Write-in candidates could challenge primary winners in several North Hills communities
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Several communities in the North Hills had no contested races in the May 18 primary for candidates seeking party nominations to run for office.
Franklin Park
Incumbent Mayor Dennis O’Keefe ran unopposed for the Republican nomination for mayor.
O’Keefe will face Democrat Sumana Naik, who was not challenged for the party nomination in the May 18 election.
The borough’s incumbent Ward 1 representative to council, James Hogg, did not face a challenge for the GOP nomination in the primary.
No Democrats sought the party nomination in the primary, but 74 write-in votes were cast.
Only 10 write-in votes are needed to get on the ballot in November, according to county election officials.
People who receive enough write-in votes to run in the general election must accept the party’s nomination and be qualified to run before their names are placed on the ballot.
Incumbent councilman Luke Myslinski, who represents Ward 2, was unchallenged in the GOP primary.
He will face Democrat Anne Graziani, who also ran unopposed, in the Nov. 2 general election.
Ward 3 incumbent councilman Thomas Schwartzmier ran unopposed in the primary for the Republican nominations.
There were no Democrats in the rac, but voters cast 80 write-in votes.
Marshall
Incumbent Republican supervisors Thomas Madigan and Robert Edwards were the only two candidates on the ticket for two open positions on the board of supervisors.
There were no Democrats running, but voters cast 91 write-in ballots.
Bradford Woods
Incumbent Bradford Woods Mayor Doug Marsico did not face a challenge for the Republican nomination to run for another term.
There were no Democrats seeking party nominations to run for mayor, but voters cast 16 write-in ballots.
Four Republican candidates, including three incumbents, were on the primary ballot seeking party nominations to run for four open seats on council.
The field includes council members Kevin Rhule, David Baldonieri and Victoria Lair Pongrace.
Republican Daniel Bo Dimond was nominated to run for the seat being vacated by Councilman Charles Coltharp, who did not seek another term.
There were no Democrats seeking the party’s nomination in the primary, but 25 write-in ballots were cast.