Barker wins Republican nomination for York County DA (2025)

MORE WET WEATHER IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT FIRST RESULTS CONTINUE TO COME IN FROM AROUND THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ON THIS PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT FOR THE MAYORAL RACES IN HARRISBURG, LANCASTER AND LEBANON TO SCHOOL BOARD RACES IN CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES. WE ARE LIVE TONIGHT WITH IT ALL, AND WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS THIS HOUR. WE’RE CALLING THE RACE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR LANCASTER MAYOR. WELCOME TO NEWS EIGHT AT 11. I’M JERE GISH. I’M THIS MEAN OFFICE. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE A LIKELY NEW MAYOR OF LANCASTER AS DEMOCRAT JAMIE ARROYO HAS WON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RACE OVER JANET DIAZ TO REPLACE MAYOR DENEEN CIARROCCHI. TAKING A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, WITH 90% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING, JAMIE ARROYO TAKES 85% OF THE VOTES. A LITTLE MORE THAN 3500 VOTES THERE. AND THERE ARE NO REPUBLICANS IN THIS RACE. AND NEWS EIGHT’S MAYOR JORGENSEN IS LIVE WITH THE ARROYO CAMP TONIGHT. MEREDITH. JERRY. AND THAT’S MEAN ABOUT 100 PEOPLE CELEBRATED. JAMIE ARROYO’S DOMINATING WIN IN THIS PRIMARY HERE AT ZOOTROPOLIS FOR THE ARROYO FOR MAYOR. WATCH PARTY SUPPORTERS QUICKLY REALIZED, THOUGH, THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO WATCH VERY CLOSELY AS EARLY RESULTS STRONGLY FAVORED JAMIE ARROYO. BOTH OF THESE CANDIDATES, ARROYO AND JANET DIAZ, ALREADY SERVED THE PEOPLE OF LANCASTER ON LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT’S CLEAR JAMIE ARROYO WILL MOVE ON TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR. THE CEO OF ASSETS, A LANCASTER NONPROFIT THAT HELPS START SMALL BUSINESSES. ARROYO CARRIES MORE THAN 85% OF THE VOTE RIGHT NOW. HE EXPLAINED HOW HE THINKS HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF FROM DIAZ DURING THIS CAMPAIGN. I TRIED TO INSPIRE PEOPLE THROUGH HOPE, AND I THINK IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SEE WHERE KEN LANCASTER CITY GO. AND AS I MENTIONED IN MY VICTORY SPEECH, IS THAT WE’RE NOT DONE YET. I THINK LANCASTER CITY HAS SO MUCH MORE POTENTIAL, AND PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR THAT. THEY WANT TO HEAR THAT HERE IN LANCASTER CITY, THAT THE BEST IS IN FRONT OF US. NOW, IF ULTIMATELY ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, ARROYO WOULD BE THE FIRST LATINO MAYOR OF LANCASTER. AND HE SAYS HE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT LANCASTER IS A WELCOMING CITY AND WANTS EVERYONE TO FEEL LIKE HE OR SHE BELONGS. AND HE SAYS HE IS EXCITED TO LOOK FORWARD TO AND LEAD TOWARD THE FUTURE OF THE RED ROSE CITY. IN LANCASTER, I’M MEREDITH JORGENSEN. NOW LET’S GO TO MCKENNA ALEXANDER. YEAH. WE CONTINUE WITH TEAM COVERAGE OF THE RACE FOR WHO’S GOING TO LEAD THE CITY OF HARRISBURG AS ITS MAYOR. MAYOR WANDA WILLIAMS FACES FOUR CHALLENGERS IN HER RACE FOR A SECOND TERM, WITH 82% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING AT THIS POINT, THE INCUMBENT MAYOR, WANDA WILLIAMS, LEADS SLIGHTLY. SHE HAS 36% TO DAN MILLER, THE CITY TREASURER, AT 34%. THERE ARE NO REPUBLICANS IN THIS RACE EITHER. NEWS EIGHT’S MCKENNA ALEXANDER IS WITH MAYOR WANDA WILLIAMS. TOM LEHMANN IS WITH DAN MILLER TONIGHT. WE WANT TO START WITH THE WILLIAMS CAMP. AND LIKE YOU JUST HEARD, THE MAYOR HAS A SMALL LEAD RIGHT NOW. MCKENNA. YEAH, AND BECAUSE OF THAT LEAD, THE ENERGY IS STILL HERE, HIGH HERE BEHIND ME. I’M SURE YOU CAN HEAR CHEERING RIGHT BEHIND ME. NOW. IT MIGHT BE A SMALLER CROWD, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL EXCITED AND DANCING AND CHEERING AS THEY’RE EAGERLY WATCHING THOSE RESULTS COME IN, HOPING THAT WILLIAMS CAN SECURE A SECOND TERM LEADING HARRISBURG NOW. RIGHT NOW, AS I SAID, WILLIAMS IS AHEAD OF DAN MILLER BY A NARROW LEAD. BUT ALL THIS EXCITEMENT COMES ON THE HEELS OF A VERY BUSY DAY FOR WILLIAMS, WHO SPENT TIME MEETING WITH VOTERS CAMPAIGNING TODAY, SHE SAYS SHE FEELS CONFIDENT TONIGHT AND SAYS THAT