CODE. WE MOVE ON TO THE LOCAL RACES IN THE LANCASTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RACE, REPUBLICAN INCUMBENTS RAY D’AGOSTINO AND JOSH PARSONS, THEY’RE RUNNING UNOPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY. BUT THERE ARE THREE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES LOOKING TO WIN THE TWO SPOTS THAT MOVE ON TO NOVEMBER AND THE TOP TWO WITH 61% OF THE VOTES COUNTED. IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE DEMOCRATS ALICE YODER AND BOB HOLLISTER. IT’S MEREDITH JORGENSEN CONTINUES TONIGHT’S LIVE TEAM COVERAGE FROM THE COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE ON QUEEN STREET IN LANCASTER. JANELLE, I HAVE JUST SPOKEN WITH THOSE TOP TWO OF THE THREE CANDIDATES WHO ARE VYING FOR THAT POSITION AS THE VOTES CONTINUE TO BE TALLIED TONIGHT THROUGH THREE HOURS NOW SINCE THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED, THE THREE CANDIDATES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE TOP TWO SPOTS FOR LANCASTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN THIS PRIMARY RACE ARE JANET DIAZ. BOB HOLLISTER AND ALICE YODER. THE FORMER L.A. SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. BOB HOLLISTER AND HIS WIFE VOTED EARLIER TODAY AT THEIR POLLING LOCATION IN EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP. HOLLISTER IS WATCHING THE TALLIES COME IN WITH HIS CAMPAIGN TEAM AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT TONIGHT AND HE SAYS HE’S HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS AND ADDS HE’S EXCITED TO SERVE HEALTH CARE. EXECUTIVE ALICE YODER IS GATHERED WITH OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES AT THE IMPERIAL RESTAURANT IN LANCASTER CITY. JUST STEPS AWAY FROM HERE AND WATCHING THE RESULTS COME IN, SURROUNDED BY SUPPORTERS, SHE SAYS VOTERS SHE TALKED WITH UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL ELECTIONS LIKE THIS ONE, NOT JUST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. AND SHE’S THRILLED TO BE IN THE LEAD. OH, IT’S SO EXCITING. I’M JUST FEELING SO EVERYONE’S HAPPY, EXCITED, AND IT’S ALL ABOUT DOING COMMUNITY WORK. IT’S ALL ABOUT MAKING THE COUNTY AND THE CITY WORK BETTER. SO, I MEAN, IT DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. AND AGAIN, SHE IS CELEBRATING JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THIS. THE LANCASTER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER HERE AT 150 NORTH QUEEN STREET. THIS IS THE COUNTY SEAT AND THE WINNERS OF TONIGHT’S RACE WILL FACE OFF AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR ONE SPOT IN THE GENERAL ELECTION COME NOVEMBER IN LANCASTER. FOR NOW, I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN WGAL NEWS EIGHT’S MEREDITH. THANK YOU. IN THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RACE, DEMOCRAT GENE FOX AND JOHN MATTHEW SMITH WILL ADVANCE TO THE NOVEMBER 7TH GENERAL ELECTION. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, THERE ARE NINE CANDIDATES, A LARGE FIELD. LET’S TAKE A LOOK. 100% OF THE VOTES NOW IN. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A SITUATION WHERE WE’RE LOOKING FOR THE TOP TWO. SO THE TOP TWO RIGHT NOW ARE KELLY SNYDER WITH 22% OF THE VOTE. BUT TAKE A LOOK HOW CLOSE IT IS BETWEEN THE INCUMBENT, GARY EICHELBERGER, 19.9% AND NATHAN SILCOX. WITH 19.7%. RAZOR CLOSE THERE. NEWS 8. JOSSLYN HOWARD CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. JOCELYN. YEAH, DEFINITELY. AS YOU’RE SAYING, THERE ARE A LOT GOING ON, ALL BECAUSE YOU’RE LOOKING AT NINE CANDIDATES OVERALL. SO TODAY BECAUSE THEY WERE WONDERING HOW MUCH THE VOTES WOULD REALLY BE SPREAD OUT OVERALL, NINE OF THESE CANDIDATES, THESE CANDIDATES WERE OUT AT THE POLLS TODAY, REALLY TRYING TO SCROUNGE AS MANY LAST MINUTE VOTES AS THEY COULD. I’M VERY EXCITED THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. NINE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THEY