Voters across the region cast ballots Tuesday in a municipal election that will shape local councils and township boards for the next several years. While many incumbents retained their seats, several new faces emerged in key races.

Contests ranged from relatively quiet elections, like in Pine Creek Township, to more competitive battles in Bellefonte and Lock Haven, where voters decided on council seats that will influence policy and local governance through the end of the second half of the 2020s.

LOCK HAVEN CITY COUNCIL

Unofficial results from the five wards of the city of Lock Haven reveal incumbents Barb Masorti and Rick Conklin retaining their seats. The third seat, left open as Steve Stevenson chose not to run again, looks to go to Micah Clausen.

The breakdown was:

— Masorti, a Democrat, received a total of 833 votes, of which 233 were mail-in ballots.

— Clausen, a Republican, received a total of 665 votes, of which 106 were mail-in ballots.

— Conklin, an Independent, received a total of 629 votes, of which 171 were mail-in ballots.

— Independent newcomer Tristan Avenbaum was left with fourth place, at 438 votes, of which 109 were mail-in ballots.

BELLEFONTE

BOROUGH COUNCIL

Voters filled five seats on the Bellefonte Borough Council in Tuesday’s municipal election, including two each in Wards 1 and 3, and one in Ward 2.

The night’s most competitive contest took place in Ward 1, where Republican Rita Purnell appears to have lost her bid for reelection.

Elsewhere, according to unofficial results, current Council President Barbara Dann, representing Ward 2, and fellow incumbent Shawna McKean of Ward 3 are expected to return to their seats.

In Ward 1, four candidates sought two open positions. Democratic challenger Claudia Wilson appears to have unseated incumbent Rita Purnell, while fellow Democrat Jon Eaton captured the seat previously held by former Republican council president Kent Bernier, who did not seek reelection. Republican newcomer Kimberly Shenk trailed with 296 votes, compared with Wilson’s 447, Eaton’s 372 and Purnell’s 325.

Dann easily retained her seat in Ward 2, earning 478 of 510 votes cast.

In Ward 3, McKean received 384 votes to remain on council. She will be joined by Democrat Zach Kelly, who collected 323 votes to succeed outgoing member Johanna Sedgewick, who is also a Democrat.

All newly elected members will serve terms through 2029.

MARION TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS

In Marion Township, where controversy over a rezoning decision has stirred months of debate, voters replaced two of the three sitting supervisors.

Neither incumbent supervisor sought reelection.

According to preliminary results, the six-year seat held by Democrat Archie Gettig, Jr. appears to have gone to Republican Donald Moore, who received at least 293 of the 320 votes cast in that race.

The two-year interim supervisor seat, vacated by Supervisor Orie Hanley, appears to have been won by Republican Lisa Barner Hovies, who made the rezoning issue central to her campaign.

Hovies received at least 200 of the 322 votes cast. Write-in votes accounted for 122 ballots, many of which are believed to have gone to write-in candidate James Burris.

The new board is expected to focus on fixing deficiencies in the township’s zoning ordinance in the coming year.

PINE CREEK

TOWNSHIP

SUPERVISORS

In Pine Creek Township, incumbent Republican Dean Edwards, Jr. appears to have secured reelection to a six-year term as supervisor.

Preliminary results show Edwards receiving 803 of the 879 votes cast, while 76 ballots went to write-in alternatives.

CERTIFICATION

OF RESULTS

The Clinton County Board of Elections will meet on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at 12 p.m., at the Clinton County Piper Building, 2 Piper Way, second floor conference room, Lock Haven. The purpose of the meeting is to determine winners of tie-votes of the municipal election, to certify its results and address any other business the Board of Elections deems appropriate.

Additional meeting times are available at www.clintoncountypa.gov/departments/voter-registration.

In Centre County, the Board of Elections will convene several times in the days following the municipal election.

Meetings are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at 10 a.m. (watch live www.youtube.com/live/B_8h4BPtmgU); Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, at 10 a.m. (watch live www.youtube.com/live/KO9VQM11-yM); Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, at 3 p.m., for pre-certification; and Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, at 3 p.m., for certification.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct which Marion Township supervisor seat Lisa Barner Hovies will fill. She will take the seat of Supervisor Orie Hanley, not Supervisor Herb Chapman.