Final Tally Complete
Baney on Top for Demo Mayor
Champion Makes Ballot in Porter Township
LOCK HAVEN – Bill Baney will be the Democratic nominee for mayor of Lock Haven in the November election, there will be a runoff for Keystone Central School Board in Region VIII and Mike Champion made a successful write-in run to get on the supervisors ballot in Porter Township in November.
Those were among the outcomes today as the official canvass from the May primary was completed. The recount team completed two and a half days of work just before noon today and President Judge Craig Miller certified the results.
They show that Baney just did edge out fellow Democrat Steve Stevenson for their party’s nomination for mayor, the official total Baney 229 and Stevenson 227. Baney had held an eight vote lead after the unofficial election night tally.
The results mean Baney will run against Rick Conklin in November, Conklin unopposed for the Republican nomination.
The Region VIII Keystone Central school board race saw Jeff Johnston and Boise Miller split the nominations. Johnston handily took the Republican nomination and Miller narrowly secured the Democrat slot; the two had tied for the Democratic nomination election night. The official Democratic tally showed Miller with 134 votes and Johnston with 133. So it will be Johnston against Miller in November, the winner succeeding former board president Jack Peters who was defeated in his bid for reelection.
Porter Township saw Mike Champion wage a successful write-in effort to get on the November ballot for township supervisor. He defeated incumbent Republican Karl Walizer by a vote of 79 to 70. Champion also sought the Democratic nomination on write-ins, but fell short to former township supervisor Nevin Courter, 50 to 45. The results mean it will be Champion against Courter in November.
There will be a runoff for supervisor in Pine Creek Township. Incumbent Democrat Dennis Greenaway took that party’s nomination by a 93-88 count over Bryan Poorman. But Poorman picked up 26 Republican write-in votes; as there were no GOP candidates on the ballot, that figure was enough to get him on the November ballot to run against Greenaway.
