Officials file paperwork for municipality, school district candidacies for local primary election

Locally, there are many seats up for election for the primary election that will take place on May 20. 

Representatives from local municipalities and school districts have filed paperwork for their candidacy, including Ambler, Lower Gwynedd, Upper Dublin, Whitpain Township; and Upper Dublin School District and Wissahuckon School District. 

Municipalities 

Ambler

• Mayor Jenne Sorg (Democrat) is running unopposed in the primary. 
• Incoming Tax Collector Jennifer Stomsky (Democrat) is running unopposed.
  
  

There are six seats up for election on the borough council.

Ward 1 

Incumbents Karen Sheedy (Democrat) and Louis Orehek are both running unopposed in their primaries. 

Ward 2

Incumbents Glysnnis Siskind (Democrat) and Redmond Brubaker (Democrat) are the only two candidates

Ward 3

Incumbent David Hui (Democrat) is running unopposed for a two-year term after a resignation. Hui was previously appointed to fill the seat. 

Incumbent Elizabeth Iovine (Democrat) is running unopposed.

Lower Gwynedd

Two seats with six-year terms are up for election on the board of supervisors. Incumbent Danielle Duckett (D) and a new candidate, Andrea Brockway (D), are running. They are unopposed in the primary.

On the Republican side, there are Eric Holmquist and Vincent Small. They are unopposed in their primary.

Also up for election are the positions of auditor and tax collector. For auditor, incumbent Cathleen Pagano (D), is the only candidate. For tax collector, incumbent Natalie Cormier (D) is the only candidate.

Upper Dublin

Three seats with four-year terms are up for election on the board of commissioners. Democrats have one candidate in each ward: Incumbents Ira Tackel (Ward 4), Meredith Ferleger (Ward 2), and Alyson Fritzges (Ward 6). Joey Noce is the only Republican candidate for Ward 4. 

Incumbent Tax Collector Michael Klein (Democrat) is running unopposed. 

Whitpain Township

Up for election: two seats with six-year terms on the board of supervisors.

Incumbent Kimberly Koch (Democrat) is running, and new candidate Robert Brunner is also running, both unopposed in the primary.

Two seats up for election: Three Republicans, Maureen Bogut, Patricia Lorenzo, and John McDevitt, are running to fill two seats.  

Melissa Wanczyk (Democrat) is running unopposed for tax collector, and Melvin Williams, Sr., is running unopposed for auditor.

School Districts

Wissahickon 

Up for election: four seats with four-year terms and one seat with a two-year term (because of resignation).

Incumbents: Amy Ginsburg (filed as a cross Democrat and Republican) and Eugene Colson (Democrat).

New cross-filed candidates: Steve Black, Michelle Chess, Daniel Strauss, and Syeeta Settles.

Candidate Noel Kelly will appear only on the Democratic Party ballot, and Colleen Cemprola and Joseph Campbell will appear only on the Republican ballot. Deanna Morris is the only candidate seeking the two-year term.

Upper Dublin 

Up for election: four seats with four-year terms and one seat with a two-year term (because of resignation).

Incumbents: Mark Sirota (cross-filed Democrat and Republican) is running for the two-year term; and Jenna Evans and John Held are running for four-year terms (both cross-filed as Democrat and Republican). 

Wendy Bailey and Kenya Lowe are new candidates running (both cross-filed as Democrat and Republican).