The race for Pennsylvania’s next governor and for its open U.S. Senate seat are the top draws as Western Pa. voters make their way to the polls on Tuesday, Nov 8.

Several U.S. House seats are also on the line, as are some state seats.

We’ve compiled all our coverage here to make it easy to catch up and get information on the races that impact Western Pennsylvania.

Polls will be open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and anyone in line at 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

The state has an online tool to let voters find their polling place by entering their address. For more information on polling places, go to the official election pages for your county:

• Allegheny County election page

• Westmoreland County election page

• Armstrong County election page

U.S. Senate Democrat Republican John Fetterman Mehmet Oz

• Crossover voters help sway Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate race

With Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz remaining razor close heading into Election Day, the campaigns are looking for votes wherever they can find them.

• Trump visits Unity to stump for Oz and Mastriano, blast Biden, tease potential 2024 campaign

Former President Donald Trump teased a large crowd of supporters at a rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity on Saturday evening about a potential bid for a return to the White House.

• In Pittsburgh rally with Fetterman, Obama says GOP is unprepared to tackle inflation, crime

Former President Barack Obama rallied with Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman on a warm Saturday in Pittsburgh in front of thousands of supporters. But he highlighted his speech by trying to get those less politically involved to join the movement and support Democrats in the party’s closing argument to voters before Election Day.

• What effect did the Oz-Fetterman debate have on the Pa. Senate race? Here’s what 2 new polls show

For all the attention last week’s debate between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz received, the race appears virtually unchanged — and extremely close — in its aftermath.

• Obama will rally with Fetterman in Pittsburgh

Former President Barack Obama is coming to Pittsburgh this weekend to hold a rally for Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman.

• Crime a focal point in U.S. Senate race between Fetterman, Oz

Ads in Pennsylvania’s combative U.S. Senate race have made crime a focal point in the campaign, and experts say Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz are using the ads to stoke fear in voters.

• ‘I’ll be much better, but he will still be a fraud’: John Fetterman flips own health struggles against Mehmet Oz

With a precious nine days to go before the election, Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman rallied Harrisburg-area canvassers on Sunday — a potentially fortuitous day for door-knocking, given how many Pennsylvanians were likely at home watching the Eagles-Steelers game.

• Editorial: Did Fetterman-Oz debate change any minds?

Maybe when it’s all said and done the Senate seat will be decided on the last question, the one that might prompt more passion than politics in Pennsylvania.

• Takeaways from Pa.’s highly anticipated U.S. Senate debate between Oz, Fetterman

Tuesday night’s U.S. Senate debate between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz figures to be remembered mostly for how one candidate spoke instead of what either candidate said.

• Fetterman’s health takes center stage at debate with Oz

All eyes on Pennsylvania seemed to focus on the U.S. Senate debate between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz. Most of the attention focused on Fetterman’s health.

• Fetterman, Oz face off in chaotic debate

In the only debate of Pennsylvania’s Senate race, Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz battled in a chaotic event where the candidates lobbed countless attacks at each other in between answering questions from the moderators.

• Experts: Fetterman’s health unlikely to impact the Pa. Senate race

While experts say Fetterman’s health remains under scrutiny following a stroke in April, it ultimately may not have much of an impact for voters.

• Biden stumps for Pa.’s Fetterman, says ‘world is looking’

President Joe Biden said that the “rest of the world is looking” to see who holds control of Congress after the upcoming midterm elections, warning that Republican victories would jeopardize the nation’s standing abroad as he tried to deliver a boost to Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman’s campaign for the Senate.

• Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune as a salesman

Dr. Mehmet Oz may have made his reputation as a surgeon. But he made a fortune as a salesman. Now he is trying to leverage his celebrity as the Republican nominee in a bitterly contested U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania that could determine which party will hold power for the rest of President Joe Biden’s term.

• Fetterman’s new medical report clears him for work, saying he can ‘work full duty in public office’

Pennsylvania lieutenant governor John Fetterman has released an updated medical report from an Oct. 14 doctor’s visit.

• Fetterman addresses criticism over need for closed captioning during his stroke recovery

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman addressed recent criticism he has received for needing to use closed captioning during interviews after he suffered a stroke in May.

• Biden to hold a fundraiser for John Fetterman in Philadelphia next week

President Joe Biden will hold a fundraiser with Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman in Philadelphia next week to boost his campaign in a tight and closely watched Senate race that could determine control of the chamber.

• Fight for Black voters intensifies in close Pa. Senate race

Black voters are at the center of an increasingly competitive battle in a race that could tilt control of the Senate, as Democrats try to harness outrage over the Supreme Court’s abortion decision and Republicans tap the national playbook to focus on crime in cities.

