\/a><\/p>\n

Our media partner Armchair Lehigh Valley contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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