Municipal primary elections in Pennsylvania last a week from Tuesday, and some of the most crucial races take place for the Mayor of State Cities, Districts and Cities.
PoliticSpa deducts to the election on May 20, looking at key races throughout the community of nations. Today we start with the competition to serve as the mayor of Scranton.
Beneficiary Paige Cognetti He works for the second full period as the mayor of “The Electric City”. She won the seven -person special elections in November 2019 and easily won the re -election in 2021, beating the city controller John Murray in basic and republican democratic and republican Darwin Lee Shaw II In November.
Cognetti equalizes against Bob Lion in the basic democratic, while Patches AND Lynn Laboszy He will fight for the nomination of GOP.
There may be two other candidates for a position acting as independent. Former city councilor Gene Barrett AND Michael Mancini He qualifies to vote in universal elections in November if they get a sufficient number of petition signatures by August 1.
Paige Cognetti
- Party. Democrat
- Residence. Tripp Park
- Experience. Mayor of Scranton, 2020-present; Special assistant Pennsylvania Auditor General (2019); Scranton School Board Director (2018); Goldman Sachs (2014-16); Department of the Treasury of the USA (2009-12).
- Support. IBEW LOCAL 81; Local carpenters 445; Scranton Building Trades; Hydraulics and PubeFitters Local 524; ex US Senator Bob Casey Jr.
- Quotable. “We have a chance to continue to provide real, permanent changes to scranton families. This means raising salaries, persuading qualified workers to work by rebuilding our infrastructure and investing in all city districts. We still see how private investments belong to the city, which, combined with the city’s projects, prepares a stage for construction.
- Education. BA, University of Oregon. MBA, Harvard Business School.
- Cufflinks: Website |. Facebook |. Twitter |. Instagram
Bob Lion
- Party. Democrat
- Residence. South Scanton
- Experience. President and owner of D&S Auto Sales Inc.; President of the Dutch Association of Neighborhood Association; Retired police officer scranton; 8 years of the school head and 2 -year -old president of the Education Council.
- Quotable. “If the chosen mayor of Scranton will fight for districts, support the true transparency of the open government and ask how their services can better provide our residents.”
- Cufflinks: Website |. Facebook Twitter Instagram
Patricia “Trish” Beynon
- Party. Republican
- Residence. West Scranton
- Experience. Accounting in Scartella Construction
- Quotable. “I do not care about political parties – I care about good ideas and cooperation. We will do better when we focus on solutions, not partisan politics. Together, we can create lucid, responsive, responsive and acts for every Scranton resident.”
- Education. Luzerne County Community College
- Cufflinks: Website |. Facebook Twitter Instagram
Lynn Laboszy
- Party. Republican
- Residence. West Scranton
- Experience. Co -owner of South Scranton Automobile Shop
- Quotable. “I take care of the city and the challenges that it faces, such as excessive extraction and not the exploit of funds that led to such problems as high taxes, bad road conditions, increasing crime, drug abuse and homelessness.”
- Education. Suny Empire State, Lackawanna College
- Cufflinks: Website |. Facebook |. Twitter Instagram
