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

Democrat Republican Nina Ahmad, Philadelphia, website Timothy Defoor, Dauphin County, website H. Scott Conklin, Centre County, website   Rose (Rosie) Marie Davis, Monroe County, website   Tracie Fountain, Dauphin County, website   Christina Hartman, Lancaster County, website   Michael Lamb, Allegheny County, website  

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

Democrat Republican Josh Shapiro, Philadelphia (incumbent), website Heather Heidelbaugh, Mt. Lebanon, website

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

Democrat Republican Joe Torsella, Montgomery County (incumbent), website Stacy L. Garrity, Bradford County, website

Local races of note

U.S. Congress

13th District

Democrat Republican Todd Rowley, Donegal, website John Joyce, Blair County (incumbent), website

14th District

Democrat Republican Bill Marx, Delmont, website Guy Reschenthaler, Peters (incumbent), website

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

Democrat Republican Robert M. Williams, Clearfield County Glenn. W. Thompson Jr., Centre County (incumbent) website

17th District

Democrat Republican Conor Lamb, Mt. Lebanon (incumbent), website Sean Parnell, Ohio Township, website

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

Democrat Republican Jerry S. Dickinson, Swissvale, website Luke Edison Negron, Bethel Park, website Mike Doyle, Forest Hills (incumbent), website  

State Senate

37th District

Democrat Republican Pam Iovino, Mt. Lebanon (incumbent), website Jeff Neff, Sewickley, website   Delvin Robinson, Bridgeville, website

39th District

Democrat Republican Tay Waltenbaugh, Hempfield, website Kim Ward, Hempfield (incumbent), website

41st District

Democrat Republican Anthony J. Deloreto, White (Indiana Co.), website Joe Pittman, Indiana Borough (incumbent), website

43rd District

Democrat   Bill Britain, Forest Hills, website   Jay Costa Jr., Forest Hills (incumbent), website  

45th District

Democrat Republican Jim Brewster, McKeesport (incumbent), website Nicole Ziccarelli, Lower Burrell, website

State House

12th District

Democrat Republican Daniel Smith Jr., , Adams, website Daryl Metcalfe, Cranberry (incumbent), website   Scott Timko, Cranberry

19th District

Democrat   Aerion Abney, Pittsburgh, website   Jake Wheatley, Pittsburgh (incumbent), website  

20th District

Democrat   Emily Kinkead, Pittsburgh, website   Adam Ravenstahl, Ross (incumbent), website  

21st District

Democrat Republican Sara Innamorato, Pittsburgh (incumbent), website John Waugh, Ross, website

23rd District

Democrat   Dan Frankel, Pittsburgh (incumbent), website  

24th District

Democrat   Ed Gainey, Pittsburgh (incumbent), website  

25th District

Democrat Republican Brandon Markosek, Monroeville (incumbent), website John Ritter, Monroeville, website

27th District

Democrat   Dan Deasy, Pittsburgh (incumbent), website  

28th District

Democrat Republican Emily Skopov, Marshall, website Libby Blackburn, McCandless   Mike Heckmann, McCandless, website   Rob Mercuri, Pine, website

30th District

Democrat Republican Marco Attisano, O’Hara, website Lori Mizgorski, Shaler (incumbent), website Lissa Geiger Shulman, Hampton, website  

32nd District

Democrat   Tony DeLuca, Penn Hills (incumbent), website   Erin Vecchio, Penn Hills, website  

33rd District

Democrat Republican Frank Dermody, Oakmont (incumbent), website Carrie DelRosso, Oakmont, website

34th District

Democrat   Summer Lee, Swissvale (incumbent), website   Chris Roland, North Braddock, website  

35th District

Democrat   Austin Davis, McKeesport (incumbent), website  

36th District

Democrat Republican Jessica Bentham, Pittsburgh AJ Doyle, Brentwood, website Mark Johnson, Pittsburgh   Heather Kass, Pittsburgh, website   Ed Moeller, Baldwin, website  

38th District

Democrat   Nick Pisciottano, West Mifflin, website  

39th District

Democrat Republican Sara-Summer Oliphant, South Park, website Tom Kirsch, Bethel Park, website   Mike Puskaric, Union (Washington Co.), website

40th District

Democrat Republican Sharon Guidi, Peters (Washington Co.), website Natalie Mihalek, Upper St. Clair (incumbent), website

42nd District

Democrat   Dan Miller, Mt. Lebanon (incumbent), website  

44th District

Democrat Republican Michele Knoll, Ohio Township, website Bob Doddato, North Fayette, website   Valerie Gaydos, Aleppo (incumbent), website

45th District

Democrat Republican Anita Astorino Kulik, Kennedy (incumbent), website M. Francis, Robinson   Danny DeVito, Carnegie, website

46th District

Democrat Republican Bryon Timmins, Cecil, website Jason Ortitay, Cecil (incumbent), website

52nd District

Democrat Republican Harry Young Cochran, Connellsville (Fayette Co.) Ryan Warner, Perryopolis (Fayette Co.) (incumbent), website

54th District

  Republican   Bob Brooks, Murrysville (incumbent), website

55th District

Democrat Republican Joseph Petrarca, Washington Township (incumbent), website Jason Silvis, Washington Township, website

56th District

  Republican   George Dunbar, Penn Township (incumbent), website

57th District

  Republican   Eric Nelson, Hempfield (incumbent), website

58th District

Democrat Republican Robert Prah Jr., Rostraver, website Eric Davanzo, South Huntingdon, website

59th District

  Republican   Mike Reese, Mt. Pleasant Township (incumbent), website

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