  cambria county is a county located in the u.s. state of pennsylvania. as of the 2010 census, the population was 143,679. its county seat is ebensburg. the county was created on march 26, 1804, from parts of bedford, huntingdon, and somerset counties and was named for the nation of wales. cambria county comprises the johnstown, pa metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the johnstown-somerset, pa combined statistical area. ==law and government== as of november 2008, there are 92,456 registered voters in cambria county.running for office. dos.state.pa.us. retrieved on 2013-07-23. * democratic: 57,000 (61.65%) * republican: 28,285 (30.59%) * other parties: 7,171 (7.76%) despite being overwhelmingly democratic in registration and the democrats holding all row offices, cambria is a swing county in statewide elections, with all four statewide winners carrying it in 2008. cambria county is one of pennsylvania's most competitive counties. al gore received 50.3% of the county vote to 46.4% for george w. bush in 2000, but bush carried it with 50.8% of the vote to 48.7% for john kerry in 2004. cambria returned to the democratic presidential column in 2008, with barack obama receiving 49.4% of the vote to 48.7% for john mccain. in 2011 the gop won a majority on the county commissioners board and in 2012 gave mitt romney 58.1% of the vote to barack obama's 40.1%. ===county commissioner
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