Karen Newpol

In a hard-fought race, incumbent Karen Newpol has won the Republican Party’s nomination for an open four-year term on the Cranberry Township board of supervisors, according to unofficial results from the Tuesday, May 16, primary.

Newpol, who completed the four-year term this year of the late supervisor Dick Hadley, was challenged by newcomer James Parey.

“Well, I’m official now,” Newpol said. “I felt official before, but not official-official.”

She said now that she has won the nomination for the full four-year term, she intends to undertake a comprehensive review of the township.