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Democrats flip two Cumberland County Commissioner seats

November 12, 2025 10:55 pmNovember 13, 2025 12:48 am

Democrats have flipped two Cumberland County Commissioner seats, with John Capizola and Yolanda Garcia Balacki ousting two incumbents, Douglas Albrecht and Victoria Lods, and reducing the Republican majority from 7-0 to 4-3 in just two years. Capizola was the top...

Cumberland Dems pick up a county commissioner seat, another too close to call

November 6, 2025 10:12 amNovember 6, 2025 1:00 pm

Democrats appear to have flipped one seat on the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, while the race for the second seat remains too close to call. John Capizola, Jr., a former interim county commissioner seeking a comeback after losing in...

Race for Cumberland County Commission seats too close to call

November 5, 2025 3:11 am

A Democrat and a Republican narrowly lead a race for two Cumberland County Commissioner seats, a race that is too close to call. Republican County Commissioners Douglas Albrecht (18,606) and Victoria Lods (18,215) faced a challenge from Democrats John Capizola...

Cumberland races remain close

November 8, 2024 2:32 pmNovember 8, 2024 4:43 pm

Cumberland County Clerk Celeste Riley has increased her lead by 47 votes to 1,562 over her Republican challenger, Victoria Lods, making the Democrat a strong favorite to win a third term, but county election officials – of which she is...

Still no winners in Cumberland county clerk, commissioner races

November 7, 2024 1:48 pmNovember 8, 2024 9:01 am

Countywide races in Cumberland County remain too close to call and may not be decided until next week. Democrat Celeste Riley is holding on to a 1,515-vote lead, 26,128 to 24,613, over Republican Victoria Lods in the race for county...

Riley ahead in close Cumberland race; GOP leads for county commissioner

November 6, 2024 1:24 am

Races for countywide office in Cumberland are too close to call despite Donald Trump’s four-point win in a county that hasn’t backed a GOP presidential candidate since 1988. County Clerk Celeste Riley holds a decent 1,515-vote, three-point lead in a...

Cumberland GOP files lawsuit to block office-block general election ballots

August 27, 2024 11:03 am

Earlier this month, the Democratic-controlled Cumberland County Clerk’s office made the surprising move to switch their general election ballots to an office-block format, a major departure from the party-line ballots in use previously. The Cumberland County GOP says not so...