With the primary election now less than a month away, the League of Women Voters of Centre County will host a two-night event for candidates in contested races to answer questions from voters.
Candidates Night will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday in council chambers at the State College Borough Municipal Building. The public is invited to attend, and overflow crowds will be directed to the first floor lobby to watch a live stream.
Each candidate will have 60 seconds to answer each of six audience questions and the order of answering will change for each question. Candidates will have 90 seconds each for closing statements.
For primary elections, the League invites only candidates in opposed races. For municipal and school board races, candidates in municipalities with populations of 4,000 or more and in school districts with populations of 20,000 or more are invited.
Schedule for Tuesday, April 18th:
7:00 Welcome and Opening Comments
7:05 State College Area School Board Candidates (all candidates have cross-filed)
Lori Bedell
David Hutchinson
Jim Leous
Arnold Tilden
Scott Fozard – unable to attend
Bradford Vivian – no longer running
7:40 State College Borough Council (Democratic Primary only – Republican Primary is not opposed)
Rylie Cooper
Marina Cotarelo
Theresa Lafer
Steve Mower
Dan Murphy
Evan Myers
8:30 pm State College Borough Mayor (Democratic Primary)
Michael Black
Catherine Dauler
Janet Engeman
Don Hahn
Schedule for Wednesday, April 19th:
7:00 Welcome and Opening Comments
7:05 Centre County District Attorney (Democratic Primary)
Bernie Cantorna
Stacy Parks Miller
7:25 Centre County Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (both candidates have cross-filed)
Brian Marshall
Ron McGlaughlin
7:45 Magisterial District Judge (District 49-02-01) (all candidates have cross-filed)
Robert Bascom
Justin Bish
Louis Lombardi
Casey McClain
Robert Stewart
Dave White
Kristin Scipione – did not respond
8:35 Ferguson Township Supervisor – Ward 3 Seat (Democratic Primary)
Mike Radis
Sara Carlson – unable to attend
8:45 Patton Township Supervisor (6-year term) (Democratic Primary only – Republican Primary is not opposed)
Jessica Buckland
William Burnett
Dan Trevino
