South Hills primary election race results roundup

The primary election results are in for South Hills municipal and school board races. All results are with 100% of precincts reporting, according to Allegheny County’s unofficial election results.

Baldwin Township

Two Republicans, newcomer Tyrus Scott Fluharty and incumbent Nick Pellegrino, ran for three party nominations. There were no Democrats on the ballot and there were 49 Democrat write-in votes cast. Information on write-in votes was not available as of press time.

Baldwin Borough

Rebecca Conley was the only Republican on the ballot for three open council spots in the November election. She received 507 votes, and 194 votes were cast for write-ins. Information on write-in votes was not available as of press time.

On the Democratic ticket, five candidates sought three party nominations: incumbent Patricia Boyer, newcomer Paul J. Hayhurst, incumbent Denise Maiden, newcomer Angelo Mancuso and newcomer Elliot J. Rambo.

The top three vote-getters securing the party’s nominations were Boyer with 1,560 votes, Rambo with 1,337 and Hayhurst with 1,176.

Maiden received 1,127 votes and Mancuso had 831.

Jefferson Hills

In the race for Jefferson Hills council, there were three candidates on the Democratic ticket seeking three, four-year party nominations: incumbent Nicole Stoicovy-Ruscitto, newcomer Edward Manfredi and incumbent Karen Bucy.

Four Republicans sought three party nominations. The top three vote-getters were newcomer Kevin Polick with 719, incumbent Joseph Lynch with 606 and newcomer David C. Bentz with 575.

Republican newcomer John A. Pope received 490 votes.

Republican newcomer Diva Mares was the sole GOP candidate on the ballot for a two-year term. Bucy and Stoicovy-Ruscitto ran against each other for the single Democratic two-year term ballot spot. Bucy secured the nomination with 570 votes to Stoicovy-Ruscitto’s 477.

Pleasant Hills

In the Pleasant Hills council race, three Republicans ran for three party nominations: newcomer Richard Raszewski, incumbent Gregory P. Smith and incumbent and current council president Andrew Codelka. Newcomer Joseph M. Esper and incumbent and current council vice president Nicole Leckenby were the only two Democrats on the ballot for three party nominations. Ninety Democrat write-in votes were cast. Information on write-in votes was not available as of press time.

Whitehall

There were three open spots for four-year terms on Whitehall Borough Council, and five Democrats and five Republicans were on the primary ballot.

The top three vote-getters on the Democratic ticket were newcomer Lacey Thomas with 1,262, newcomer Beth Lynn Eicher with 1,205, and newcomer Tristan Lucchetti with 988.

Incumbent Glenn Nagy received 949 votes, and incumbent Philip J. Lahr received 699.

On the Republican ticket, the three party nominations go to Jesse J. Siefert with 608 votes, Jeremy Rose with 509 and John Paravati with 486. None of the Republican candidates is currently serving on council.

Incumbent Bob McKown received 461 votes, and Sean Crane got 454.

Baldwin-Whitehall School Board

Seven cross-filed candidates each sought five party nominations on the November ballot in the race for Baldwin-Whitehall School Board. All terms are four years.

Five Democratic nominations went to incumbent and board first vice president Janice Tarson with 2,947 votes, incumbent Anthony J. DiCesaro with 2,556, incumbent and current school board president Peter D. Giglione with 2,535, newcomer John Bell with 2,271 and incumbent Dan Knezevich with 2,144.

Securing the Republican nominations were Bell with 978 votes, Knezevich with 840, DiCesaro with 830, Tarson with 800 and Giglione with 798.

Incumbent Robert Achtzehn was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection. He received 2,059 Democrat votes and 635 Republican votes. Erik Spratt received 1,574 Democrat votes and 775 Republican votes.

West Jefferson Hills School Board

The West Jefferson Hills School Board race saw eight candidates running for five party nominations for four-year terms. All candidates were cross-filed on the ballot.

In the four-year-term race, Democratic party nominations went to incumbent and current board first vice president Suzanne Downer with 1,332 votes, incumbent Chelsea Campolongo with 1,247, incumbent David M. Dominick with 1,181, incumbent Denise Kahler with 1,047 and newcomer Brian P. Smith with 973.

The top five Republican vote-getters were Downer with 1,002, incumbent Anthony J. Rash with 947, Campolongo with 933, Kahler with 863 and Dominick with 591.

In addition to the four-year terms, Dominick, Downer, Adam Rice and Smith sought one nomination from each party for a two-year term. Downer received the Democrat nomination with 822 votes and newcomer Rice received the Republican nomination with 596 votes.