Incumbents retain commission seats

RITZVILLE — The two incumbent Adams County commissioner facing Nov. 5 general election challenges have retained their seats.

Unofficial results show Dan Blankenship topped challenger David Lobe to retain the District No. 1 seat. And Jay R. Weise retained his District No. 2 seat over challenger Hank Rivard.

A count of late-arriving ballots on Nov. 8 showed Blankenship leading Lobe 2,854 votes (60.75%) to 1,754 (37.3%).

There were 94 write-ins, or 2.0% of the total of 4,702.

In the District 2 commissioner race, Weise’s tally was 3,099 votes (66.19%), while Rivard logged 1,498 (31.99%). There wer...