Centre County leaders stood together outside of the State College Borough Municipal Building today to denounce Senate Bill 106, which would amend Pennsylvania s constitution to restrict access to abortion.
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Three progressive, first-time candidates are the apparent winners of the Democratic nominations for State College Borough Council, making them the front-runners for the three seats up for election in November.
Gopal Balachandran (1,663 votes), Divine Lipscomb (1,434) and Richard Biever (1,191) were the top vote-getters among the field of six candidates in Tuesday’s primary election, according to unofficial totals as of Thursday morning.
The trio, who ran together on the Central PA United slate, outpaced current Councilwoman Katherine Yeaple (1,123), current Mayor Ronald Filippelli (933) and former Councilwoman Catherine Dauler (843).
Of the approximately 500 mail ballots still to be adjudicated countywide as of Thursday morning, about 55 are from State College voters, Centre County Board of Commissioners Chair Michael Pipe said. Five military and overseas absentee ballots and fewer than 100 provisional votes countywide also are still left to be counted.