2023 General Election Roundup
The following are the unofficial results of the 2023 General Election here in Butler County. Results will be finalized at a later time.
Republican District Attorney Richard Goldinger won his fifth term in office by more than a 15% margin over Independent challenger Jennifer Gilliland Vanasdale, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s election.
Facing his first challenger in a general election since he was first elected in 2007, Goldinger received 27,730 votes, or 58%, to defeat Gilliland Vanasdale, who received 19,770 votes, or 41%, according to unofficial results.
Voters in Seneca Valley School District’s Region 2 chose Kari Zimmer as the newest member of the school board, according to unofficial results.
Zimmer — the Democratic candidate — defeated Republican candidate Kayla Burgert in Tuesday’s election by a mere 52 votes, according the Butler County Bureau of Elections.
In Freeport Area School District, voters chose three newcomers and two incumbents for five school board seats.
The top candidates were newcomers Sylvia R. Maxwell, Dino DiGiacobbe and Dan Ritter, as well as board treasurer Michael J. Huth and first vice president Greg Selinger, according to unofficial election results in Butler and Armstrong counties.
Karns City Area School District school board will have familiar faces taking the five seats available this election.
According to Butler County’s unofficial Nov. 7 election results, school board president Joshua Price came out on top with 990, or 15.56% of the vote; followed by former board member Denny Kelly, receiving 970 votes, or 18.61%; board vice president Dr. Brenda Ealey with 811 votes, or 15.56%; former board member William Summerville with 782 votes, or 15%; and former member Joseph Boltz with 756, or 14.50%.
An incumbent and a newcomer claimed seats representing Region 1 on the Slippery Rock Area school board, according to unofficial election results Tuesday, Nov. 7.
Incumbent Mark Taylor, a Republican, secured another four-year term with 796 votes, or 42.73% of the vote.
Republican candidate for the Moniteau school board Todd Minnear announced plans to withdraw from the race prior to Election Day, but on Tuesday, Nov. 7, voters elected him alongside four others to fill five open seats, according to unofficial results.
Minnear, a newcomer of Clay Township, received more votes than any other candidate. He skated to victory with 1,279 votes, or 18.57% of the votes cast, unofficial results indicate.
Voters in the Knoch School District chose four incumbents and one newcomer Tuesday, Nov. 7, out of seven candidates for five seats on the Knoch School Board, ousting a longtime school board member in the process.
David McRandal, Justin Kovach, William Gebhart, and board president Donna Eakin retained their spots on the school board, while Jesse Scheller earned a seat on the board for the first time, according to unofficial election results.
Incumbent Butler City Councilman Dan Herr was elected to his first full-term Tuesday, Nov. 7, and newcomer Troy Douthett won the other four-year seat up for election, according to unofficial election results.
Herr, who ran as a Democrat, received 1,074 votes, or 35.39% of the vote, and Douthett, who ran as an Independent candidate, earned 992 votes, or 32.69% of the vote. Former Butler Mayor Tom Donaldson, who ran as a Republican, narrowly lost, receiving 937 votes, or 30.87% of the vote, according to unofficial results Tuesday night.
Two incumbent Butler Township commissioners won reelection Tuesday, Nov. 7, and one newcomer earned the third open seat, according to unofficial election results.
Incumbent candidate Joe Wiest received 2,968 votes, or 27.16%; newcomer David Rice received 2,849 votes, or 26.08%; and incumbent Jim Lokhaiser Jr. received 2,775 votes, or 25.40%, according to the unofficial results.
The only open seat on Cranberry Township board of supervisors was won by incumbent Karen Newpol in the election Tuesday, Nov. 7, according to unofficial results from the Butler County Bureau of Elections.
Newpol, a Republican who was appointed to the role, was running for election against newcomer Taleb Talaat, Libertarian, for the four-year term.
Republican candidate and incumbent John K. Hicks was elected to both a four-year seat and a two-year seat on Slippery Rock Borough Council on Tuesday, Nov. 7, according to unofficial election results.
Hicks joined Jennifer Ravert, who appeared on both the Republican and Democratic ballot, and Republican candidates Lauren A. Christmann and Ron Steele in securing four-year terms, the unofficial results indicated.
All three Butler County commissioners secured their third terms in office by sailing through Tuesday’s election with no challengers.
Republicans Leslie Osche, chairman of the commissioners, and Kim Geyer and Democrat Kevin Boozel won four more years in office.
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