SHE KNOWS SHE’S THE BEST CANDIDATE, NOT DAN MILLER. DAN HAS NOT BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY OR HE’S JUST COME TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THERE’S 1 OR 2 EVENTS. NOW THAT HE’S RUNNING FOR MAYOR, YOU’VE NEVER SEEN DAN DOING ANYTHING AND NOT INVOLVING HIMSELF WITH ANY OF THE COMMITTEE COMMUNITY. DAN MILLER IS NOT THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION. HE’S NOT EVEN A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR TREASURER. HE NEVER CAME IN OFF THE ONE TIME A MONTH. NOW I’M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SEND IT OVER TO NEWS EIGHT POLITICAL REPORTER TOM LEHMAN, WHO JOINS US LIVE FROM THE MILLER CAMPAIGN. HEY, TOM. YEAH, MCKENNA. THANK YOU. WE ARE HERE AT THE MILLWORKS MIDTOWN HARRISBURG, WHERE DAN MILLER, CITY TREASURER, LONGTIME CITY POLITICIAN, IS HERE WITH HIS SUPPORTERS AS THEY WATCH THESE RESULTS COME IN. AND WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO DAN RIGHT NOW. DAN, THANKS FOR TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TALK WITH US THIS EVENING. OBVIOUSLY, THE MAYOR WITH A SLIGHT LEAD AT THE MOMENT. ARE YOU STILL OPTIMISTIC THOUGH? WELL, I THINK WE’VE GOT SOME GOOD PRECINCTS THAT ARE OUT. SO WE DON’T KNOW. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A RACE LIKE THIS, IT’S BEEN MONTHS, OBVIOUSLY SINCE YOU FIRST ANNOUNCED YOUR CAMPAIGN. ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THESE VOTES COME IN, THAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL AHEAD? I KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. EXACTLY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU WORK HARD. I THINK WE RAN A REALLY GOOD CAMPAIGN AND THEN YOU JUST GOT TO SEE. I’M SORT OF SURPRISING HOW LOW TURNOUT WAS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE DID JUST HEAR FROM THE MAYOR A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS EVENING, STILL KIND OF BRINGING UP SOME OF THE SAME CAMPAIGN ATTACKS AGAINST YOU. FOR YOU. ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT OR ARE YOU HOPEFUL THAT WHEN WE GET TO WHATEVER THE RESULTS ARE HERE, THAT YOU AND SHE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO COEXIST, YOU KNOW, I AM SO PROUD OF NOT RUNNING A NEGATIVE CAMPAIGN. I DIDN’T DO IT FOR ANYBODY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT AND I HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN ALONG. SHE REALLY WENT NUTS ON ME. BUT THAT’S THE WAY POLITICS IS. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT’S NOT THE WAY I WANT TO PLAY THE GAME. I WANT TO DO IT IN A REALLY POSITIVE WAY. AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON, THERE’S 175 REPUBLICAN WRITE IN VOTES. WE WON’T KNOW UNTIL NEXT WEEK, PROBABLY UNTIL WHO THEY ARE. ARE YOU HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU’VE GOT ENOUGH TO POTENTIALLY MOVE ON? NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE? YOU KNOW, WINNING ON THE REPUBLICAN AS A REPUBLICAN WRITE IN IS GREAT IF YOU’VE WON THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, IF YOU HAVEN’T WON THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CHALLENGE. AND I’M NOT REALLY THINKING THAT MUCH ABOUT IT. DAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD LUCK. OBVIOUSLY, WITH WHATEVER HAPPENS THIS EVENING. BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO SPEAK WITH US. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, TOM, THANK YOU. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS RIGHT NOW, THAT HARRISBURG MAYORAL RACE, WITH 82% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING RIGHT NOW, WANDA WILLIAMS HAS A SLIGHT LEAD, TAKING 36% OF THE VOTE. SHE HAS A LITTLE MORE THAN 1400 VOTES THERE. CITY TREASURER DAN MILLER NOT TOO FAR BEHIND WITH 34% OF THE VOTES. NEARLY 1400 VOTES THERE. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT. WE’LL BE TIGHT AND WE WILL HAVE MORE COMMITMENT COVERAGE IN JUST A BIT, INCLUDING THE RACE FOR LEBANON MAYOR AND FOR THE FULL ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS. JUST HEAD TO THE HOME PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE DOT COM. YOU CAN ALS