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12 candidates secure nominations to run for Allegheny County Common Pleas bench
Twelve candidates secured nominations Tuesday to run for eight seats on Allegheny County’s Court of Common Pleas in November’s general election. In Tuesday’s primary, 22 candidates sought nominations to run in November, with six people cross-listed on both the Republican and Democratic tickets and the remaining 16 running solely as...
Pecarchik wins over GOP incumbent in Westmoreland register of wills primary
Westmoreland County Republicans Tuesday nominated former acting Register of Wills Katie Pecarchik to serve an abbreviated two-year term to head the office, apparently ending the short tenure of her replacement. Pecarchik, 57, of Hempfield defeated incumbent Jon Wian, who was endorsed by the GOP committee, and Kimberly Horrell, a former...
Ackerman upsets Carson to win GOP primary for Westmoreland coroner
Former Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner John Ackerman was poised to upset first-term incumbent Coroner Tim Carson in Tuesday’s Republican primary. With 294 of 306 precincts reporting, Ackerman had 53% and a nearly 1,700 vote edge over Carson, who received more than 46%. All results are unofficial until certified by the...
Rossi leads GOP field, Kozar tops Democratic ballot in Greater Latrobe School Board race
Yelayna Rossi led the balloting for four Greater Latrobe School Board seats, with all of the 20 precincts reporting in Tuesday’s Republican primary. Rossi, who is the daughter of local state Rep. Leslie Rossi and is a 2020 Greater Latrobe graduate, received just over 18% of the votes from among...
Norwin slate leads in nominations for 4 school board seats
A slate of four Norwin School Board candidates promising to end the panel’s political battles was leading in the race to win the nominations of both political parties for four seats on the board, according to the results from Tuesday’s primary. With all 32 Westmoreland County precincts reporting, Rob Bunovich...
New Florence cheers as voters OK alcohol sales
New Florence residents voted Tuesday to approve alcohol sales in the borough. According to unofficial results, 64% of residents voted in favor of a referendum to reverse laws from the 1930s that banned beer and liquor sales in the small borough of 640. New Florence council President Jason Beatty, one...
Hempfield incumbent leads GOP field for 2 supervisor nominations
One Republican incumbent and one new candidate were the leaders among five GOP candidates seeking nominations for two seats on Hempfield’s board of supervisors, according to results from Tuesday’s primary. With all precincts reporting, incumbent Doug Weimer, 55, a Norwin teacher seeking his fifth term on the board, led all...
Madonna-Emmerling, Adams earn Democratic nominations for Allegheny County Council
A pair of Democrats looking to replace incumbents on Allegheny County Council won convincingly Tuesday night in the only two contested primary races for council. In District 1, Moon’s Kathleen Madonna-Emmerling collected 76.1% of the votes counted as of 11 p.m. compared to 23.5% for Carl Villella of Moon, according...
O’Connor knocks off incumbent Gainey in Pittsburgh’s Democratic mayoral primary; Moreno gets GOP nod
Corey O’Connor knocked off incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey in Pittsburgh’s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night, while former police officer Tony Moreno secured the GOP nomination. O’Connor, 40, emerged to deliver his victory speech at Nova Place on the city’s North Side around 10:30 p.m., with he and his wife triumphantly...
2025 Western Pennsylvania primary election results roundup
The polls closed at 8 p.m. for primary election day in Western Pennsylvania. The biggest race in the area was for Pittsburgh mayor with the Democrat and Republican primaries being competitive. The state Department of Elections has updated numbers: * Pittsburgh city races results are posted here. * Allegheny County...
Election Day sees sparse turnout across Western Pa.
Donna Cline has been voting at Gilpin Township Fire Department polling place at 99 Fire Hall Road for nearly 30 years. “This is the community I live in, and I wanted to make sure that we preserve our community for our next generation,” said Cline, 63, of Gilpin. Fewer than...
What you need to know for the primary election in Western Pa.
Six months ago, more than three-quarters of Pennsylvania’s registered voters cast ballots in the general election after being bombarded for months by campaign ads and seemingly nonstop news coverage of the presidential race. This year’s primary election, culminating Tuesday with in-person voting across the state, has been low-key by comparison....
