Longtime Hempfield Supervisor Doug Weimer appeared to have won his fifth term on the board in a tight race, according to unofficial election returns.
He and Becky Durbin appeared to be headed to victory to fill two open six-year terms. Weimer and Durbin ran as a team for the general election after winning the Republican primary.
Weimer, 55, led the field with 27% of the votes, followed by Durbin, 53, with 26%, according to unofficial returns. Neither of the winners could immediately be reached before press time.
It was a close race with about 870 votes separating the field with all precincts reporting.
Candidates Paul Kosko and Jerry Fagert were close behind with 24% of the vote and 23%, respectively, according to unofficial returns. Kosko, 64, and Fagert, 65, ran as a team on the Democratic ticket.
Weimer and Durbin paired up because they said they have common goals. They both hope to keep pushing for controlled growth through commercial and residential developments in an effort to keep taxes low.
Kosko, a Republican, got on the Democratic ballot through write-in votes during the primary. Fagert claimed he was forced to change his registration from Republican to Democrat because of issues within the local Republican committee.
Fagert served as a township supervisor from 2011 to 2017, when he lost a reelection bid.
Both men said they favored looking at regionalization of both police and fire services by working with neighboring municipalities.
A township supervisor makes $5,000 annually.