(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Though not a lot of people turned out for Tuesday’s primary in Beaver County, those who did so have finalized the matchups for local elections that will determine who will be running Beaver County for the next four years.

Only 26,571 ballots were cast from 111,347 registered voters during the May 16 primary in Beaver County; a voter turnout of just 23.86%. Broken down by party, 29.44% of Democrats submitted a ballot while 25.77% of Republicans submitted a ballot. By contrast, the voter turnout for the 2022 primary was 32.03%.

In the race for County Commissioner, incumbent chairman Dan Camp narrowly edged incumbent commissioner Jack Manning by a total of 8,754 to 8,634 in the Republican primary. Meanwhile, Democratic incumbent commissioner Tony Amadio finished with the majority of votes in the Democratic primary, garnering 10,301 votes to the 8,476 of challenger Julian Taylor. However, all four men qualified for the general election in November, where three of them will be voted as Beaver County Commissioners.

The Democratic primary for Recorder of Deeds was won by Sandra Gill, who defeated Michael J. Jackson 7,669 to 5,565. Gill will now face off with incumbent Ron Alberti, who ran unopposed in the Republican primary, for the general election in November.

Most other primary races for row officers were uncontested, leading to many battles for the November election seemingly decided before any votes were cast. Those battles include (incumbents listed with “(I)” next to their name:

Treasurer
R- Sandie Egley (I)
D- Leonard Seanez
Sheriff
R-Tony Guy (I) [UNOPPOSED]
District Attorney
D-Nate Bible
R-David Lozier (I)
Prothonotary
R- Jodi Janicki Jones
D- Michael Rossi (I)
Coroner
R- David Gabauer (I)
D- Antonio Pitts
Controller
R- Maria Longo (I)
D- Tina Price Genes

The general election is set for November 7, 2023.