• Oz and Fetterman have a big debate Oct. 25. How many people will have voted by then?

As soon as Lt. Gov. John Fetterman accepted a debate invitation for Oct. 25, Mehmet Oz said their matchup would fall too late in the cycle — two weeks before Election Day — given people could start voting by mail as early as late September. He criticized Fetterman for declining earlier debates.

• Fetterman raised ‘record-breaking’ $22M in latest quarter; Oz loaned himself $7M

Democrat John Fetterman has reported raising a whopping $22 million in the most recent reporting period, easily outpacing Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz, who plowed $7 million of his own fortune into the U.S. Senate race.

• Fetterman records show light schedule as Pa. lieutenant governor

In his campaign for a crucial U.S. Senate seat, Democrat John Fetterman takes credit for reinventing Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor’s office, transforming it from a political pit stop into a “bully pulpit” from which he’s advanced progressive causes.

• Westmoreland Democrats rally volunteers, welcome Fetterman in Murrysville

About 100 people turned out Wednesday evening to the Murrysville Center for Democracy to meet Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, getting their photos taken with the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee as they signed up to knock on doors and make calls for his campaign.

• Fetterman addresses stroke recovery, defends record on crime at Pittsburgh rally

U.S. Senate candidate and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman rallied Saturday afternoon before hundreds of supporters in Pittsburgh’s Strip District despite a downpour as the remnants of tropical storm Ian passed through.

• Oz tells Pittsburgh press conference Fetterman should be more transparent in his Senate campaign

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz called for more transparency in the campaign, saying he is open to answering questions from the public and the press, and claimed that his opponent, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, is not.

• Oz campaign places billboard in Braddock attacking Fetterman for being ‘soft on crime’

The race for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat has been filled with antics and media stunts from Democratic candidate John Fetterman. Now, Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz is getting into the mix by placing an attack billboard in Fetterman’s hometown of Braddock, calling the lieutenant governor and former Braddock mayor “soft on crime.”

• Oz picks up key endorsement from national business organization for his ‘pro-growth’ views

When it comes to who should be a voice for Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate for the next six years, the world’s largest business organization has chosen Republican candidate Mehmet Oz.

• Oz releases health records to spotlight Fetterman’s stroke

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, released his health records as he maneuvers to keep questions about Democratic rival John Fetterman’s recovery from a stroke front and center in the hotly contested campaign.

• Pennsylvania’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race between Oz, Fetterman tightens

After a bruising primary that saw Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz emerge as the GOP nominee by less than 1,000 votes, the celebrity surgeon and TV personality’s general-election campaign got off to a slow start.

• Oz backs U.S. Senate bill to protect same-sex marriage rights

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz has joined more than 400 Republican leaders who are calling on the Senate to pass legislation to protect marriage rights for same-sex couples.

• Fetterman agrees to 1 debate against Oz in Pa. Senate race

Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman of Pennsylvania will participate in just one debate, his campaign said Wednesday, after weeks of his Republican rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz, pressuring Fetterman and aggressively questioning the severity of his lingering health problems from a stroke.

• Oz, Toomey call on Fetterman to debate in Pa. Senate race

Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz teamed up with U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey on Tuesday to publicly call on his Democratic rival, John Fetterman, to participate in a debate in their high-profile Pennsylvania race.

• Biden talks about importance of labor unions, democracy in Labor Day speech in West Mifflin

President Joe Biden spoke about the importance of labor unions and democracy in a Labor Day speech Monday outside a Mon Valley union hall, while also touting his efforts to bring more infrastructure funding to Western Pennsylvania and boost manufacturing.

• Oz courts GOP voters at town hall event in Monroeville

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former TV personality and celebrity surgeon, has struggled with his approval ratings ever since narrowly winning the Republican primary election in May, and at a campaign event in Monroeville he attempted to persuade his Republican base to come out and support his campaign for Pennsylvania’s open senate seat.

• Fetterman addresses union supporters at Pittsburgh rally, but avoids media questions

Hundreds of union members held a rally Tuesday at the United Steelworkers headquarters in Downtown Pittsburgh to support Democrats that the union endorsed, including congressional candidate Chris DeLuzio, state House candidate Dr. Arvind Venkat and U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman.

• Shopping at Wegner’s? Fetterman picks on Oz’s choice of words, groceries in latest salvo

U.S. candidate John Fetterman’s campaign reached back a few months to find a video that it used to make fun of Republican rival Dr. Mehmet Oz.

