Conrad Warner Wins Write-In Campaign, Will Square Off Against Oberlander in General Election

Aly Delp

Aly Delp

Published May 22, 2018 12:38 am
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CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Democratic write-in candidate Conrad Warner will square off against inmcumbent Republican State Representative Donna Oberlander in the November general election.

Unofficial vote totals show that Warner tallied 640 write-in votes in the May 15 primary election beating out Rep. Oberlander who also had an unspecified number of write-in votes on the Democratic side.

Warner is vying for a Pennsylvania House of Representatives seat in the 63rd Legislative District held by Rep. Oberlander since 2008. The district includes all of Clarion County and the Armstrong County communities of Bradys Bend, Cowanshannock, Hovey, Madison, Mahoning, Perry, Pine, Plumcreek, Redbank, Sugarcreek, Washington and Wayne Townships and Atwood, Dayton, Elderton, Rural Valley and South Bethlehem Boroughs, as well as Parker City, along with Jenks and Barnett Townships in Forest County.

Rep. Oberlander was sworn in to serve her fifth term in January 2017. For the second consecutive term, she was selected by her colleagues to serve in a leadership position as House Republican Caucus Secretary for the 2017-18 legislative session. She previously served as legislative aide to former State Representative Fred McIlhattan.

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Warner, a Keystone Area School District teacher originally from Carlisle, Pa., came to the area when he was 18-years-old to play football at Clarion University and “ultimately fell in love with Western Pennsylvania and decided to make this area his home.”

Warner told exploreClarion.com on Monday evening, “We are very excited to have won the nomination. We understand that it has been a long time since this area has embraced a Democratic nominee for this office and don’t expect that to change right away.”

“All we ask is that you keep an eye on what we do over the next five months. We plan to use this platform to create real, substantive, positive change for Armstrong, Clarion, and Forest counties. It’s time for real change, not more of the same.”

Warner announced at the Spring Clarion County Democratic Dinner on April 14 that he was running as a write-in candidate in the primary.

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