Greensburg council: Incumbents lead primary field for 2 seats

Sitting members of Greensburg city council, Randal Finfrock and Sheila Brumley, led Tuesday’s Democratic party primary race for the two seats they occupy.

With all 15 precincts reporting, Brumley garnered about 36% of the votes in the unofficial tally, followed by Finfrock, with nearly 33%, and challenger Gabrielle Stewart, with 30%.

Write-ins accounted for less than 1% of the vote on the Democratic ballot.

Among Republican voters, Carrie Hamley, the sole listed candidate, received more than 87% of the vote, with write-ins adding roughly 12 %.

Finfrock, 72, is seeking his fifth term on council, where he serves as director of accounts and finance.

Now retired, Finfrock was manager of Atlantic Financial Savings & Loan for 12 years. He also was director of enrollment management at Westmoreland County Community College for 25 years. A life member of Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department, he served on Greensburg’s planning commission and recycling task force and helped draft the city’s home rule charter.

Brumley, 52, was appointed to a council vacancy in September 2020 and is seeking election to a full term. She is council’s director of parks and recreation. She has served on a steering committee for improvements to the city’s Spring Avenue Park, a project slated for construction this year.

She operates a business that makes custom-painted wood signs and home decor. She is president of the Greensburg Salem Education Foundation and serves on the event leadership team for Relay for Life of Westmoreland County.