About Us

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In November 2006, Governor Ed Rendell was the only Democrat representing the people of Aldan. Every other elected official—from Aldan Borough Council to the President of the United States—was a Republican.

That year, Aldan Democrat Frank Lane recruited a small group of fellow Democrats to encourage residents to vote for Democratic candidates. Two Democrats won: U.S. Senator Bob Casey and Congressman Joe Sestak.

Encouraged by those results, Frank invited six Democrats—Rick Ellis, Donna Henry, Tim Jest, Art Kelly, Yves St. Pierre, and Dan Procopio—to a reorganization meeting on August 1, 2007, at the office of Delaware County Democratic Chair Cliff Wilson. From that meeting, the Aldan Democratic Organization (ADO) was born.

Rick Ellis of Chester Avenue became the organization’s first Chair, and since 2009, the ADO has fielded Democratic candidates in every municipal election.

In 2017, Democrats won elected office in Aldan for the first time in the borough’s 124-year history. Michael Ceci was elected Eastern Precinct Judge of Election, and Anna Jane Neilson was elected Eastern Precinct Majority Inspector.

That same year, the race for Aldan Tax Collector ended in a tie on Election Night. In late November, at the Delaware County Election Bureau, Jerry Barber won the office by lottery, becoming both the first Democrat and the first minority candidate elected to a borough-wide office in Aldan.

On November 5, 2019, Aldan voters elected Democrats to Borough Council and the William Penn School Board for the first time. Harold “Buddy” Borders, Caroline McKernan, Joyce Lambert, and Dan Procopio were elected to Borough Council, while Wadiya Ivery was elected as Aldan’s representative on the William Penn School Board.

Two years later, on November 2, 2021, the Aldan Democrats swept all six borough races, creating the first fully Democratic government in Aldan’s history. Jerry Barber was reelected Tax Collector, Jason Haley was reelected Constable after joining the Democratic Party earlier that year, Michael Ceci was elected Mayor, and Kate Blunt, Marlene Smythe, and Scott Walker were elected to Borough Council.

Since 2019, the Aldan Democratic Organization has vetted and endorsed the winning slate of candidates in every municipal election in the Borough of Aldan.