WILKES-BARRE, PA — Beth Gilbert, a 20-year-old Wilkes University student, easily won the Democratic nomination for City Council in District C, saying voters wanted youth and change in city government.
And change will come, as three of the five council members will be new come 2016, along with a new mayor and a new controller, according to unofficial results.
Gilbert, who will be a senior next year studying political science and international studies, said she felt it was her time to seek political office.
“I didn’t want to wait four more years to run,” Gilbert said Tuesday night. “I’m young and I think voters wanted younger people, new faces, to serve on City Council.”
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