Marcel Groen

DENVER--Montgomery County Democrats have been making steady gains in voter registration for years, culminating in this spring's primary surge that ended with Democrats outnumbering Republicans for the first time in decades.

Montgomery County Democratic Committee Chairman Marcel Groen sees those gains continuing well past this year's election cycle, he told PolitickerPa.com.

"Right now, the upward movement continues," said Groen, a superdelegate to the Democratic convention here."There's no ceiling."

Currently, Democrats hold a narrow edge of less than 20,000 registrants, but Groen has high hopes.

"Our goal is to reverse what it's been," he said. "We'd like to get to a solid Democratic majority. It's hard to define solid. But I think we can get to 60 percent."

Montgomery County Republican Committee Chairman Robert Kerns invites recently-registered Democrats to come back to the GOP.NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery County Republican Committee on Tuesday announced a major voter registration drive, with party leaders saying they hoped longtime Republicans who had changed registration to participate in April's historic Democratic primary would return to the GOP.

Addressing reporters outside the county courthouse here, county GOP chairman Robert Kerns called on recently-registered Democrats to return to the party that, until April, had controlled the county for decades.

"We hope to bring the little elephants home," Kerns said. "It's time to come back to the Republican Party."