Politics & Government

2013 Primary: Hezlep Defeats Gordon in Race for Cranberry Supervisor, Moves on to General Election

Republican Bruce Hezlep will face Democrat Michael Warrington in the fall.

Bruce Hezlep is moving on in the race for Cranberry Township’s Board of Supervisors.

“I’m absolutely humbled the voters have place their confidence in me,” Hezlep said Tuesday night.

The president of the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company, Hezlep defeated Eric Gordon, a Seneca Valley School Board member, for the Republican nomination in Tuesday’s primary election.

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Hezlep will face off against Michael Warrington, the only Democratic contender, in the fall general election.

With nine out of nine Cranberry voting precincts reporting, results from the Election Bureau show Hezlep took 60.4 percent of the votes. Gordon took 39.3 percent of the votes.

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All results are unofficial until the Butler County Bureau of Elections certifies them. For the results from other contested races in Cranberry, including Seneca Valley School Board, click here.

Although disappointed by the loss, Gordon said he would support Hezlep as a fellow Republican in the general election.

Gordon, who also serves on the executive board of the Butler County Republican Committee as treasurer, said he already has called Hezlep to congratulate him in winning the Republican nomination.

“I’m proud of myself and I’m proud of the team I had,” Gordon said. “We built a team from scratch.”

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