With the 2025 Municipal Election results now available for York County, we can announce the following regarding candidates endorsed by the Gross PAC (PAEGP):
LOST (7 Candidates):
Steve Kopelic – Dallastown Area SD
Don Yoder – Dallastown Area SD
Kelly Brent – West Shore SD
Michael Park – York Suburban SD
Andrew P. Ruth – York Suburban SD
James R. Sanders – York Suburban SD
Chris Sanders – York Suburban SD
These wins represent important victories for the students, teachers and parents in districts targeted by The Gross PAC. All of these candidates were endorsed by PAEGP but at this time, we are unable to say how many of them also received financial contributions.
Unfortunately, York County is still a place where extreme candidates like those The Gross PAC supports can get very far, especially when unopposed. Below are a list of PAEGP-endorsed candidates that won their elections on 11/4.
WON (40 Candidates):
Anthony Pantano – Dallastown Area SD
Matthew Colin Charvat – Dallastown Area SD
Tyler Wagner – Dover Area SD
Miguel Lluberes – Dover Area SD
Bryan M. Fink – Eastern York SD
Tanya Brubaker – Eastern York SD
James E. Reese – Eastern York SD
Richard F. Zepp – Eastern York SD
Douglas R. Bailey Jr. – Eastern York SD
Tiffany Weaver – Northeastern SD
Sara Keefer – Northeastern SD
Chris Leathery – Northeastern SD
Derek Higgs – Northern York SD
David Hazen – Northern York SD
Steve Becker – Northern York SD
Renee Bordlemay – Northern York SD
Kelly Henshaw – Red Lion Area SD
Donna Haywood – Red Lion Area SD
Adrianna Roupe – Red Lion Area SD
John R. Blevins – Red Lion Area SD
Steve Krukar – Red Lion Area SD
Chuck Hobbs – South Eastern SD
Christina Markel – South Eastern SD
Kristin Fowler – South Eastern SD
Cameron Ingool – South Eastern SD
Kirby Beard – South Western SD
Steven Carr – South Western SD
Katie Mooneyhan – South Western SD
Sylvia Shoemaker – South Western SD
Jason Dekker – Southern York County SD
Marylee Hall – Southern York County SD
Samantha Hall – Southern York County SD
Lisa Stahler – Southern York County SD
Michael Ritz – Spring Grove Area SD
Rodney L. Shearer – Spring Grove Area SD
Jessica M. Waltersdorff – Spring Grove Area SD
Nicole Wilson – Spring Grove Area SD
Christina Dugan – West York Area SD
Shawn Harlacher – West York Area SD
Daniel B. Rice II – West York Area SD
Takeaways:
- The most successful attempts to beat PAEGP candidates came from unified slates of multiple candidates.
- Often, bipartisan slates that include a combination of Democrats, Republicans or independents find success. They play well against the PAEGP’s blatant attempts to make school board elections partisan.
- In many of these races, PAEGP candidates won because they ran unopposed. School Board campaigns are hard work and school board governance can be thankless. Still, pro-education voters need to sign up to be pro-education candidates in order to stop extremist candidates from winning races.