Election HQ: Information on primary races in Western Pa.

Primary election day in Western Pennsylvania is Tuesday, June 2. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and voters are asked to wear a mask and practice social distancing inside polling places because of the coronavirus pandemic.

In Allegheny County, your polling place might not be where it was before. Because of the pandemic, the county consolidated the number of polling places.

For more information on polling places, go to the official election pages for your county:

• Allegheny County election page

• Westmoreland County election page

• Armstrong County election page.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published specific advice for elections officials around the country to clean and disinfect polling places to limit the spread of the virus.

To get information about local races and candidates on your ballot, see below. It should be noted that, in the presidential primary, for instance, Bernie Sanders officially endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, but Sanders still appears on the ballot.

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Presidential primary candidates

Democrat
	Joe Biden Former U.S. vice president and U.S. senator, Delaware
	Tulsi Gabbard U.S. representative, Hawaii
	Bernie Sanders U.S. senator, Vermont

Republican
	Donald Trump (incumbent)
	Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente California businessman
	William Weld Former governor of Massachusetts

Statewide

Auditor General

Michael Lamb enters crowded auditor general race

Pittsburgh Controller Michael Lamb announced that he will run for Pennsylvania auditor general. Lamb, 57, of Mt. Washington, touted audits conducted during his 12 years as city controller that exposed waste and abuse of tax dollars and led to savings and improvements.

Attorney General

Josh Shapiro focused on being Pa. attorney general

Don’t ask Josh Shapiro what’s next. There’s work to do right now. Shapiro, three years into his first term as Pennsylvania attorney general, has risen in profile since taking office.

Pittsburgh attorney Heather Heidelbaugh to run for attorney general

Former Allegheny County councilwoman and Pittsburgh attorney Heather Heidelbaugh will run for Pennsylvania Attorney General. Heidelbaugh, 61, was elected to council’s at-large Republican seat in 2010 and chose not to run again after one term.

Treasurer

Local races of note

U.S. Congress

13th District

14th District

Delmont councilman announces bid for 14th Congressional seat

A Delmont councilman announced his bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler in the 14th Congressional District. Bill Marx, 43, a Democrat, announced his decision to run during a Greater Westmoreland County Labor Council meeting.

15th District

17th District

Sean Parnell to challenge Conor Lamb for congressional seat

Murrysville native and former Army Ranger Sean Parnell announced that he will challenge U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Mt. Lebanon, in 2020 for the 17th Congressional District seat.

18th District

State Senate

37th District

39th District

41st District

43rd District

45th District

State House

12th District

19th District

20th District

21st District

23rd District

24th District

25th District

27th District

28th District

30th District

32nd District

33rd District

34th District

35th District

36th District

38th District

39th District

40th District

42nd District

44th District

45th District

46th District

52nd District

54th District

55th District

56th District

57th District

58th District

59th District