Dan Mortland and Jay Callihan captured a pair of four-year seats on borough council in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial results.

The top vote-getter, Mortland received 126 ballots, or nearly 46 percent of all votes cast. Callihan finished second with 86 votes, or 31 percent of the tallied ballots.

Emmit Maley, the only other candidate, garnered 55 votes.

Mortland's and Callihan's victories, it turned out, did not come in conventional fashion because Maley was the only candidate on the primary ballot. He won one of the two Republican nominations.

Mortland received 10 votes for the other GOP nomination. Callihan received 28 votes to become a Democratic nominee.

Voters apparently liked what they heard during Mortland's campaign. Among his top priorities were maintaining and improving the borough's infrastructure, including streets, stormwater run-off system and municipal water company.

He also called for vigilant oversight of natural gas drilling in the borough.

None of the candidates could be reached for comment Tuesday night.

The borough council will look the same next year.Incumbent candidates Mitch Leech, Ronald Kaufman and Francis Smith each held their seats during Tuesday's general election.Smith, a Democrat, led the way with 60 votes.Kaufman and Leech, both Republicans, followed with 59 and 54 votes, respectively.Democratic challenger Anita Galko finished fourth with 36 votes.There were also three write-in votes.“We're going to continue to try to get the right things accomplished for the community,” Leech said.Kaufman and Smith could not be reached for comment.Of the 362 registered voters in the borough, 87, or roughly 24 percent, voted Tuesday.

The vote for Harrisville mayor was a blowout.With 125 votes, Republican Gary Hughes defeated Democrat Annie Richards, who received 19 votes.Hughes defeated incumbent Republican Mayor Jere Donovan in the May primary election, netting 77 votes compared to Donovan's 10 votes. Richards ran unopposed in the May primary.Neither candidate could be reached for comment.

Incumbent Mayor Janet Gibson, a Republican and longtime officeholder, retained her post holding off Democratic challenger Ella M. Plunkard by a tally or 38 votes to 16 votes for the four-year term. Gibson has served as mayor since the mid-1990s, when she was first appointed to fill the post and has been reelected ever since.Only 54 of the borough's 159 registered voters cast ballots.“I feel badly that from reports only about 39 percent of people voted. I wish more people were concerned,” lamented Gibson.But she added she's looking forward to serving another term as mayor. “I really enjoy the camaraderie with the council members,” she said.

Council will gain a new face while losing a familiar one.Republican Sam Wagner, a newcomer, got 185 votes, the highest number of votes for any of the other candidates. He could not be reached for comment.Incumbent Republican Ed Robinson got the least number of votes, with 117, and lost his seat on council. He declined to comment Tuesday evening.Incumbent Democrat Bill Marciniak got 132 votes. He was happy to be reelected and said that he hopes to continue to move the borough “into the 21st century.”“I think we can look at some other issues as far as Prospect borough goes,” Marciniak said.Although sewage can be a hot-button issue, he said he would like to work to hold the line on property taxes and keep the budget balanced.Incumbent Republican Bob Boice received 180 votes.“I'm happy I won,” Boice, who declined further comment, said.Incumbent Republican Glen Gitzen received 154 votes. He did not return a call for comment.

Two challengers secured the most votes for four, four-year council seats.Jim Stanek and Joshua Novotny received 231 votes and 205 votes, respectively.Stanek was pleased to receive the most votes from the residents.“I am very satisfied,” he said. “I thank them all very much.”Novotny could not be reached for comment.Council president Bill Gillespie, who came in third with 190 votes, also expressed gratitude to the voters.“I appreciate the faith they have shown over the years,” Gillespie said.Councilman Don Crawford, who was fourth with 176 votes, said he was happy the voters showed their support.He pointed out the results leave next year's council with “fresh insight.”Councilman Dave Felsing lost his seat, drawing 124 votes.Felsing could not be reached for comment.There were only four write-in votes, so they won't impact the results.

Councilwoman Pam Bauman won the mayor's race, beating Democratic incumbent Jody Pflueger 230 votes to 52 votes.However, Pflueger in October announced she was relocating to Buffalo Township in the spring.Her name could not be taken off the ballot because of time constraints.Bauman's win leaves a vacancy on council. The board will have to appoint a successor.

It turned out to be a kind of family affair in Tuesday's election race for borough council.When all the ballots were counted, Colten McDeavitt and his second cousin, Daniel McDeavitt III, both Republicans, won two open four-year council seats, according to unofficial results.Colten McDeavitt received 45 votes and Daniel McDeavitt was close behind with 41 votes.The only other candidate on the ballot, Democrat Michael Bosch, received 18 votes.Colten McDeavitt said he was happy with the outcome, his first ever run for public office, but declined further comment, citing the need to tend to personal business Tuesday night.Daniel McDeavitt could not be reached for comment. Bosch did not return a telephone call.

Incumbent Republican Mayor Betty Kreutz won reelection easily Tuesday night after defeating Democratic challenger Mark Bosch.Kreutz won 41 votes, or 68 percent of the total vote. Bosch won 19 votes, or 31 percent of the vote.There were only 60 votes cast in the borough on election night, which represents 28 percent of all registered voters.Kreutz's term will last for the next four years.

Council president Joy Berteotti will return for another four-year term, according to unofficial election results on Tuesday night.Berteotti received 21 votes, which was the most among the five candidates who ran for four seats on the council.The lone Democrat among the candidates did not make the cut. Jeffrey Carr received only 12 votes, or 14 percent of the total votes for council.Returning to the dais are incumbents Michael Ferdinandsen and Jack Grindle, who each earned 17 votes, or 20 percent of the tally.Robert Wolford came in fourth among the candidates at 16 votes.Voter turnout was expectedly light in West Sunbury, where only 25 of the borough's 106 registered voters cast a ballot.