These candidates are running for contested school board seats in Erie County

Erie Times-News
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Eight of Erie County's 13 public school districts have races for school board in the Nov. 7 municipal election.

Here's who's running in the contested races:

  • Erie School Board (5 available 4-year terms): Incumbents Gwendolyn Cooley, John Harkins, Sumner Nichols and Zakaria Sharif and newcomers Angie Amatangelo, Linda Graff and Troy Woodard.

  • Fairview School Board (5 available 4-year terms): Incumbents Pamela Liccardi, James Lyons Jr. and Lori Sobin and newcomers Geoffrey Grundy, Michael Naber, Carin Shollenberger and Emily Yochim.

Voters in eight local school districts will have choices to make for school board in Tuesday's municipal election.
Voters in eight local school districts will have choices to make for school board in Tuesday's municipal election.

  • Fort LeBoeuf School Board (5 available 4-year terms): Incumbents Robert Oberlander and Michael Rose and newcomers Paul Albrecht, James Dwyer IV, Benny Hunt, Scott Taylor and Renee Turi.

  • General McLane School Board, at large (2 available 4-year terms): Incumbents Carrie Crow and Kevin Webber and newcomers Chris Kovski and Mark Pifer. Region 2 (2 available 4-year terms): Incumbent Andrew Schulz and newcomers Mark Kernick and Ashley Olson.

  • Girard School Board (5 available 4-year terms): Incumbents Richard Brown, Sean Dunn, Joseph Meka and Melissa Smith and newcomers Christopher Davis and Brady Sager.

  • Harbor Creek School Board (5 available 4-year terms): Incumbents Terri Brink, Thomas Fortin and Jeffrey Willis and newcomers Ryan Cowser, Keith Farrell and Amy Parente.

  • North East School Board (5 available 4-year terms): Incumbents Charles Ferruggia and James Wargo and newcomers Glenn Craig, Mackenzie Luke, Katie Phillips and Alene Rohde.

  • Northwestern School Board (5 available 4-year terms): Incumbents Kristy Bolte, Shelly Rice, Sam Ring and Melissa Thatcher and newcomers Meghan Dalaba, Beth Hough, Amanda Kulyk and Trisha Pratt. (1 available 2-year term): Incumbents Kristy Bolte and Sam Ring.

Corry, Iroquois, Millcreek, Union City and Wattsburg school districts have just enough or not enough candidates for available school board seats.

Erie School Board race: 7 nominees are seeking 5 available 4-year seats, and 2-year seat is up

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Who's running for Erie County school board seats? Here's the list