Municipal election results
Bullskin Township
At press time, Democrat David Butler was in the lead Tuesday over his Republican challenger Ralph Beal in the race for a six-year term as township supervisor, according to unofficial results posted by the Fayette County Election Bureau.
With 67 percent of the vote tallied, Butler had garnered 277 votes to Beal’s 80 votes with voting districts two and three providing vote tallies. The township has three voting districts.
Current Supervisor Scott Keefer, who lost in his primary bid for the Democratic nomination to Butler, said that he planned to wage a write in campaign in the race.
Write in votes will be tallied by the county election bureau at a later date.
Connellsville Township
Incumbent Supervisor Tom Cesario was the top vote-getter in his bid Tuesday for a six-year term on the supervisor board with former Supervisor Donnie Hann, securing the available two-year seat, according to unofficial results.
Cesario, a Democrat, won the nomination in May over Hann, who also sought the nomination for the two-year position.
In the spring primary, Hann defeated former Supervisor Rick Adobato in the race for the Democratic nomination for the two year seat and also won the Republican nomination for the six-year position.
According to unofficial results, in the race for the six-year seat, Cesario bested Hann by a 177-152 vote margin.
Hann garnered 165 votes in his bid for the two-year seat.
Current Supervisor Robert Leiberger, who earlier replaced Adobato when he resigned, indicated that he planned to challenge Hann for the two-year position through a write in campaign.
Write in votes will be tallied by the Fayette County Election Bureau at a later date.
Dunbar Borough
Incumbents Robert Grover and Robert Opst and former Mayor John C. Williams have secured the four-year term seats on borough council with Laureen Malachin, John R. Maddis and Amy Gross, to serve two-year positions on the council, according to unofficial votes posted Tuesday by the Fayette County Election Bureau.
With all precincts reporting, Grover, a Republican, received 141 votes, with Opst and Williams, both appearing on the Democratic ticket receiving 119 and 99 votes, respectively. Maddis, also a Democrat, and Gross, a Republican, lost in their bids for a four year seat receiving 81 and 40 votes, respectively, according to unofficial results.
In the race for the three, two year positions, Malachin, a Democrat, was the top vote getter with 130 votes, with Maddas receiving 111 ballots and Gross, 53 votes, in unofficial returns.
Dunbar Township
Supervisor Larry Mayros lost his bid for a second term Tuesday to township employee Keith Fordyce, according to unofficial results.
The two Democrats squared off in the spring primary for the party nomination with Mayros edging out his challenger by 70 votes. However, Fordyce garnered the Republican nomination, resulting in the Tuesday battle for the six-year position.
According to unofficial results of all precincts, Fordyce received 726 votes with Mayros garnering 652 ballots.
Franklin Township
Democratic newcomer Jospeh R. Marcinek coasted to victory over Republican challenger Ronald B. Allen for a six-year supervisory seat in Tuesday’s general election.
According to unofficial results with 50 percent of the vote count reported, Marcinek garnered 126 votes and Allen 64 votes.
Marcinek, a coal miner with 37 years experience said, his father served as a supervisor for several years before his death in 1991.
Saltlick Township
Democratic incumbent supervisor Rick Gales lost the seat he’s held for nearly 30 years after being defeated by Republican challenger Tim Coffman in Tuesday’s general election.
Gales was seeking a sixth term.
According to unofficial results with 100 percent of precincts reporting, Coffman captured 329 votes and Gales, 243 votes.
Smithfield
An incumbent, former councilman and newcomer won three, four-year seats on borough council in Tuesday’s General election.
Republican incumbent Jesse Moats was the top vote getter with 81 votes while fellow Republican and newcomer Robert C. Roderick and former councilman and Democrat Arley E. Stoker, Jr. each received 93 votes with 100 percent of precincts reporting.
Incumbent supervisors Kelli L. Ash, who ran on both tickets received 52 Democratic votes and 60 Republican votes while Jean S. Kennedy, a Democrat pulled in 66 votes.
Wharton Township
Incumbent Magisterial District Judge Wendy Dennis defeated Independent challenger Douglas Giles by a comfortable margin on both tickets capturing another six-year term in Tuesday’s general election.
According to unofficial results and 100 percent of precincts reporting, Dennis received 1,394 votes on the Democratic ballot and 1,247 votes on the Republican ballot.
Giles was reported at having 227 votes.
Dennis has served in the post for 23 years.