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Republican voters in Manheim Township appeared to be choosing the party ticket as the best bet to retake control of the township’s board of commissioners. With all precincts reporting the in-person vote, endorsed Republican candidates John Bear, Stacey Morgan Brubaker and Mary Jo Huyard held large leads over unendorsed challengers Anthony Marcavage and Michael Loeven for nominations for three four-year seats. An estimated 2,300 to 3,500 mail-in ballots remained to be counted in the township as of press time. A fourth endorsed Republican, incumbent Donna DiMeo, had no GOP opponent for a t...

Both parties face contested primaries for the Manheim Township Board of Commissioners in Lancaster County’s largest suburb. Republican voters will choose among five candidates who are competing for nominations for three seats with four-year terms. In November, the three GOP nominees will face three Democrats who are unchallenged in their party’s primary. Democratic voters do, however, have a decision to make in the primary on a two-year seat. Two Democratic candidates are vying for nomination for that position, and the winner will face a Republican who is unchallenged in the primary...

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Manheim Township voters on both sides of the political aisle will face choices when they head to the polls on May 18 to pick their nominees for township commissioner in the politically competitive suburb. Democrats and Republicans each face contested primaries this year, with party-endorsed candidates facing challengers. Creation of a county health department and how to manage growth and development are among the issues the candidates are discussing. The township — the county’s largest municipality outside of the city — sat firmly in Republican control for years. But demographi...