Get Out and Vote: Election Day Is Here

The time has come for voters to cast their ballots in the general election at the state, county and local levels.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. While it’s not a presidential election year – when more voters are most likely to turn out – there are plenty of reasons to exercise your right to vote. If you don’t know where to vote, click .

LEETSDALE COUNCIL

The local election is for Council, where four candidates are on the ballot for three open four-year terms. Two candidates are vying for one 2-year term.

For the two-year seat, current Leetsdale Councilman will face newcomer , who is running as the Republican write-in candidate.

Democratic candidates for the four-year seats are newcomers , and Michael, and the Republican candidate is newcomer .

LEET TOWNSHIP 

 Leet residents will choose three candidates to four-year terms on the township commission. The Republican candidates vying for a seat are current Commission President Gary L. Bradel and Commissioner David A. Case, while the Democratic candidates are Commissioner John J. Stephansky and newcomer James Janaszek.

SEWICKLEY HILLS

Two candidates are vying for one 1-year term on the borough council. Candidates are current Councilman and current Councilwoman .

For two 4-year terms, Candidates include current Councilwoman Cynthia Phillips, a Republican, and newcomer , a Democrat, who is running as a write-in candidate.

QUAKER VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD

Five candidates are cross-filed and running uncontested to fill five open seats on the Quaker Valley School Board. Your school board candidates for each region are:

Region 1: Incumbent , for a 4-year term.

Region 2: Incumbents and are running uncontested for two 4-year terms.

Region 3: Incumbent school board President Jack R. Norris and are running uncontested for two 4-year terms.

Other local races are uncontested. For information on candidates, .

ALLEGHENY COUNTY RACES

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

• 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, in the race for county controller.

• 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 unopposed on both the Republican and Democratic tickets for two open seats.

• Allegheny County voters will also vote either "yes" or "no" on 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, an attorney and arbitrator from Doylestown, Bucks County. 

• 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  additional terms as Superior Court judges; and Renee Cohn Jubelirer, Mary Hannah Leavitt and Robin Simpson for additional terms as Commonwealth Court judges.

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