• Fetterman ‘grateful’ as he returns to Pa. Senate race

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman acknowledged he was lucky to be alive as he officially returned to the campaign trail Friday, more than 90 days after the Democrat suffered a stroke that threatened his life and political prospects in one of the nation’s premier Senate contests.

• Oz makes campaign stop at central Pa. diner

Kenny Aumack happened to be passing Capitol Diner in Dauphin County when he spotted Dr. Mehmet Oz, Republican U.S. Senate candidate.

• Fetterman harnesses power of social media in Senate campaign

In one of this year’s most competitive U.S. Senate races, the biggest moments aren’t playing out on the campaign trail. They’re unfolding on social media.

• Fetterman inches back onto campaign trail in Philly with 1st fund-raiser appearances since stroke

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, largely absent from the campaign trail for two months, is slowly resuming his campaign following a stroke that nearly killed him.

• Fetterman trolls Oz with big funds, Snooki

Democrat John Fetterman posted a massive $11 million fundraising haul during the second quarter. He’s on an advertising spree that’s made him a near-constant presence on television in Pennsylvania. And he grabs attention with snarky, irreverent social media posts.

• Unlikely duo: Fetterman, Shapiro aim for united front

One candidate is unabashedly blunt, willing to embrace progressive positions, doing little to build rapport with party leaders and dominating rooms with a 6-foot-8-inch frame. The other crafts a more moderate image, a deliberate public speaker who became a congressional aide out of college and has carefully cultivated relationships within the party ever since.

• Oz ‘all-in’ for Senate run as he courts support in Bethel Park

Dr. Mehmet Oz turned his focus to November’s general election during a rally Monday where he spoke to vocal supporters in Pittsburgh’s South Hills about why they should choose him to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate.

• Fetterman reveals undisclosed heart condition that led to stroke

Democratic U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman revealed Friday in a campaign statement that he was diagnosed with a heart condition in 2017 and didn’t follow up with a physician for years until he suffered a stroke in May.

• Fetterman discharged from Lancaster hospital, returning to Braddock

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate contest, has been released from the hospital after a stay of more than a week following a stroke, his wife and his campaign said Sunday.

• Gisele Fetterman steps into campaign after husband’s stroke: ‘I didn’t have to think twice’

The whirlwind of the previous five days finally caught up with Gisele Fetterman on Wednesday at a rest stop along the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

• Campaign: Fetterman had stroke but is on way to ‘full recovery’

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the leading Democrat in the state’s high-profile Senate contest, suffered a stroke just days before the primary election but was on his way to a “full recovery,” his campaign said on Sunday.

U.S. House

District 12 Democrat Republican Summer Lee Michael Doyle

• Pro-Israel group floods airwaves with ads attacking congressional candidate Summer Lee

A pro-Israel political action committee is spending nearly $1 million to air ads attacking Democratic congressional candidate Summer Lee in the final stretch of the race.

• 12th Congressional race between Mike Doyle, Summer Lee remains under the radar

The race for the 12th Congressional District is seemingly lost in the barrage of ads for Pennsylvania’s higher-profile Senate and gubernatorial races.

• What’s in a name? GOP congressional candidate Mike Doyle shares name with retiring Democrat, sowing confusion

A candidate’s name in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District race is turning out to be a key issue in the campaign.

District 16 Democrat Republican Dan Pastore Mike Kelly

District 17 Democrat Republican Christopher Deluzio Jeremy Shaffer

• Deluzio, Shaffer square off in Pa.’s 17th Congressional District

Iraq War veteran and voting rights attorney Chris Deluzio faces former Ross Commissioner Jeremy Shaffer in a race to replace U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania’s newly redrawn 17th Congressional District.

Pa. Governor Democrat Republican Josh Shapiro Doug Mastriano

• Former Pa. governors ask candidates Mastriano, Shapiro to accept election results

Pennsylvania’s four living former governors on Monday sent a letter to the main party candidates vying for the position on Nov. 8, urging them to respect and accept the results of the election regardless of the outcome.

• Democratic candidate for governor Josh Shapiro focuses on protecting abortion, voting rights at Pittsburgh rally

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro held a rally in Pittsburgh on Tuesday and focused his speech on protecting rights for future generations, and his plan to improve education, public safety, and union rights for Pennsylvanians.

• Where governor candidates Mastriano, Shapiro stand on the gas tax, business regulations and property taxes

As inflation has soared to its highest levels in 40 years, driving up the price of groceries and gas and squeezing household budgets, Pennsylvanians have consistently identified the economy as one of the top issues influencing their choice in the 2022 governor’s race.

• We love Israel ‘more than a lot of Jews’: Doug Mastriano wife’s response draws scrutiny

The wife of Doug Mastriano objected to criticism of her husband’s alleged close relationships with antisemites and his trafficking in antisemitic tropes, saying the couple loves Israel more than many Jews.

