Many influential positions are being filled in this
year’s elections. Republicans and Democrats will select their nominees in the
May 16 Municipal Primary. Those candidates’ names will appear on the Nov. 7
Municipal General Election ballot. Potter County Director of Elections Sandy
Lewis has posted list of offices up for election this year and related
information on the county website, pottercountypa.net (click on
Elections/Voter Registration). Candidates can begin circulating nominating
petitions for signatures on Feb. 14 and they have until March 7 to file
them.
Many township and borough positions will be filled this year — including
borough council member, township supervisor and municipal tax collector — as
will seats on every school board in the region. Two countywide positions are on
the ballot. The incumbents, District Attorney Andy Watson and Coroner Kevin
Dusenbury, have each confirmed they’ll run for another four-year term. All three
magisterial district judge positions are being filled for six-year terms. Two
incumbents, Annette Easton (Coudersport District) and Kari McCleaft
(Shinglehouse), are running for re-election. The third, Delores Weiss
(Galeton/Ulysses), has decided to retire at the end of her current term.
