A FORMER REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS NOW SEEKING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR COMMISSIONER. DENNIS NICHOLS CHANGED POLITICAL PARTIES AFTER LOSING IN THE 2015 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION TO CURRENT BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DAN CAMP AND SANDIE EGLEY. THEN-STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM CHRISTIANA CAMPAIGNED FOR CAMP AND EGLEY, LEADING NICHOLS TO SEEK THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR STATE REP. IN 2016 TO TAKE ON CHRISTIANA. HOWEVER, NICHOLS WAS DEFEATED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BY MICHAEL ROSSI.