Much has been made of the recent elections in Pennsylvania New York, New Jersey, Virginia and California. Locally we had a hotly contested race for mayor and city council of Johnstown. The race was between Democratic Councilwoman Sylvia King, Republican John DeBartola and write-in Republican Councilman Chuck Arnone. This post will look at the influenceContinue reading “The Write-ins and the Johnstown Mayoral Election”
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Johnstown Democratic Candidate Forum
On Saturday Reverend Sylvia King held a Johnstown Democratic Candidate forum at her church in Kernville. On the panel were herself who is running for mayor and city council candidates Jasmine LaRue, Lorraine Taylor and Taylor Clark. Below is the video I took of the panel. This year both Democrats and Republicans are running aContinue reading “Johnstown Democratic Candidate Forum”
A Closer Look at the Johnstown Primaries
In the election this past Tuesday primary in Pennsylvania there were few surprises as the races were mostly local. Conversely, the exception to this rule is the Democratic primary for mayor of Pittsburgh where Ed Gainey lost to Corey O’Connor. Locally the race for mayor of Johnstown is an interesting race between Democrat Sylvia KingContinue reading “A Closer Look at the Johnstown Primaries”