• In Pa. governor’s race, faith surfaces in contrasting ways

In one of the most closely watched races in one of the most contested of battleground states, both gubernatorial candidates bring up religion. But in starkly different ways.

• In Pa. governor’s race, faith surfaces in contrasting ways

In one of the most closely watched races in one of the most contested of battleground states, both gubernatorial candidates bring up religion. But in starkly different ways.

• Where governor candidates Mastriano, Shapiro stand on rural health care, broadband and agriculture

Both major candidates offer different approaches to revitalizing rural Pennsylvania. Spotlight PA breaks down where they stand on several major issues.

• Most outside spending on Pa. governor’s race has one aim: to defeat Mastriano

In the nationally watched race for Pennsylvania governor, Democrat Josh Shapiro has outspent Republican rival Doug Mastriano by tens of millions of dollars, carving out a formidable financial advantage in a contest widely viewed as a referendum on nearly every major issue in American politics.

• Shapiro sets spending record, outraises Mastriano in final weeks of governor’s race

Democrat Josh Shapiro’s campaign spent a staggering $28 million on his bid for Pennsylvania governor over the past three months, eclipsing spending by Republican nominee Doug Mastriano, who has struggled to amass support from high-profile donors despite national attention on the race.

• Mastriano says ‘lawlessness is killing Philadelphia,’ as protesters outside call him ‘extremist’

State Sen. Doug Mastriano told a crowd in North Philadelphia that Latinos were the future of the Republican Party and encouraged them to support his campaign for governor, which he said was all about “Dios, patria, familia.”

• Explainer: Mastriano’s plan for Pennsylvania school choice

During his campaign, Republican Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has alluded to proposals that would be a transformative overhaul of the state’s more than $30 billion K-12 education system, with public dollars eligible to fund students’ private education.

• Mastriano said in 2019 that women who violate an abortion ban should be charged with murder

Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, suggested in 2019 that women who violate an abortion ban he proposed should be charged with murder, a position considered far outside the political mainstream.

• Shapiro’s low-key style poses test for Dems in Pennsylvania

Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, is perhaps best known as an election denier who was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. John Fetterman, the Democrat hoping to flip the state’s Senate seat, has revolutionized how campaigns use social media. And Dr. Mehmet Oz was a TV celebrity long before he launched a GOP Senate campaign. And then there’s Josh Shapiro.

• Letter released by Shapiro campaign, 60 veterans blast Mastriano’s Confederate uniform photo as ‘shameful’

A group of nearly 60 veterans from Pennsylvania signed a letter deriding Republican candidate for governor Doug Mastriano for being photographed wearing a Confederate Army uniform, calling it “shameful” and saying it’s “an insult to those of us who served and those who continue to serve.”

• Shapiro rallies in Pittsburgh, vows to create more labor protections for Pa. workers if elected governor

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro said Monday during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh that he would work to create more labor protections for Pennsylvania workers if elected governor in November.

• Pa. election 2022: Your complete guide to the candidates for governor

Five gubernatorial candidates will be on the Nov. 8 ballot, alongside their party’s candidate for lieutenant governor. Below, we provide brief biographies for the candidates as well as donor information from the beginning of 2021 through June 6, 2022. Then we break down where the top two candidates stand on the issues.

• Amid campaign, Mastriano’s disputed dissertation made public

A Canadian university has quietly made public Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano’s 2013 doctoral thesis about a legendary World War I hero, including six pages of recently added corrections that, in some cases, do not appear to fix anything.

• Mastriano sues Jan. 6 committee over deposition authority

Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor on Thursday sued the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, contesting its legal ability to force him to answer questions about it.

• Shapiro breaks with Democrats on covid policies in governor’s race

As attorney general, Josh Shapiro went to court repeatedly to defend Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration against legal challenges to his pandemic-era mandates and shutdowns.

• Mastriano, Florida’s DeSantis focus on crime, pandemic closures at Pittsburgh rally

Over one thousand people attended a rally in Downtown Pittsburgh on Friday evening where Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Democrats over rising crime rates and boasted about Republicans’ record for keeping schools open during the pandemic.

• Mastriano brings gubernatorial campaign to Westmoreland County

State Sen. Doug Mastriano made a campaign stop Friday in Westmoreland County, where he received the endorsement in his race for governor from the county’s Republican Party chairman and state Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward.

• 8 Pa. congress members endorse GOP’s Mastriano for governor

Eight of Pennsylvania’s representatives to the U.S. House, all Republicans who voted against certifying the state’s electoral results in the 2020 presidential election, formally endorsed state Sen. Doug Mastriano in the gubernatorial election.

