Unofficial results indicate incumbent Bradford City councilmen Tim Pecora, Terry Lopus and Brad Mangel have turned back three write-in challengers.
Challengers Cindi Frederick, Edward Odell and Ken Bruno trailed the councilmen, who were on the ballot, in each precinct.
With unofficial calculations taking into account each spelling of the names, Frederick appeared to garner a total of 91 votes; Bruno, 93, and Odell, 106. A total of 304 write-in votes were cast for that race.
Unofficial results tabulated at The Era show Pecora with 449 votes, Mangel with 446 and Lopus with 434.
Pecora, who was born and raised in Bradford, has been on city council since January 2014. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business and economics. In a campaign announcement, Pecora said he is running again because he feels he has more to contribute.
Lopus, a 1970 graduate of Bradford Area High School and a 1974 University of Pittsburgh graduate, is licensed by the state of Pennsylvania as a nursing home administrator. He served on Bradford City Council from 1982 to 1986 and the Bradford Area School Board from 1989 to 1994.
Mangel was appointed in 2012 to fill the vacant seat of the late councilman Rick Benton and elected to a full term in 2014. He is a 1965 graduate of Bradford Area High School, enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1966.
