Ben Avon's incumbent mayor and two council members, all Democrats, were unseated Tuesday in a stunning upset victory for newcomers.

The only incumbent council member re-elected during the general election was Republican Lloyd Corder, who was nominated on both the Republican and Democratic tickets.

The only Democrat elected to council Tuesday was 19-year-old Richard White, who was the top vote-getter after Corder.

Joining him, and Corder, on the borough council in January will be Robert Galbraith II and Brian Tokar.

Council president Kenneth Opipery Jr. and council member Todd Smith lost their bids for re-election.

Unofficial vote totals in the council race were:

Opipery Jr. 196
Smith 195
White 244
Corder 286
Tokar 201
Hansen 151
Galbraith 200

Longtime Democratic mayor Kenneth Opipery Sr. was unseated by Republican Robert Jones, the former FBI agent who now owns his own company.

Vote totals were:
Jones 223
Opipery 191

Ben Avon residents also re-elected tax collector Carmella Hallstein, a Democrat running unopposed. She received 331 votes.