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  • Erb, Webster, Burke In, Beam Out in Blair Co. Commissioner's Race

    RICK BOSTON, Staff Writer|Nov 7, 2019

    The Blair County Board of Commissioners is going to have a new look as two new faces will join a familiar one in steering county government for the next four years. Unofficial results show newcomer Republican Amy Webster the leading vote getter with 14,524 while incumbent Bruce Erb retaining his seat by garnering 13,803 votes. On the Democratic side, Laura Burke, making her first bid for commissioner, wrestled the set away from two-term incumbent Ted Beam. Unofficial totals show Burke pulling in...

  • Dallara, Lang, Baughman to Lead Bedford County; Emerick Takes Sheriff Race

    RICK BOSTON, Staff Writer|Nov 7, 2019

    Bedford County returned two incumbents to the commissioner's office while electing one new face. Unofficial results show Republican incumbents Josh Lang and Barry Dallara as the top vote getters with Lang garnering 8,440 votes while Dallara received 6,503. Democrat Deb Baughman, making her first run for a commissioner's seat pulled in 3,092 votes. Democrat Candi Bussard received 1,240 votes. In the race for Bedford County Sheriff, Everett Police Chief Wayne Emerick Jr., running on the...

  • – Bedford and Blair Co. Selected Election Results –

    Nov 7, 2019

    Blair County’s Democratic Commissioner Ted Beam Jr. has apparently lost his bid for re-election, falling to challenger Democrat Laura Burke. Beam received 5,944 votes and Burke received 6,963. In Bedford County, the top story was in the race for sheriff, where Republican Wayne Emerick Jr. defeated Democrat Diane Nelson. Emerick earned 7,092 votes to Nelson’s 3,721. In the Blair County commissioner race, the top vote getter was Republican Amy Webster, with 14,524 votes. Incumbent Commissioner Bruce Erb won 13,803 votes. In Pa., on the genera...

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