HAVEN’T HAD NINE IN OVER 100 YEARS. SO WE’RE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS, RIGHT. BUT ONLY TWO WILL MAKE IT ONTO THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. WE’RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE IN THE TOP TEN, THOUGH. VOTERS HAD MORE RESEARCH TO DO. THEY SAY IT WAS NICE TO HAVE SO MANY CHOICES. HAVING A WIDER VARIETY IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING AS LONG AS YOU’RE CHOOSING BASED ON KNOWLEDGE. I THINK COMPETITION IS GOOD. IT’S GOOD IN THE MARKET, IT’S GOOD FOR POLITICS. THE REPUBLICANS HAD THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM TO WIN OVER ANY LAST MINUTE VOTES. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US TO DIFFERENTIATE, YOU KNOW, WHO WE ARE, WHO WE REALLY ARE, AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE SMEARS THAT HAVE COME OUT. BUT I THINK TODAY WILL COME DOWN TO THE WIRE WITH LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OF VOTERS THAT ARE SHOWING UP. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES INCUMBENT JEAN FOSSEY AND JOHN MATTHEW SMITH, WERE ABLE TO ENJOY THE DAY SINCE THEY ARE BOTH GUARANTEED TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. WELL, I’VE BEEN WELL RECEIVED. THEY GOT TO USE THIS PRIMARY ELECTION AS TIME TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION. AT THE DEMOCRATIC TENT, WE HAD AN EXCELLENT TIME AND AND REALLY TALKING WITH VOTERS IS ALWAYS FANTASTIC. NOW, JERRY JUST MENTIONED THE TOP TWO NOW BEING KELLY NADER AND ALSO GARY EICHELBERGER, WHO IS THE INCUMBENT. BUT NATE SILCOX, LIKE JERRY, WAS JUST SAYING, WAS JUST SO RAZOR SHARP CLOSE IN HERE AS A DIFFERENCE AS LAST TIME I CHECKED, 49 VOTES. SO DEFINITE, HONESTLY, THAT COULD HAVE REALLY SHAKEN SOME THINGS UP HERE AS EICHELBERGER HAS BEEN A COMMISSIONER SINCE 2004. SO A LOT OF EYES ON THIS ONE AS WELL. BACK TO YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LIVE FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY, JOSLYN. OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER RACES IN LEBANON, PERRY AND YORK COUNTIES. ONE POLLING PLACE IN YORK COUNTY STAYED OPEN UNTIL 930 TONIGHT BECAUSE OF ACCESS PROBLEMS DUE TO CONSTRUCTION NEAR THE CONAWAY. GO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS EIGHT’S LORI BURKHOLDER IS IN STUDIO WITH US WITH COMMISSIONER RESULTS IN THOSE THREE COUNTIES. JANELLE THANK YOU. LET’S START IN LEBANON COUNTY BECAUSE WE HAD CONTESTED RACES FOR BOTH PARTIES FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. LET’S START WITH THE DEMOCRATS HERE. 100% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING LOOKS LIKE THE INCUMBENT, JOE ALLEN. LET’S MOVING ON, AS WELL AS MICHAEL SCHROEDER. NOW LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPUBLICANS HERE FOR LEBANON COUNTY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS HERE. AGAIN, 100% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING. SO IT LOOKS AS IF MIKE KOON AND BOB PHILLIPS, BOB PHILLIPS WILL BE MOVING ON FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. LET’S GO TO PERRY COUNTY BECAUSE THIS IS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HERE. THEY’LL BE FACING THE LONE DEMOCRAT IN THIS RACE, BRENDA WATSON, AND THE TOP TWO WITH 100% OF THE PRECINCTS MOVING ON. YOU GOT FRANK CAMPBELL WITH 40% OF THE VOTE AND BILL LINES MOVING ON WITH 32%. THE INCUMBENT, BRIAN ALLEN, TRAILING IN THIRD THERE WITH 28%. AND IN YOUR COUNTY, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RACE THERE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THE REPUBLICANS IN THIS RACE HERE WITH 72% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING, WE’VE GOT JULIE WHEELER WITH 42%. AND ALSO SCOTT BURFORD WITH 31%. SO FAR IN THIS RACE. THEY’RE GOING TO BE FACING DOUG HOKE AND ALS