Special election still on despite virus outbreak
By Rich Cholodofsky
Trib Total Media
Today’s special election to fill the vacant 58th District state House seat is expected to be held as scheduled, despite widespread cancellations and shutdowns because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The health scare has resulted in two polling locations, one in Rostraver and another in South Huntingdon, to be moved at the last minute while replacements are being sought for dozens of poll workers who withdrew from service over the last few days, said Beth Lechman, director of Westmoreland County’s Elections Bureau.
Polls will open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the 66 precincts that make up the 58th District, which includes: Adamsburg, Arona and East Huntingdon as well as parts of Hempfield, Jeannette, Madison, Monessen, Mt. Pleasant, North Belle Vernon, Penn Borough, Rostraver, Sewickley, Smithton, South Huntingdon, Sutersville and West Newton.
Democrat Robert Prah Jr., Republican Eric Davanzo and Libertarian Ken Bach are seeking to fill the remaining nine months in the term of former state Rep. Justin Walsh, a Republican who resigned in January after becoming a Common Pleas Court judge.
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