HARRISBURG – Polls are open until 8 p.m. today in two special PA elections. Voters in Lancaster County’s 36th Senatorial District will fill a vacant seat when Republican Sen. Ryan Aument left the post to become State Director for PA U.S. Sen. David McCormick. Three candidates are running: Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons, Democrat East Petersburg Mayor James Malone, and Libertarian Zachary Moore. Voters in a western PA House district, southeast of Pittsburgh, will be filling a vacancy and deciding which party will hold the majority in the PA House. That race pits Democrat McKeesport Police Officer Dan Goughnour against volunteer firefighter and current White Oak Borough Council President Chuck Davis, the Republican. Since Democrat Rep. Matt Gergely died in January, the PA House has been tied at 101.
