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Winners listed in contested county races

The following races were contested on Election Day. This information is based on unofficial election night returns. Write-in candidates are not included, unless otherwise noted.

Callery BoroughCallery will welcome two new faces to its borough council, and an incumbent will retain his seat following Tuesday's General Election.John Reed, William Brandl and Lorena Adams will serve four years on council, receiving 58, 49 and 72 votes, respectively. The Democratic nominee, Venus Hubbard, received 36 votes.Reed and Adams, the newcomers, will begin their terms in January.East Butler BoroughEdward Nagy and Benjamin Herald beat out Barry Barnes for two seats on the borough council.Nagy, a Republican, received 127 votes. Herald, a Democrat, received 101. Barnes, a Republican, got 48.Prospect BoroughOrder has been made among the four open seats on borough council.There were three four-year seats available, which will be awarded to Republicans Gustave Guenther, 179 votes, Eric Hilliard, 173 votes, and William Katz Jr., 150 votes.Mary Lou Harmon who was listed as a Democrat for the four-year seat, came in last with 107 votes.However, Harmon was the sole candidate on the ballot for the two-year seat for which she ran as a Republican and received 176 votes. She still will take a seat on the council.

Brady TownshipA newcomer will take a seat on the three-person Brady Township board of supervisors in January.Republican Donald H. Staiger soundly beat Democrat incumbent Phillip Riggs, according to preliminary election results.Staiger earned 174 votes to Riggs' 52.Staiger will join Robert McConnell and Ken Hertzog on the board of supervisors.Buffalo TownshipA new face will be joining the board of supervisors as Republican Michael Oehling Jr. ousted incumbent Democrat John Zurisko.In unofficial results, Oehling won the election by 87 votes, taking 835 votes to Zurisko's 748.“I'm really excited. I didn't think we could pull it off,” Oehling said Tuesday night. “I look forward to working with the people of Buffalo Township to provide a stable government.”Oehling looks forward to joining the supervisors for a two-year term.Incumbent Albert Roenigk, a Democrat, ran unopposed, holding onto his six-year seat with 1,091 votes.“It was a good turnout. I appreciate all the people coming out, even with all the rain we had this morning,” Zurisko said of the loss. “I wish my opponent well.”Oehling said he looks forward to bringing forth new ideas in hopes of making township government more transparent, including pushing for township supervisor meetings to be streamed online. He also hopes to help the township become better equipped to handle recent growth in residential development.“I'm very excited. I just want to thank everyone that supported me in this election,” Oehling said.

South Butler County School DistrictDebra Miller, Donna Eakin, Dale Fennell, William Gebhard and David McRandal won Tuesday night's race.Andrew Adams and Timothy Danehy came short of winning election.Gebhard got the most, with 2,710. From there came McRandal, 2,617; Miller, 2,610; Fennell, 2,512; Eakin, 2,469; Adams, 1,497; Danehy, 1,490.Moniteau School DistrictAll four newcomers won a seat on the Moniteau School Board in Tuesday's election.According to unofficial returns, incumbent Diane Hunter was the odd person out of the six candidates vying for five seats.With Hunter out, board-member Randy Armagost was the only incumbent to survive this year's election.Mark Dematteis received the most votes with 1,241. He was followed by Matthew Zietz, 1,171; Jennifer Rottman, 1,147; Armagost, 1,075; Michael Baptiste, 1,010 and Hunter with 805.Rottman said the board will look different next year, but she hopes everyone will work toward a common goal.“We'll come together as a whole to do what's best for our district,” she said. “I'm excited at the opportunity to serve the Moniteau district, and I'm ready to get to work.”Baptiste was feeling something different. He said an unknown party launched a text chain and social media campaign that spread lies about him and his plans for office.“They hammered me. Somebody put an all-out effort to destroy me today,” Baptiste said. “I didn't even have a chance to defend myself.”Baptiste said he blamed the campaign for his dropping in Tuesday's polls.“There's a lot of things that need to change at the school, and I think they're very scared of the things that I can bring to the table.”Messages to other candidates were not immediately returned Tuesday night.

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