Coroner race tops Clarion County ballot

As an off-year election, it will allow voters to decide dozens of both paid and non-paid positions on all government levels.

Voters will vote yes or no on retention questions for two Pennsylvania Supreme Court judges. Also on the ballot are candidates for four state Superior Court seats and two Commonwealth Court posts.

There is a ballot question, too. The question asks if the Pennsylvania Constitution should be amended to to allow legislation that would allow an increase in tax exclusions for homestead properties.

What may drive voters to the polls on Nov. 7, though, will be the local races.

In Clarion County, the ballot is topped by the county coroner’s race, open by virtue of incumbent Terry Shaffer opting not to run after 12 years in the job.

Vying for the four-year post are Roland “Rollie” Burns, former coroner who won the Democratic nod with write-in tallies in the spring, and Randall Stom, chief deputy coroner under Shaffer.

A second county row job is also on the ballot. Rex Munsee, a retired state trooper, is seeking re-election to a third term as county sheriff. He won both party nods in the spring and is unopposed.

In the only other multi-municipal slot on the ballot, district judge Duane Quinn of Strattanville is unopposed for a third six-year term. Quinn, whose district includes Clarion Township and Clarion and Strattanville boroughs, won both party nominations.

Elsewhere on the Clarion County ballots, there are races scattered throughout the county’s 22 townships and 12 boroughs.

In the townships, there are supervisor races in Beaver, Madison, Piney, Porter, Redbank, Salem and Toby. Tax collector contests will be decided in Elk, Limestone, Perry and Washington townships.

Sligo Borough voters will decide a mayor race. The Clarion Borough tax collector’s job has two competing candidates. There is a borough council race in New Bethlehem.

Typically, though, there are fewer candidates than there are elective posts. Write-ins in November could fill those slots.

And, there are two municipalities – Knox Township and Brady Township – that have no candidates listed on the ballot for any local position.

Clarion County

Sheriff – Rex Munsee (D-R)

Coroner – Roland V. Rollie Burns (D), Randall Stom (R)

District Judge 3-1 – Duane L. Quinn (D-R)

Townships

Ashland

Supervisor – Floyd H. Watson (R)

Tax collector – Lane Byers (R)

Beaver

Supervisor – Joel Kerle (D), Roger Swartfager (R)

Tax collector – Michelle Campbell (R)

Brady

Supervisor – None

Tax collector – None

Clarion

Supervisor – Robert Bob Deemer (R)

Tax collector – Brenda Bunch (R)

Elk

Supervisor – Gregory H. Clark (D-R)

Tax collector – Elizabeth Daugherty (D), Anita J. Lahr (R)

Farmington

Supervisor – Matthew J. Sherbine (D); (4-year) None; (2-year) David Crise (D)

Tax collector – Nancy S. Ochs (R)

Highland

Supervisor – Terry Stiglitz (R); (4-year) None

Tax collector – Nancy Kadunce (D-R)

Knox

Supervisor – None

Tax collector – None

Licking

Supervisor – Ronald Stockdill (R)

Tax collector – Diane Davenport (R)

Limestone

Supervisor – Harry Smathers (D-R)

Tax collector – Donna Siegel (D), Donna M. Smith (R)

Madison

Supervisor – Gregory P. Seybert (D), Scott Earley (R)

Tax collector – Debra Johnson (R)

Millcreek

Supervisor – Bob Kahle (R)

Tax collector – Vicki Johnson (R)

Monroe

Supervisor – Walter Shook (R)

Tax collector – Barbara E. Stahlman (R)

Paint

Supervisor – Ken Ganoe (D-R)

Tax collector – Karen Kahle (D-R)

Perry

Supervisor – William “Bill” Say (R)

Tax collector – Jennifer Pollock (D), Stanley A. Bailey (R)

Piney

Supervisor – Albert John Myers (D), Ray A. Barlett (R)

Tax collector – Dee McGarrity (D)

Porter

Supervisor – Steven G. Hawk (D), Steven Greenawalt (R)

Tax collector – Elaine S. Weeter (R)

Redbank

Supervisor – Tyler Weaver (D), Tim Shaffer (R))

Tax collector – Lana Hopper (R)

Richland

Supervisor – Donald L. Rodgers (R)

Tax collector – Jannie Landers Shirey (D-R)

Salem

Supervisor – Glenn Edward Renwick (D), Eric Barnett (R)

Tax collector – Kimberly J. Wyman (R)

