Commissioners Leslie Osche, center, and Kim Geyer, third from left, celebrate winning the Republican Party’s nomination for Butler County commissioners at a party at the Back Alley in Butler Township on Tuesday, May 16, following the primary election. Justin Guido/Butler Eagle

Incumbent county Commissioners Leslie Osche and Kim Geyer overcame challenges from three candidates to win Republican Party nominations, according to unofficial results from the Tuesday, May 16, primary.

Osche and Geyer, both two-term incumbents; Ryan Covert, a business owner from Chicora; Joseph King, a farmer and auto shop owner from Valencia; and Zachary Scherer, an automotive sales consultant from Chicora, competed for GOP nominations to run in the general election in November for four-year terms as commissioners.

With all 89 precincts reporting, Osche received 13,606 votes, Geyer received 11,046 votes, Covert received 4,289, Scherer received 3,661 and King received 3,160, according to unofficial, incomplete results.

Osche, chairwoman of the commissioners, said she is grateful to voters and excited to continue to work with Geyer.

“We're certainly happy,” Osche said. “We’re excited to serve the county for another four years.”