Turnout for Western Pa. primaries gets bump from mail-ins, but still draw fewer than 1 in 3 voters
Fewer than one in three registered voters in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties are expected to cast a ballot in this year’s primary. That may seem paltry, particularly compared with November’s hotly contested presidential election when voter turnouts in the two counties approached or exceeded 80%. But this year’s projected turnouts...
Podcast: Previewing the Pittsburgh mayoral race
The Pittsburgh mayoral primary next week on May 20 features competitive races on both side for the Democrat and Republican candidates. In the Democratic primary, incumbent Mayor Ed Gainey is seeking a second term but faces a challenge from Corey O’Connor, the Allegheny County Controller and a well-known figure in...
Election HQ: Voter guide for 2025 Primary Day in Western Pennsylvania
Primary election day in Pennsylvania is Tuesday, May 20. The biggest race in the area is for Pittsburgh mayor with the Democrat and Republican primaries being competitive. Pennsylvania has a closed primary system, which means voters not registered to a party cannot vote in the primary. Voters registered as Democrat...
What to expect on Pittsburgh’s primary ballots
Pittsburghers voting in Tuesday’s primary will select the candidate to represent their party in November’s general election for mayor and, in some wards, for City Council. They will weigh in on a series of ballot referendums and openings for judges on Allegheny County Common Pleas and appellate courts. They’ll also...
2 campaigns promote candidates for 4 Ligonier Valley School Board seats
Seven candidates, divided into two campaign camps, are running for four seats on the Ligonier Valley School Board. Campaigning jointly and appearing only in the Republican primary are three incumbent board members — Donald L. Gilbert Jr., Cindy Brown and Josi Bennett — along with Robert J. Fryman, who previously...
4 incumbents, 6 challengers in running for Greater Latrobe School Board
A crowded field of 10 candidates is in the hunt for four seats on the Greater Latrobe School Board as the district seeks a new superintendent and decisions loom regarding proposed replacement of the junior high’s leak-prone roof and the future of several aging buildings. Of the four incumbents, a...
7 candidates compete for 4 seats on Gateway school board
The Gateway school board will see at least three new faces next year, as seven candidates are competing for four open seats. Sitting board President Leslie McBride is the only incumbent who has filed for reelection. Current terms for board members Jack Bova, Robin Mungo and Mandal Singh are up...
Separating fact from fiction in Pittsburgh mayor’s race
As Pittsburgh’s Democratic rivals for mayor spew facts and figures on the campaign trail, they’re also sprinkling in misinformation. Whether by accident or design, Mayor Ed Gainey and Allegheny County Controller Corey O’Connor have at times distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented issues during debates, news conferences and other public appearances. “Misinformation...
Westmoreland Democrats to hold town hall to address proposed Trump budget
Westmoreland County Democrats will convene a town hall meeting next week in Greensburg to address potential cuts in federal social service programs. The event, scheduled for 6 p.m. May 19 at Greensburg Hose Co. No. 1, will feature former U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb and Martin O’Malley, who served as commissioner...
Parks, building development, public safety draw 6 candidates to pursue Hempfield supervisor post
Options for Hempfield supervisor will range from political newcomers to a longtime incumbent when township Republicans go to the polls Tuesday to nominate candidates during the primary election. Five hopefuls are vying for the party’s nomination to two open seats on the board of supervisors. The two top vote-getters will...
Latest Pittsburgh mayoral debate focuses on GOP candidates vying to reverse 100-year-trend
Pittsburgh’s Republican candidates for mayor were grilled for a solid, commercial-free hour Tuesday night during a live debate on WTAE. Artificial intelligence, education, economic development, homelessness and public safety were some of the issues the candidates touched on as they explained why Pittsburgh needs to break from a century of...
22 candidates vie for 8 open seats on Allegheny County Common Pleas Court
Eight seats are up for election on the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court bench in this month’s primary. Twenty-two candidates will be on the ballot for the 10-year seat. Under state statute, the court is allotted 43 judges. They sit in four divisions, including civil, criminal, orphans’ and family. The...
Incumbent, former deputy seek Republican nomination for Westmoreland coroner
Westmoreland County Coroner Tim Carson and his Republican challenger worked together in the office for about two months in early 2022. Now, three years later, former Deputy Coroner John Ackerman wants Carson’s job. Carson said the changes and upgrades he instituted during his first term in office warrant his reelection...
