Voters did not wait around to the general election to choose three new districts judges, although they still have to give the official nods in November.

Sharon and Sharpsville voters tabbed Dennis Songer, Grove City-area voters chose D. Neil McEwen, and Greenville-area voters selected Brian Arthur.

Each man won both the Democratic and Republican nominations, meaning their names will be the only ones on the November ballot.

Songer, a former county controller, won 32 percent of the Democratic votes and 35 percent of the smaller Republican vote, outdistancing former Sharon Police Chief Thomas Burke, Sharon Mayor Bob Lucas — who came in fourth on each ballot — and others in a six-horse race.

Songer, 53, of Sharpsville, would head the office in Sharon that serves Sharon and Sharpsville.

Arthur, 43, Hempfield Township, handily won both sides of the ballot with 48 percent of the Democratic votes and 55 percent of the Republican ones. The Hempfield Township police chief topped attorney Joseph M. Gula on the Republican ballot by more than 500 votes, and the Democratic slate by more than 350 votes.

The judicial district, with an office in Greenville, serves Greenville, Jamestown, Clark and Greene, West Salem, South Pymatuning, Pymatuning, Hempfield and Sugar Grove townships.

McEwen, 37, of Grove City, won 46 percent of the larger Republican vote and 40 percent of the Democratic vote for the judicial district that covers Grove City, Jackson Center, New Lebanon, Sandy Lake and Stoneboro and Deer Creek, French Creek, Jackson, Lake, Liberty, Mill Creek, New Vernon, Pine, Sandy Lake, Wolf Creek and Worth townships.

The office is in Pine Township.

McEwen, an assistant Mercer County district attorney, topped Tedd Nesbit by more than 200 votes among Republicans, and Barbara Brown and Nesbit by more than 80 votes on the Democratic slate.

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It looks like the second time was the charm for Mark Presley.

The 18-year township public works employee appears to have clinched both the Democratic and Republican nominations for an open supervisor seat. He lost by one vote to longtime supervisor Mike Nashtock in 2007.

“It’s so great. I’m excited,” said Presley Tuesday night as the preliminary results were reported. “I have some good ideas.”

Presley got 210 votes to incumbent Joseph M. Christoff’s 181 and former township police chief John Neil Kelly’s 48.