2011 Voting Guide

The off-year school board and municipal primary elections are Tuesday and a number of candidates are running for local office. There are numerous seats open on the and in municipal government.

Five seats are up for grabs on the board and nine people have cross-filed for both the Democratic and Republican primaries. Chartiers Valley Patch interviewed each of the nine candidates and created profile stories for everyone vying for the school board.

We also profiled local government races in Scott Township, Bridgeville and Collier Township. Listed below are each of the candidates on the ballot and which seats are up for election. Incumbents will be denoted with an asterisk. Click on their names to read the profile stories.

To find your polling place, go the Allegheny County's elections website and type in your address. The polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

All candidates cross-filed with both parties
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(D/R)       *Click on the candidate's name to read their profile story*
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Republican
Pasquale B. DeBlasio (R)
Richard Krausa (R)
Michael Tolmer (R)

Democratic
Michael A. Chiodo * (D)
Joseph Mizia Jr. (D)               
Nino Petrocelli Sr. * (D)
Jason Sarasnick * (D)

Republican
Michael D. Crosby (R)
Wilson Durisko * (R)              
George Macino * (R)

(No Democrats are running)

Republican
John Duda * (R)

Democratic
Robert DeBar * (D)

(WARD 1)
Democratic
Pat Martin (D)                         
Eileen L. Meyers * (D)

(No Republicans are running)

(WARD 3)
Republican
Stacey A. Altman (R)

Democratic
Dennis DJ Brooks (D)

(WARD 5)
Democratic
Thomas M. Castello * (D)

(WARD 7)
Democratic
Craig Stephens * (D)

(WARD 9)
Democratic
James E. Walther * (D)