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DANVILLE -- Longtime councilwoman Betty Ann Moyer was defeated Tuesday by a Geisinger physician assistant in the Republican primary for the Third Ward. Thomas Wickham took the GOP nomination with 21 votes to Moyer's 12, according to unofficial results. A retired teacher, Moyer is also the president of the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs. She has been on council about 28 years. Election officials say there was heavy write-in activity on the Democratic ballot that will be tallied over the next few days.