11/7/16
by News Department on 11/07/16Election Day 2016...
Tuesday is Election Day and Schuylkill County voters will have eight races and a state constitutional amendment on their ballots when they hit the polls.
The presidential race is the top position on ballots as Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton represents the Democratic Party while businessman Donald Trump is the Republican nominee.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey is being challenged, for one of the state’s two positions on the U.S. Senate, by businesswoman and Democrat Katie McGinty. The race also includes Libertarian Edward Clifford III.
Locally, Matt Cartwright, D-17, is seeking his third term representing the 17th Congressional District, which includes all of Schuylkill and parts of Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe and Northampton counties. He is being challenged by Republican nominee Matt Connolly.
Incumbent state Reps. Neal P. Goodman, D-123, Jerry Knowles, R-124, and Mike Tobash, R-125, will all run unopposed.
Incumbent state Sen. David Argall, R-29, will also be unopposed.
Voters will also answer whether or not the mandatory state judicial retirement age should be changed from 70 to 75 for Supreme Court justices, judges and justices of the peace.
For information about getting a ride to the polls on Election Day or about either party, call the respective Schuylkill County political committees. The Schuylkill County Democratic Party headquarters can be reached at 570-622-3155 and the Schuylkill County Republican Party headquarters can be reached at 570-622-1540.
Polls will be open between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday.
