Scott Presler wins Beaver County GOP post

Scott Presler won one of five Republican State Committee seats in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, in the May 19, 2026 primary, according to unofficial county and state election results. Beaver County’s posted results show Presler receiving 105 votes in the countywide Republican contest for “Member of Republican State Committee.” The same unofficial tally listed Abby Kail at 108 votes, Scott Presler at 105, Diana Campbell at 102, Toni Shuppe at 99 and Jon C. Odata at 96. Eric Daugherty highlighted the result in an X post on May 19, one day after Beaver County voters cast ballots in the primary. But the vote totals themselves are also reflected in official county and Pennsylvania election returns pages, which both label the numbers unofficial. ### What office did Scott Presler actually win? Pennsylvania’s election returns page identifies the race as “Member of Republican State Committee” for Beaver County, District 4. (beavercountypa.gov) Beaver County’s candidate list for the May 19 primary also included Presler in that contest. The race was structured as a vote-for-five contest, meaning multiple candidates could win seats rather than a single nominee taking the office. The county summary and precinct reports both show five Republican candidates in the field: Jon C. Odata, Toni Shuppe, Diana Campbell, Scott Presler and Abby Kail. Because the contest was for five seats and there were five named candidates listed in the results, each candidate appeared to win a seat; that is an inference from the vote-for-five format shown in the election records. (electionreturns.pa.gov) ### What do the vote totals show? Beaver County’s unofficial precinct report shows Presler with 105 total votes. The state’s county-results page shows the same ranking and vote totals: Kail 108, Presler 105, Campbell 102, Shuppe 99 and Odata 96. The percentages on the Pennsylvania returns page put Presler at 20.59% of votes cast in that contest, compared with 21.18% for Kail and 20.00% for Campbell. (beavercountypa.gov) Those percentages reflect the multi-seat format and do not represent a head-to-head race for a single post. ### Where in Beaver County did this race appear? (beavercountypa.gov) Beaver County is in western Pennsylvania, and the race was listed on the county’s Republican primary ballot materials for the May 19, 2026 general primary. The county election bureau’s “Republican Candidates on Ballot” document includes the state committee contest among county voters’ Republican primary choices. (electionreturns.pa.gov) The county elections page links both race-level and precinct-level unofficial returns for the May 19 primary. Those pages were posted by Beaver County government and marked “unofficial results.” ### Why was the result circulating on social media? Eric Daugherty posted on X on May 19 that Presler had won election as GOP state committeeman in Beaver County. (beavercountypa.gov) The social-media post drew attention to a local party position that otherwise appeared in county primary returns alongside higher-profile statewide and legislative contests. Presler had also appeared in earlier web coverage about entering the Beaver County committeeman race, though the election result itself is best supported by the county and Pennsylvania returns pages. (beavercountypa.gov) ### What happens next? Beaver County’s election-results page says the May 19, 2026 numbers are unofficial. The county also hosts historical and race-by-race election pages, while Pennsylvania’s statewide returns portal continues to display the Beaver County Republican State Committee results under the 2026 general primary. (beavercountypa.gov) The next formal step is certification of the primary results through the county and state election process. (patriotfetch.com) Until then, the posted tally showing Presler with 105 votes remains the publicly available unofficial result for the Beaver County Republican State Committee race. (beavercountypa.gov)