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6 people running for 3 seats on Jefferson Hills council
Three seats on Jefferson Hills council are open and six people would like to fill them, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Incumbents Karen Bucy, Nicole Stoicovy-Ruscitto and Joseph Lynch will face newcomers David Bentz, Edward Manfredi and Kevin Polick. All seats are four-year terms....
4 candidates in 2 wards in race for Ross commissioner
Ross Township’s odd numbered ward seats were up for election this year, but only two wards have contested races. In Ward 1, Daniel DeMarco received both Democrat and Republican nods in the primary and is unopposed. In Ward 3, Democrat Sarah Poweska is the only candidate on the ballot. In...
2-year term only contested seat on West View council
The races for West View council’s four year seats are uncontested, with Scott V. Miller, Donald E. Mikec and M. Kimberley Steele running for three open seats. The two-year term race has Democrat Eugene Borio and Constitution Party member Jim Barr running for one spot. Borio did not return requests...
6 candidates compete for 3 seats on Bridgeville Council
Three Republicans and three Democrats are vying for three seats on Bridgeville Borough Council in the Nov. 7 election. Candidates were asked to provide general biographical information and to answer the question: What do you view as the most pertinent issue for Bridgeville, and how do you plan to address...
West Jefferson Hills school board candidates talk growth in the district
In the West Jefferson Hills school board race, six candidates are running for five four year terms, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list: incumbents Chelsea Campolongo, David M. Dominick, current first vice president Suzanne Downer, Denise Kahler and Anthony Rash, as well as newcomer Brian...
Ward 1 Etna’s only contested council race
In Etna’s council race, only the Ward 1 race is contested with incumbent Democrats Megan Tunon and Brad Iannuzzi and Republican challenger Nicholas Behr Leffakis running for two open seats. The Ward 2 race only has Democrat Ronald Trader on the ballot. In Ward 3, Democrat Jessica Semler is the...
6 candidates running for 3 open seats on Oakmont Borough council
There are three seats up for grabs on the Oakmont Borough Council. Voters in the November election will select three members from the six candidates seeking four-year term seats. The Democrats and the Republicans are equally represented, with three candidates from each party, according to the Allegheny County Office of...
Bethel Park Council seats contested in 4 wards
Eight candidates are running for four open Bethel Park Council in the Nov. 7 election, with Democrats facing Republicans in the municipality’s four even-numbered wards. Candidates were asked to submit general biographical information and answer the question: What do you view as the most pertinent issue for Bethel Park, and...
Westmoreland won’t have ballot drop boxes in November
Westmoreland County’s three-member elections board rejected a proposal to install a drop box for mail-in ballots in the courthouse lobby. Common Pleas Judges Tim Krieger and Justin Walsh declined to vote on the pitch from the elections bureau this week to place a single box near the main courthouse entrance...
10 candidates on ballot for 5 spots in North Hills School Board race
The North Hills School Board race has 10 candidates vying for five open seats. Candidates running for the four-year terms are incumbents Helen D. Spade, Phil Little, Kathryn Poniatowski and Rachael Rennebeck, and newcomers Traci Brown, April Lynn Casey, Samantha Ellwood, John Hoffman, Dana Merlino and Ashley Stephens. Here are...
4 candidates running for 3 seats on Pleasant Hills council
There are four people on the ballot for Pleasant Hills council, but only three seats are open, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Incumbent and current council president Andrew Codelka, incumbent Nicole Leckenby, newcomer Richard Raszewski and incumbent Gregory Smith each seek a four-year term....
10 look to fill 5 North Allegheny school board seats
The race for five seats on the North Allegheny School Board this Nov. 7 has five Democrats battling five Republican candidates for control of the nine-member school board. Democrats Elizabeth Warner, Anisha Shah, Bob Gibbs, Jaime Martinez and Sylvana Bonner are running as a slate, Together for NA. The Republican...
