Newcomer Jeff Pakutz and incumbent Edward Natali will serve as commissioners in Butler Township for the next four years starting in January, according to unofficial election results reported in Butler County Bureau of Elections summary reports.

Voters chose Pakutz, a Democrat, and Natali, a Republican, to be the next members of the township’s board of commissioners during the Tuesday, Nov. 4, general election.

While Natali retained his seat with 3,305 votes, or 39.1% of the vote, Pakutz was able to successfully oust incumbent Sam Zurzolo with 2,715 votes, or 32.1% of the vote.

Zurzolo had 2,410 votes, or 28.5% of the vote.

Natali works as senior project manager in the engineering department at Cleveland-Cliffs, Butler Works. He will start his second term as a commissioner in January.

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