Politics & Government
Birkner Soundly Defeats Conkling For Westwood Democratic Mayoral Nomination
Peter Grefrath beats out Raymond Arroyo for the GOP nomination for Westwood council seat.

Gary Conkling beat out John Birkner 813 votes to 749 to win the Democratic nomination for Westwood mayor in Tuesday’s primary election.
Peter Grefrath beat out Raymond Arroyo to receive the Republican Party’s nomination for a council seat in Westwood.
Grefrath received 252 votes to Arroyo’s 191.
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No Republicans are are running in the Westwood mayoral race and no Democrats are running in the council race.
Scott Karcich beat out Abby Lundy 185 to 174 votes, respectively, to capture the Republican Party’s nomination for the Hillsdale council seat.
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In Hillsdale the mayoral candidates are Democrat Chrisoula Lodes and Republican Douglas Frank.
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