A write-in candidate has secured one of three open seats on Latrobe’s City Council, according to unofficial election results.
Dawn Vavick received 179 total write-in votes — two of which were from absentee or mail-in ballots.
Incumbent council members William Yuhaniak and Ralph Jenko won the other two seats, with 1,028 and 1,012 votes, respectively.
That’s a gap of over 800 votes between the two incumbents listed on the ballot and the write-in winner.
Jenko also serves as deputy mayor.
All three individuals won four-year terms.
Two write-in candidates were also victorious in Greater Latrobe’s school board race.
A final certification of all votes will be issued on Monday, Nov. 27.
