Primary Election 2013: Seneca Valley School Board Results

Seneca Valley School Board candidate Tim Hester is moving on to the general election in November.

Hester, who cross-filed in the race, won the both the Republican and Democratic nominations over fellow Cranberry resident Judi Rexford in Tuesday’s primary election.

Because he won on both tickets, Hester—barring a write-in vote campaign—should be victorious in the fall’s general election.

In the only contested race for Seneca Valley School Board, Hester and Rexford were both vying for the Cranberry Township East III and West V, Region 5 seat that’s being vacated by Eric Gordon.

Gordon, who was running for Cranberry Township’s Board of Supervisors, lost the Republican nomination Tuesday to candidate Bruce Hezlep.

With nine out of nine Cranberry voting precincts reporting, results from the Butler County Election Bureau show Hester took 58.4 percent of the Republican votes and 58.1 percent of the Democratic votes.

Rexford took 41.2 percent of the Republican votes and 41.9 percent of the Democratic votes.

There also were four other candidates running unopposed for seats on the Seneca Valley School Board.

Frederick V. Peterson, Jr., of Cranberry, cross-filed to run on the Democratic and Republican ticket for the Cranberry Township West IV and West VI, Region 4 area currently represented by school board member Jason Wehrle.

Wehrle, a lawyer from Cranberry whose first term expires this year, chose not to run for the board in 2013.

Incumbent school board member Jeanette Lahm, of Cranberry, ran unopposed on the Democratic and Republican ticket for a four-year term representing the Cranberry Township East I and II, Region 1 area.

School Board vice-president Eric DiTullio also cross-filed for the Republican and Democratic nomination. A Harmony resident, he ran uncontested to represent the Lancaster and Forward townships, Region 8 area.

In addition, Evans City resident James Welsh, incumbent, ran unopposed for the Republican nomination for the Callery and Harmony Boroughs and Jackson Township, Region 9 area. He did not cross-file to run on the Democratic ticket.

For a look at other results from contested races in Cranberry, click here.