Pat Bredenkamp wins District 5 county board seat

Pat Bredenkamp, former county clerk, was the winner of Tuesday’s Primary Election in the race for District 5 county commissioner.
There were no Democratic candidates, so the winner of the Primary will automatically be named the victor before the fall General Election.
Bredenkamp received 252 votes, compared to 193 for Incumbent Bob Wolfe.
Wolfe was seeking his fifth term.
Bredenkamp worked for the county for 42 years, serving 20 years as county clerk.
“I worked in the county treasurer’s office for over four years. I worked for the county clerk’s office and served as county clerk for a combined total of 38 years. As county clerk, I was secretary to the board of commissioners and I am familiar with the procedures of the county board. I was as involved in the county budget process. Recently, I have served as bailiff in county court and district court and gained knowledge of county government in the judicial area.”
Bredenkamp has been a member of the York County Republican Committee and served as their treasurer. “I was also honored by the York County Republicans to receive the eighth annual Lincoln Day Award for Outstanding Service to the Community of York.”
She said in an earlier interview, that “if elected to the office of county commissioner, I will try to operate York County as efficiently as possible with the least amount of expense to the taxpayers. I think that trying to keep a tight budget will be a very difficult task with the rising fuel costs and other increasing expenditures and I also feel that county commissioners will be faced by property owners with their valuations, especially the farmers and the high sales of agricultural ground.”