Republican nominee Thomas Kreiner has been appointed to finish the term of former McKean County commissioner Al Pingie.
Judge John Pavlock made the appointment yesterday after receiving a request from the remaining commissioners to fill the seat. Kreiner and current commissioner Carol Duffy won Tuesday’s primary for the Republican nomination for commissioner.
Law requires a replacement candidate to be from the same party as the retiring or deceased commissioner. Pavlock said that he gave the seat to Kreiner because the voters had already chosen him in the primary.
The appointment lasts until the end of the year.