Tag archive for ‘election’
Election board seated (0)
2/15/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The county board of elections met for the first time, Feb. 9 following the commissioners’ meeting. The three incumbent county commissioners announced that each will be running for election this year and therefore can not sit on the board of elections. Appointed to serve on the board were: Richard Ainey, New Milford; [...]
Would-be candidates learn paces (0)
1/19/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The local election season is about to kick off with county, municipal and school board races on the ballot this year. Penn State Cooperative Extension, along with the Susquehanna County Chapter of the League of Women Voters, hosted a workshop about running for local office on Saturday. Nearly 40 potential candidates and [...]
Hall of Fame (0)
12/08/10 •
BY STACI WILSON On the first Tuesday of November for at least the past 50 years 83 Susquehanna County residents have turned out to exercise their constitutional right to vote. That dedication was recognized Friday as those voters were inducted into Pennsylvania’s Voters’ Hall of Fame in ceremony held in the Susquehanna County Courthouse. For [...]
GOP sweep county (0)
11/10/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER More than half of Susquehanna County’s voters went to the polls Tuesday and followed a Republican landslide, except in the state legislative race in the 114th District. Some 14,200 ballots were cast out of 25,438 registered voters for a 55.82 percent voter turnout. For U.S. Senate, Pat Toomey (R) garnered 9,114 [...]
Susquehanna County voters speak their minds (0)
11/03/10 •
More than half of Susquehanna County’s voters went to the polls Tuesday and followed a Republican landslide, except in the state legislative race in the 114th District. Some 14,200 ballots were cast out of 25,438 registered voters for a 55.82 percent voter turnout. For U.S. Senate, Pat Toomey (R) garnered 9,114 voters or 65.085% to [...]
Voters head to polls Tuesday (0)
10/27/10 •
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Voters go to the polls next Tuesday to elect a U.S. Senator, Governor, Lt. Governor and Congressman to bring to a close an election cycle that most people will be happy to see end because of some contentious TV advertising. For the U.S. Senate, Democrat Joe Sestak who upset incumbent Arlen [...]
Marino gets Susquehanna Co. Republican support (0)
9/15/10 •
BY PAT FARNELLI Candidate Tom Marino was endorsed Thursday for the 10th District seat in Congress by prominent Susquehanna County Republicans practically in his incumbent opponent’s backyard. Many of the 20 or so who gathered on the Green in Montrose came to hear why Marino believed U.S. Rep. Chris Carney of Dimock needed to be [...]