1 newcomer, 4 incumbents elected to Penn Hills School Board
Five members have been selected from the six candidates running for Penn Hills School Board. According to Allegheny County Office of Elections unofficial election results, Heather Broman, Jackie Blakey-Tate, Erin Vecchio, Robert Marra and Devon Goetze will each serve four-year terms.
Democrat newcomer Broman was the top vote-getter with 6,974 votes.
Blakey-Tate, 6,276 votes, was reelected for her second term. Geotze, with 5,107 votes, was elected to her first full term — she had been appointed to the board last year to fill a vacant seat. Marra received 5,546 votes and was elected to his third term and Vecchio has been reelected for her sixth term in a row with 5,550 votes.
“It feels good and I just want to get to work,” Broman said. “I appreciate all the votes that came in and I hope that we can do some positive things. I’m really looking forward to making some positive changes.”
A common consensus among candidates is to work to improve the district’s attendance and reading and writing scores.
Four of the candidates were cross-filed on the ballot and Broman was on the Democratic ticket only.
Meryl Thomas was on the Republican ticket and unsuccessful in her bid for reelection with 3,331 votes.
Haley Daugherty is a TribLive reporter covering local politics, feature stories and Allegheny County news. A native of Pittsburgh, she lived in Alabama for six years. She joined the Trib in 2022 after graduating from Chatham University. She can be reached at hdaugherty@triblive.com.
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