![]() ![]() Neither party has a contested primary, but each has a candidate in the race. There is one seat up for election on the Whitpain Board of Supervisors that is currently held by Democrat Michele Minnick. In this race, Democrat Tracy Burzycki and Republican Ginny Cairo-Vitella are running.įor the other seats, incumbent Democrats Gary Scarpello is running for Ward 4 and Cheryl Knight is running for Ward 5. The current commissioner for Ward 1 is Republican Liz Ferry, who is running for a seat on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. No seats have a contested primary and Ward 1 is the only race that has a Republican running. There are three seats up for election on the Upper Dublin Board of Commissioners. The candidates are Democrat Jimmy Chong and Republican Chasity Bruno.Īlso running in unopposed primaries for the at-large auditor are Ron Amchin (D) and Lynn Smith (R). ![]() Running to replace Kathleen Hunsicker (R) on the board are two candidates who are unopposed in their primaries. Running for the Democrats are incumbent Haley Welch and Nancy Roecker-Coates, who was recently appointed to the council to fill the vacant seat left by the resignation of Frank DeRuosi. Democrats have two candidates running for the two available seats, the Republicans do not have any candidates. ![]() In Ward 3, voters will cast votes for two candidates. In Ward 2, incumbent Jennifer Henderson is not opposed in the primary and the Republicans do not have a candidate. The candidates are incumbent Amy Hughes (D) and Louis Oreheck (R). In Ward 1, the primaries are uncontested as you have a single candidate from each party running. That doesn’t bode well for actual public discourse. The opportunity for actual debate about local issues continues its decline due to the lack of competitive primaries and the inability of local Republicans to run candidates for all of the offices up for election. It is unofficial because the petitions that were submitted can be contested and those who qualified can withdraw from the race they qualified for prior to the election. ![]() Last week, Montgomery County released the unofficial list of candidates for the 2023 election. Local Politics is an as-needed column on the political scene in Montgomery County filled with speculation, opinion, and more. ![]()
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