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LOCK HAVEN – Preliminary results are in for the City of Lock Haven.
With three council seats up, multiple Democrat and Republican candidates were looking to score a spot on the November ballot. As it stands, all five candidates are punching their ticket.
The following preliminary results were posted by the Clinton County Voter Registrars office following Primary Election Day on Tuesday night.
DEMOCRATS
Three candidates are looking to secure a spot on the Democratic ballot this November.
The top vote getter Tuesday night was Heather Alexander with 312 votes. Of that number, 211 were cast in person and another 101 were sent in via mail-in ballot.
Alexander was followed closely by Tami Brannan, who earned 305 votes. Of that number, 213 were cast in person and another 92 were by mail-in ballot.
Final candidate Alexander Di Costanzo received 274 votes total Tuesday night, of that number 185 were cast on election day and another 89 were by mail-in ballot.
Seven write-in ballots were cast in the Democratic Primary.
REPUBLICAN
Republican candidates, and current members of city council, Douglas Byerly and Jeff Brinker have punched their ticket for the November election, according to preliminary results.
Brinker was the top vote getter between the two, with 333 votes. Of that number, 299 were cast in person and another 34 were cast via mail-in ballot.
Byerly, who was running a dual campaign for county commissioner, had 268 votes. Of that number, 240 were cast in person and another 28 were by mail-in ballot.
Thirty five write-in ballots were cast. A third Republican candidate, Allen Neville, was looking to score the third spot on the Republican ticket. To do so, he needed to get at least 100 votes – the same as the number of signatures need to get on the Primary ballot in Lock Haven.
MAYOR
Current Mayor Joel Long was the lone candidate running for term as Mayor of Lock Haven. Long received 365 votes total. Of that number, 251 votes were made in-person and another 114 votes were cast via mail-in ballots. Seven write-in votes were also made in the Democratic ticket.
Thirty-five write-ins were cast on the Republican ticket on Tuesday night.