21-05-2025
Corry City Councilman Jeff Fike resoundingly wins Republican nomination for Corry mayor
The race for the Republican nomination for Corry mayor wasn't much of a race, according to unofficial municipal primary results.
Corry City Councilman Jeff Fike defeated incumbent Mayor Michael Baker by a 3-1 margin, 346 votes to 108, to win the Republican nomination for mayor.
There were no Democratic candidates.
"We just tried to keep everything positive the whole time," Fike said of his campaign. "We heard a lot of, 'We're tired of this,' and 'they shouldn't get away with this.' We just tried to stay positive to do what we can to turn things around and get positive momentum in the city of Corry."
Fike campaigned on a platform of honesty, transparency and progress.
"We've got to get some confidence back from different organizations and from agencies that awarded the city grants that were turned back for no good reason," Fike said. "We have to instill confidence again so we can get projects completed."
Fike is a Corry city councilman who opposed council votes to return a state grant for trail improvements and to refuse an Appalachian Regional Commission grant for fiber broadband development. He is a retired state police trooper.
Fike called the nomination win "humbling."
"We had a lot of support from the community," he said.
Corry city dynamics are almost certain to change dramatically next year, and not only because of the likely change in mayor.
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Impact Corry Executive Director Chuck Gray and Bill Roche, a member of Impact Corry's board of directors and a former city councilman, won nominations for City Council, Gray on the Republican ticket and Roche on the Democratic. Impact Corry led planning for the trail and fiber projects.
Former Corry mayor and councilman Charles Campbell also won a Republican nomination for council.
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This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Jeff Fike defeats incumbent Corry mayor Michael Baker for nomination
