2011 General Election Guide

The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and we will have live coverage with streaming election results of all the races. We'll also have full stories up on the election early Wednesday morning. Click on this link to find your polling place and all of the candidates on your ballot. So get out there and vote!

The off-year school board and municipal elections are Tuesday and a number of candidates are running for local office. Six people are running for five seats on the Chartiers Valley School Board, which will change the makeup of the governing body. There is also a competitive race in one Scott Township ward and three seats are open on Bridgeville Borough Council.

We have interviewed those people running for office and will be posting video profiles of each school board candidate over the next few days. Until then, review all of the races and familiarize yourself with the names that will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. An asterisk denotes incumbents.

(R)
(D/R)
(D/R)        *Click on the candidate's name to watch their video profile*
* (D)
(D/R)
(D/R)

Michael A. Chiodo * (D)
Pasquale B. DeBlasio (R)
Richard Krausa (R)            
Nino Petrocelli Sr. * (D)
Jason Sarasnick * (D)
Michael Tolmer (R)

 Wilson Durisko * (R) 
George Macino * (R)

 John Duda * (R)
Robert DeBar * (D)

(WARD 1)
 Eileen L. Meyers * (D/R) 
(Running unopposed)

(WARD 3)
 Stacey A. Altman (R)
Dennis DJ Brooks (D)

(WARD 5)
Thomas M. Castello * (D/R)
(Running unopposed)

(WARD 7)
Craig Stephens * (D/R)
(Running unopposed)

(WARD 9)
James E. Walther * (D/R)
(Running unopposed)

ALLEGHENY COUNTY RACES

• Allegheny County voters will get to pick the next county executive—either Republican candidate .

• Democrat Chelsa Wagner of Brookline, a business analyst, attorney and state representative for the 22nd District in the South Hills, will face Republican Robert Howard of Marshall Township, a former North Allegheny school director.

• Democrat Stephen A. Zappala Jr. of Fox Chapel, an attorney, is running unopposed for re-election as the county district attorney.

• For the county treasurer post, C. Edward Pfeifer of Oakland, a Republican, will face Democratic incumbent John K. Weinstein of Kennedy.

• For the two county council-at-large seats, the candidates are Republican Heather Heidelbaugh of Mt. Lebanon, an attorney who has been active in Republican activities, and incumbent Democrat John P. DeFazio of Shaler, a United Steelworkers of America official and Allegheny County Labor Council leader and former professional wrestler.

• For Allegheny County Common Pleas Court judge, incumbents Mike Marmo of Emsworth, a law professor, and a former attorney and special master for the county Board of Viewers; and Alexander P. Bicket of Mt. Lebanon, an attorney and former Fox Chapel High School teacher, are running opposed on both the Republican and Democratic tickets for two open seats.

• Allegheny County voters will also vote either "yes" or "no" for the retention of these five judges for Common Pleas Court: David R. Cashman, Guido A. DeAngelis, Michael A. Della Vecchia, Kathleen A. Durkin and Randy Todd.

PENNSYLVANIA COURTS

• Vying for a seat as a Superior Court judge are Republican Vic Stabile of Carlisle, Cumberland County, an attorney and former litigator in the state Attorney General's office; and Democrat David N. Wecht of Squirrel Hill, a Common Pleas Court judge, law professor and former Allegheny County Register of Wills and Orphan's Court Clerk.

• For a seat as Commonwealth Court judge, Republican Anne Covey of New Hope, Bucks County, an attorney and first female member of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, will face off against Democrat Kathryn Boockvar of Doylestown, Bucks County, an attorney and arbitrator. 

• State voters will also vote either "yes" or "no" for the retention of J. Michael Eakin for an additional term as Supreme Court justice; John T. Bender and Mary Jane Bowes for an additional term as Superior Court judge; and Renee Cohn Jubelirer, Mary Hannah Leavitt and Robin Simpson for an additional term as Commonweath Court judge.

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