A field of seven candidates for the seat of District Judge 56-3-03 narrowed to two on Tuesday with Billy O’Gurek winning on the Democratic ticket and Beth A. Dodson winning on the Republican ticket.

O’Gurek, who secured 418 votes on the Democratic side, and Dodson, who received 609 Republican votes, will face each other in the November General Election for the seat vacated by retiring District Judge Casimir Kosciolek.

O’Gurek said hard work throughout the campaign paid off with the voters choosing him for one of the two slots going into November.

“It means a lot,” he said Wednesday morning. “You never know how it will play out with seven candidates. The feedback was good, and it was good meeting and talking to people.”

O’Gurek, who lives in Summit Hill, expects to continue to get out into the community to talk to people as his campaign winds into the fall.

“The work is just beginning,” he said.

O’Gurek, a Children & Youth Services auditor for the Pennsylvania Auditor General, remains involved in his community having served as a councilman, coach and volunteer.

He thanked voters for their support, but also his friends and family who were ready to pitch in and help throughout his campaign.

Dodson, an attorney from Summit Hill who started her own firm in 2021, Dodson Law P.C. and volunteers her services to Family Promise, was not immediately available for comment Wednesday morning.

The unofficial results in the race for District Judge 56-3-03, which serves Lansford, Nesquehoning and Summit Hill boroughs and East Penn Township and a portion of Mahoning Township, with 13 of 13 precincts reporting in Tuesday’s balloting include:

Republican results:

• Beth A. Dodson: 609

• Eric J. Filer: 297

• Sean T. Smith: 251

• Billy O’Gurek: 220

• Kelly Sheridan: 163

• Kirk D. Henritzy: 125

• Frank Shubeck: 115

On the Democratic ticket:

• Billy O’Gurek: 418

• Beth A. Dodson: 378

• Eric J. Filer: 235

• Kelly Sheridan: 169

• Sean T. Smith: 101

• Frank Shubeck: 69

• Kirk D. Henritzy: 56

Final results for two other districts, whose district judges ran unopposed, are:

• 56-3-01: Eric M. Schrantz, 1,134 (Democrat) and 9 write-ins; and 1,290 (Republican) and 16 write-ins.

• 56-3-02: Bill Kissner, 759 (Democrat) and 3 write-ins; and 1,238 (Republican) and 4 write-ins.

All results are unofficial at this time.