Toby

Supervisor – Joe Hilliard (D), Alan J. Carmichael (R)

Tax collector – Michele M. McKinney (D)

Washington

Supervisor – Mark Beichner (R)

Tax collector – Nellie Lutz (D), Timothy Nale (R)

Boroughs

Callenburg

Mayor – None

Council – (4) Bethany A. Hindman (D), Bernie A. Ruth (R)

Tax collector – None

Clarion

Mayor – Daniel Parker (D-R)

Council – (4) Rachel Roberts (D), Rose Logue (D), Jason P. Noto (R), Benjamin Aaron (R); (2-year) Brenda Sanders Dede (D), Keaton MacBeth (R)

Tax collector – Carla Magrini (D), Megan Parker Kerr (R)

East Brady

Mayor – John R. Klein (R)

Council – (3) Jennifer Switzer (D), Kenneth Crawford (D-R), Thomas Hillwig (R)

Tax collector – Kina Fink (D-R)

Foxburg

Mayor – None

Council – (4) Denise Shekell (D), Avis K. Ganoe (R), Diane Page (R); (2-year) Elizabeth A. Douglas (D)

Tax collector – None

Hawthorn

Mayor – Ronald F. Cyphert (D-R)

Council – (4) Malinda Little (R), Adele Smith (R), Terry Beamer (R)

Tax collector – Georgene Cyphert (D-R)

Knox

Mayor – Joshua Minnick (R)

Tax collector – Timmy Cochran (R)

New Bethlehem

Mayor – Timothy E. Murray (D)

Council – (4) Jennifer L. Murray (D), Ronald Geist (D-R), Sandra C. Mateer (R), Lisa Diane Kerle (R), Donald Heeter (R)

Tax collector – Julie Evans (D-R)

Rimersburg

Mayor – Ken Corle (R)

Council – (4) Mark Deeter (R), Daniel G. Stewart (R), Terry L. Stewart (R), Scott Myers (R)

Tax collector – Valerie Hile (R)

Shippenville

Mayor – Eric Sterner (R)

Council – (4) Linda H. Duffee (R), Craig D. Lewis (R)

Tax collector – None

Sligo

Mayor – Suzie Wyant (D), Tyler Murray (R)

Council – (4) Wesley Buck Wyant (D), Sherry Laughlin (D), Charles Marsh (D)

Tax collector – Myrna Dunlap (D)

St. Petersburg

Mayor – Vince Forsythe (R)

Council – (3) Steve Mattern (D), Lesley Malarkey (D), Thomas J. Courson (R)

Tax collector – Sue Ann Sheakley (D)

Strattanville

Mayor – Harold Randy Davis (R)

Council – (4) John N. Reed (R), Leann Bowser (R), Robert Rawson (R); (2-year) None

Tax collector – Patricia Lewis (R)

School boards

A-C Valley

Region 1 – (1) Mark E. Viertel (D-R)

Region III – (1) Kelly J. Terwilliger (D-R)

Region VI – (1) Jennifer Feicht (D-R)

Region Emlenton – (1) Lena Southworth (D-R)

Clarion Area

At large – (4) Shane C. Kriebel (D-R), Braxton A. White (D-R), Zachary Shekell (D-R), Julie McCormick (D-R)

Clarion-Limestone

Region I – (1) Gary Sproul (D-R)

Region II – (2) Kathy Henry (D-R), David Schirmer (D-R)

Region III – (1) Roger G. Powell (R)

Karns City

At large – (4) Charles Johns (D-R), Jeffery Hogan (D-R), Richael Barger Anderson (D-R), Anita Orozco (D-R)

Keystone

Region I – (1) Stacey Thompson (D-R)

Region II – (1) Randy Burr II (D-R)

Region III – (2) Trisha Dixon (D-R), John Slagle (R)

North Clarion

Region I – (2) Winfield Lutz (R)

Region II – (1) Lori Gatesman (D); (2-year) Gretchen McCord Wolbert (D-R)

Region III – (1) Jeff Barron ;(R)

Redbank Valley

Region I – (1) Chad Shaffer (D-R)

Region II – (1) Darren K. Bain (D-R)

Region III (2) Linda Ferringer (D-R), Carrie L. Adams (D-R)

Union

At large – (4) Brade Guntrum (D-R), Jeff Shirey (D-R), Mark Rummel (D-R), Adam Vogle (D-R); (2-year) Melissa Anthony (D-R)