Times Observer photo by Josh Cotton. From left, that includes Mark Davis, Karen Davis, Amber Brecht, Pam Matve and Ronald Reiff.

Lisa Burkhouse has won the Republican nomination for Register & Recorder.

According to unofficial results posted by the Warren County Elections Department on Tuesday night, Burkhouse secured a sizable victory – 1,826 votes – over current Register & Recorder Stephanie Eastman (1,258 votes) and Laurie Sekerak (1,290 votes).

While that race wasn’t particularly close, the race for three Republican nominations for Warren City Council was much, much tighter.

The difference between first and fourth? Just 42 votes.

Wendy McCain came in first in that race with 569 votes followed closely by Joe Michaels with 549 and Jared Villella with 541.

Sam Harvey is the odd man out with 527 votes.

It also appears that all four state referendum questions – including two aimed at limiting a governor’s disaster declaration authorities – are on their way to passage, according to electionreturns.pa.gov.

See Thursday’s Times Observer for a full story.