{"id":29996,"date":"2025-11-10T12:34:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/29996\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:34:17","slug":"democrats-horton-pol-troop-flores-capture-erie-city-council-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/29996\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Horton, Pol, Troop, Flores capture Erie City Council seats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erie City Council will remain an all-Democratic panel, as it has largely been for decades.<\/p>\n

Incumbents Jasmine Flores and Maurice Troop, along with fellow Democrats Andre Horton and Marilyn Pol, captured the four open seats on the ballot for City Council in the Nov. 4 municipal election.<\/p>\n

The four fended off four Republicans – Yevet Anderson, Anita Fay, Tina Hiotis and Kimberly Hunter, each of whom was attempting to become the first GOP candidate elected to City Council in more than three decades.<\/p>\n

Previous coverage: Four Democrats, including two incumbents, seek Erie City Council seats<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Shown<\/p>\n

Shown are the Democratic candidates for Erie City Council. Top row, from left: Maurice “Mo” Troop and Jasmine Flores. Bottom row, from left: Marilyn Pol and Andre Horton.<\/p>\n

According to unofficial vote totals from the Erie County Courthouse, with all city voting precincts counted, Horton led the way with 13,303 votes, or 18.47%; followed by Pol with 12,734 votes, or 17.68%; Troop garnered 12,464 votes (17.3%), and Flores received 12,334 votes (17.12%).<\/p>\n

Hunter was fifth with 6,038 votes, or 8.38%, followed by Fay, 5,301 votes (7.36%); Hiotis, 5,100 votes (7.08%) and Anderson, 4,542 votes (6.31%).<\/p>\n

Flores, 32, and Troop, 50, were both first elected in 2021 and will be sworn in for their second four-year terms on the seven-member panel in January.<\/p>\n

Flores is a home health aide for clients with autism\/intellectual disabilities. Troop works for the Erie School District as a school principal.<\/p>\n

Horton, 65, is a longtime member of Erie County Council who could not seek re-election to County Council because of county term limit rules. He is a semi-retired laborer.<\/p>\n

Pol, 66, is a retired deputy city clerk who spent more than 40 years working in city government.<\/p>\n

The four Republican candidates could not overcome the more than 2-1 Democratic voter registration edge within city limits.<\/p>\n

No Republican has been elected to Erie City Council since Denise Robison in 1989;\u00a0the last Republican to serve on City Council was John Evans, a CPA and certified financial planner who did so as an appointee between June 2012 and December 2013.<\/p>\n

Council members who’ve served 12 months or less earn $6,000 a year; the salary is $8,000 for members who have served between 12 and 24 months. Members who have served between 24 and 36 months receive $10,000 annually; those who’ve served 36 months or more earn $12,000 a year.<\/p>\n

Council’s president receives an additional $2,000 a year.<\/p>\n

Contact Kevin Flowers at kflowers@timesnews.com<\/a>. Follow him on X at @ETNflowers.<\/a><\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Democrats claim all four Erie City Council seats<\/a><\/p>\n