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4 days ago
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No Republican candidate yet for secondary Sunbury City Council election
SUNBURY — A Republican candidate for a secondary Sunbury City Council race in November has yet to be announced, according to the Northumberland County Election's Office. Each party has until Sept. 15 to name a candidate for the two-year seat, according to Northumberland County Director of Elections Lindsay Phillips. Northumberland County Democratic Committee Chairperson, John J. Merchlinsky III, announced the Democratic committee chose Victoria Rosancrans as their candidate. The seat became open when former Councilwoman Lisa Martina resigned to become city treasurer. Merchlinsky said Rosancrans is a longtime community leader and advocate who would bring three decades of volunteer service and proven leadership to the position. The secondary election came to be after Martina ran for and won the Republican nomination for city treasurer in May. She is unopposed for the November General Election. She was appointed to fill the vacancy left when former Treasurer Kevin Troup retired to pursue a seat on city council. Martina stepped down from from city council after she was appointed treasurer. Troup, current Councilman Nate Savidge and Andres Manresa all advanced out of the primary and will be competing for two four-year seats on council. The secondary election was announced by the Northumberland County Election's Office last month. Northumberland County Republican Chairperson Deb Betz could not be reached for comment. Sunbury City Council members John Barnhart, Jim Eister, Savidge and Mayor Josh Brosious are waiting for a decision from Northumberland County president Judge Paige Rosini on who will fill the vacant seat until January. Solicitor Joel Wiest filed a petition to the court after council could not agree on an appointment for the seat. The two candidates that were voted on at a council meeting nearly two weeks ago were Rosancrans and city resident Andrew Ramos. Both received two votes, and council decided to petition the court to fill the vacancy. Rosini does not have to choose between the two, and can appoint anyone she wants to fill the seat. Solve the daily Crossword
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28-06-2025
- Business
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Sunbury to have second city council race in fall after two resignations
SUNBURY — A secondary election for a seat on the Sunbury City Council will be needed after Councilwoman Lisa Martina has announced her resignation. Martina was appointed as city treasurer and resigned from her existing seat on council with two years remaining in her term. She won the Republican nomination for treasurer and is on the ballot unapposed in the fall. The current Sunbury Treasurer, Kevin Troup, a Republican, announced his resignation in May after winning the nomination for one of two open seats for city council in the May primary. Martina announced her resignation from council Monday after she was appointed by the board to become the acting city treasurer, even though she will still remain on the ballot in November. She takes the office over on June 30, the same day Troup is finished. Councilman Nate Savidge and Troup secured Republican nominations in the spring. They will join Democrat Andres Manresa on the ballot in the fall, for two contested seats. Martina's empty seat will be part of a secondary election on Nov. 4, Northumberland County Director of Elections Lindsay Phillips. Phillips said both the Republican and Democratic parties will each nominate a candidate to run for the seat. On Monday, City Council announced officials will be accepting applications for individuals interested in filling the seat until January. Chief Clerk Jeff Wojciechowski said as of Friday, he has not received any letters of interest. Phillips said the decision to appoint a council member until January or until November — after the secondary election is decided — would be up to city officials. Mayor Josh Brosious said he recently found out the secondary election was triggered and that he still intends to attempt to fill the seat in the meantime. 'We will still try to attempt to fill the position until the secondary election is decided in November,' Brosious said. 'If this seat can't be filled, it will remain vacant until the residents vote for their candidate of choice.' The only council member on the board that would not be involved in a race this fall is Councilman Jim Eister, who still has more than two years left in his term. Currently, the board consists of Brosious, Eister, Savidge and John Barnhart. The first election, involving Troup, Savidge and Manresa, is to fill the seats currently held by Savidge and Barnhart. The secondary election candidates would be announced in the next few weeks by their parties. Anyone looking to fill the current open council seat is asked to drop off a letter of interest to City Hall, on Market Street.
