Tuesday at 4:30 pm was the deadline for candidates for elected offices in Washington County to file petitions to appear on the ballot for the upcoming primary election on May 16. Melanie Ostrander, Director of Elections in Washington County called “Monday and Tuesday very busy days in the office.” A review of prospects for county wide offices show contested races on the republican ticket in five of the seven races. In the republican race for county commissioner, incumbent Nick Sherman will be joined by Bruce Bandel, Ashley Duff, Electra Janis, Kevin Redford and Sonia Stopperich Sulc. On the democratic side, incumbent commissioner Larry Maggi is joined by Cindy Fisher and Randy Barli. In county row office races, register of wills, clerk of courts, prothonotary and coroner are all seeing contested races on the republican side. The races for district attorney and treasurer both have single candidates for the republican ticket. Democratic candidates for row offices are all running unopposed. The democratic slot for coroner is vacant. Beginning on Wednesday, a seven day period begins for the public to request to review petitions. Immediately after, a challenge period will be held for anyone to challenge a candidates petitions and have those challenges reviewed by a common pleas judge.
For a complete listing of the 2023 primary candidates, visit the Washington County Elections Office, here.