Leet commissioner race has 6 candidates for 3 seats
Leet Board of Commissioners’ race features six candidates vying for three four-year seats in the upcoming November election, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Candidates are incumbent and commission president Martin McDaniel, incumbent and vice president Carolyn Verszyla, former commissioner Donna Adipietro, newcomer Katherine Longwell,...
Dadowski, Smith seeking election to ward seats in Tarentum but also vying for at-large position
Two people are vying for three open seats on Tarentum Council — but there’s still a race at hand. Council President Scott Dadowski, a Democrat, is running unopposed for a four-year 2nd Ward seat. Republican newcomer Maggie Smith is seeking a four-year term in the 3rd Ward. They also are...
3 candidates vying for 2 Collier commissioner seats
Two Republicans and a Democrat are on the Nov. 7 ballot for two seats on the Collier Township Board of Commissioners. The candidates were asked for biographical information and to answer the question: What do you view as the most pertinent issue for Collier, and how do you plan to...
3 candidates running for 2 Penn Hills council seats
Three candidates are running for two seats on Penn Hills council this November, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Democrats Shawn Kerestus and Alan Waldron defeated incumbent Mark Brodnicki in the May primary. Republican Clayton Walker ran unopposed. Deputy Mayor Frank Pecora did not seek...
Few Republicans have confidence in elections. It’s a long road for one group trying to change that
SUAMICO, Wis. — Kim Pytleski could barely sleep the night before. She replayed the PowerPoint slides in her head, packed her notebook and took a deep breath. The clerk from a rural Wisconsin county north of Green Bay was preparing for a public meeting to explain the election process to...
Armstrong, Conley seek Upper Burrell supervisor seat
An incumbent and a newcomer are seeking a seat on Upper Burrell’s board of supervisors. Cari Armstrong, 40, and Mike Conley, 60, are running for township supervisor in the Nov. 7 election. The position is a six-year term. Armstrong, a Democrat, works as an end-of-life doula. An end-of-life doula is...
Sen. Joe Manchin considers independent 2024 run, warns party system could be nation’s ‘downfall’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has benefited from waiting to reveal where he stands as the swing vote in a chamber closely divided between Democrats and Republicans. He’s taken the same approach when it comes to the next phase of his political career: The moderate Democrat...
Proposed gag order on Trump in his federal election case is putting judge in tricky position
WASHINGTON — A proposed gag order aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s incendiary rhetoric puts the judge overseeing his federal election interference case in a tricky position: She must balance the need to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings against the First Amendment rights of a presidential candidate to...
Multiple Shaler-area races uncontested
Editor’s note: The Shaler Journal is publishing candidate interviews for contested municipal and school board races only. Candidates must be on the ballot (no write-in candidates will be included). Multiple races in the Shaler area are uncontested according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Shaler Area...
3 McCandless Council seats contested in general election
While budgets, police safety, and road maintenance are always on the minds of voters, issues regarding zoning regulations, preservation of greenspace and management of potential development have been recent hot topics in McCandless. Voters can make their voices heard Nov. 7 in contested races in Wards 1, 3 and 5...
South Hills has 2 uncontested races
Editor’s note: South Hills Record is featuring candidate interviews in contested municipal and school board races only. Only candidates on the ballot will be interviewed (no write-ins). In the South Hills, the Baldwin school board race is uncontested. According to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list, there...
Penn Hills mayoral candidates sound off
Penn Hills Mayor Pauline Calabrese faces a challenge this November from Deputy Mayor Frank Pecora in her bid for reelection, according to the Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial candidate list. Both are registered Democrats, but Pecora received the Republican endorsement and will appear on the ballot for the party....
4 seeking 3 seats on Fox Chapel Council
Four candidates are vying for three open seats on Fox Chapel Council. Incumbent Betsy Monroe is on the Democratic ticket. Candidate Michael Pohl is running as a Republican. Incumbent Fred Leech and candidate Jonathan Colton earned enough votes in the spring primary to be placed on both the Democratic and...
