By DAN KRISTIE, Staff Writer

Despite the suspense that accompanied the Democratic senatorial primary and the enthusiastic hope of many conservatives and tea partiers that Berks County State Rep. Sam Rohrer could pull off an upset against Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett in the Republican Gubernatorial primary, voter turnout in Chester County on Tuesday was low.

Twenty-three percent of the county's registered voters went to the polls — that's 64,748 out of 276,450. Among Republicans, 35,700 voted, or 24 percent of the total registered Republicans. Among Democrats 29,048 voted, or 23 percent of the total registered Democrats.

Except in a few instances, the tendencies of county voters matched the tendencies of voters statewide.

One notable exception was in the 6th Congressional District Democratic Primary. Across the district, Reading area physician Manan Trivedi squeaked by with 50.8 percent of the vote. But he got just 33 percent in the district's Chester County votes. The district also includes chunks of Berks and Montgomery counties.

Former newspaper editorial writer Doug Pike, who recently moved to Paoli, got 67 percent of the Chester County vote, even though the county Democratic committee had endorsed Trivedi.

The final numbers for Chester County in the 6th District Democratic Primary were Pike, 10,240 votes, and Trivedi, 5,098 votes.

In most other races, the majority of county voters picked the statewide winners. The following numbers represent the final Chester

County vote counts, as of Wednesday, when all precincts had been counted. All numbers are unofficial until certified by the county board of elections.

In the Republican 6th Congressional District Primary, U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-6th of West Pikeland, got 15,633 votes, or 79 percent; Patrick Henry Sellers, of Wallace, received 4,084 votes, or 21 percent.

In the Democratic Senatorial primary, U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak far outperformed U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter. Sestak, D-7th, of Edgmont, got 17,448 votes, or 60 percent of the total, while Specter got 11,377 votes, or 39 percent of the total.

In the Republican Senatorial Primary, former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey trounced Western Pennsylvania conservative activist Peg Luksik, getting 29,452 votes, or 86 percent of the total, to Luksik's 4,721 votes, or 14 percent.

In the Republican Gubernatorial Primary, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett received 19,983 votes, or 57 percent of the total, to Bucks County State Rep. Sam Rohrer's 14,920 votes, or 43 percent. Statewide, Corbett did better, getting 69 percent of the vote to Rohrer's 31 percent.

In the Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, in which four candidates were competing, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato was the clear winner, getting 9,814 votes, or 35 percent. Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel came in second, with 8,833 votes, or 32 percent. Philadelphia State Sen. Anthony Williams received 6,087 votes, or 22 percent, and Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner received 3,131 votes, or 11 percent.

Former Philadelphia controller Jonathan Saidel got the most votes in Chester County in the three-way contest for Democratic Lieutenant Governor nomination, getting 10,752 votes, or 43 percent of the total. Scott Conklin, however, won the state by a margin of half a percentage point.

Bucks County Commissioner Jim Cawley won the nine-way contest for the Republican Lieutenant Governor nomination, getting 12,498 votes, or 38 percent of the total.

Here are the final numbers for several of the contested state house primaries:

In the contested Republican primary in the West Chester Area's 156th District, Dan Truitt got 3,751 votes, or 80 percent of the total. County financial policy analyst Drae McComas got 905 votes, or 19 percent of the total.

In the contested Republican primary in the Tredyffrin and Phoenixville area 157th District, Tredyffrin Supervisor Warren Kampf received 2,662 votes, or 65 percent of the total, while Phoenixville Councilman Kendrick Buckwalter received 1,409 votes, or 35 percent of the total.

In the contested primary in northern Chester County's 26th Legislative District, State Rep. Tim Hennessey, a Republican from East Coventry, received 3,400 votes, or 64 percent of the total. Jonathan Jenkins received 1,889 votes, or 36 percent of the total.

The rest of the congressional, state House, and state Senate races in Chester County were uncontested.

In the Seventh Congressional District Democratic primary, Bryan Lentz, of Swarthmore, received 4,685 votes, or 99 percent. In the district's Republican primary Pat Meehan received 6,917 votes, or 99.47 percent.

In the 16th Congressional District Republican primary, U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts, a Republican from East Marlborough, received 7,464 votes, or 98.5 percent. In the district's Democratic primary, Lois Herr got 5,720 votes, or 99 percent.

In the 13th state Legislative District Democratic primary, incumbent State Rep. Tom Houghton, a Democrat from London Grove, got 2,673 votes, or 98 percent. In the Republican Primary, John Lawrence got 4,401 votes, or 99 percent.

In the Democratic primary in the 26th state Legislative district, Fern Kaufmann got 2,611 votes, or 99 percent of the total.

In the Republican Primary in the 155th state Legislative District, State Rep. Curt Schroder, a Republican from East Brandywine, got 4,496 votes, or 99 percent of the total. In the district's Democratic Primary, Barbara Bergeron got 2,683 votes, or 99 percent.

In the 156th District Democratic primary, Mark Stevens got 3,375 votes, or 99 percent of the total.

In the 157th state Legislative District Democratic primary, incumbent State Rep. Paul Drucker, a Democrat from Tredyffrin, got 3,818 votes, or 99 percent of the total.

In the 158th state Legislative District Republican primary, State Rep. Chris Ross, a Republican from East Marlborough, received 3,914 votes, or 98 percent. In the district's Democratic primary, Susan F. Rzucidlo got 3,020 votes, or 99 percent.

In the 160th state Legislative District Republican primary, State Rep. Steve Barrar, a Republican from Delaware County, got 869 votes, or 99 percent of the total. In the district's Democratic primary, Nick DiGregory got 462 votes, or 98 percent.

In the 167th state Legislative District Republican primary, State Rep. Duane Milne, a Republican from Willistown, got 4,769 votes, or 99 percent of the total. In the district's Democratic primary, Bill Holmes got 3,748 votes, or 99 percent of the total.

In the 168th state Legislative District Republican primary, State Rep. Thomas Killion, a Republican from Delaware County, got 877 votes, or 99 percent.

In the 26th state Senatorial District, State Sen. Edwin B. Erickson, a Republican from Delaware County got 1,744 votes, or 99 percent of the total. In the district's Democratic primary, Michael T. Farrell got 1,282 votes, or 99 percent of the total.

To contact staff writer Dan Kristie, send an e-mail to dkristie@dailylocal.com.