• Mastriano’s Gab page removed, candidate responds to criticism of social media platform

Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has been criticized by elected officials and anti-hate speech groups for his association with Gab, a far-right social media platform that was favored by the accused Tree of Life shooter.

• Shapiro pitches economic plan during visit to Pittsburgh’s robotics row

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro pitched his economic plan during a Pittsburgh campaign stop Tuesday and said one of his goals as governor would be to ensure that the region becomes the world leader in the robotics industry.

• GOP warms to far-right gubernatorial nominee Mastriano in Pennsylvania

Republicans are warming up to Doug Mastriano.

• Pittsburgh Jewish, Black leaders call out Mastriano for ties to Gab social platform

A group of prominent Jewish and Black Pittsburgh leaders condemned Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano for his ties to the right-wing social media platform Gab.

• Shapiro says his office will protect abortion providers, out-of-state patients from prosecution

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro vowed Thursday to protect the state’s abortion clinics and patients seeking abortions in Pennsylvania, which is seeing an increase in out-of-state patients following the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade.

• Democrat Shapiro picks up Republican endorsements in race for governor

Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s gubernatorial campaign has earned a slew of endorsements from prominent Republicans.

• Explainer: Can GOP gov. candidate Mastriano make voters reregister?

Doug Mastriano, Pennsylvania’s Republican candidate for governor, has made no secret of his endorsement of former President Trump’s assertion that widespread fraud cost him the 2020 election.

• Mastriano willing to talk to Jan. 6 committee, spoke to FBI

Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, has offered to sit for an interview with the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and was interviewed by FBI agents last year about it, his lawyer said Thursday.

• Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns

The victory party took on the feel of an evangelical worship service after Doug Mastriano won Pennsylvania’s Republican gubernatorial primary this month. As a Christian singer led the crowd in song, some raised their arms toward the heavens in praise.

• How Mastriano built a grassroots movement in Pa. on election denial, Christianity and Facebook

Despite last-minute efforts by Republican insiders, he is Pennsylvania’s GOP nominee for governor.

• Mastriano: Trump ‘asked me’ to run for Pa. governor

A Republican state senator who has talked of possibly running for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022 said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump asked him to run and promised to campaign for him.

Pa. House

32nd District

• What happens if former state Rep. Tony DeLuca wins his election race posthumously?

State Rep. Tony DeLuca’s name will remain on the Nov. 8 ballot despite his death Sunday after a brief battle with lymphoma.

33rd District

• Josh Shapiro rallies in Cheswick, says 33rd House District critically important

A visit to Cheswick by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro on Wednesday highlighted the significance of the 33rd District to flipping the state House, many audience members said.

55th District

• Political organizer, write-in candidate vie for 55th District seat

In the redrawn 55th District, voters in the Nov. 8 midterm election will choose between a longtime Republican political organizer and a Democratic candidate who earned a spot on the ballot through a write-in campaign.

58th District

• Davanzo, Bach square off for state House seat in 58th District

The candidates running to represent voters in the state House 58th District offer clear differences that fall in line with the partisan divide in Harrisburg.

60th District

• Political newcomer Bob George challenges state Rep. Abby Major

A college-educated truck driver, Bob George of Ford City, is challenging incumbent state Rep. Abby Major, R-Ford City, to represent the state’s new 60th House District.

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• Doctor denounces Allegheny County’s use of health workers to count votes

Allegheny County Health Department workers are pitching in with Election Day duties, prompting one Pittsburgh-based doctor to criticize the move at a time when the county’s health resources are in high demand.

• Over 1,000 Allegheny mail-in ballots won’t be counted unless cured by voters

More than 1,000 Allegheny County voters must cure their mail-in ballots or their votes won’t be counted, county election officials said Sunday.

• Western Pa. election officials prepare for heavy voter turnout

Expect heavy turnout on Election Day, as this year’s midterm races are likely to draw voters in numbers rivaling that of presidential contests, officials said.

• 1.4M Pennsylvanians asked to vote by mail — here’s what that means for Election Week counting

More than 1.4 million people in Pennsylvania requested to vote by mail for the Nov. 8 election, but county officials don’t expect it to take several days to complete the count like in 2020 when the slow pace was used to cast unfounded doubt on the integrity of the results.

• Westmoreland voters not allowed to fix undated mail-in ballots

Westmoreland County election officials said voters who submit undated mail-in ballots will not be permitted to correct that error or other deficiencies before Election Day. That could result in their votes not being counted.

• Early voting soars in Westmoreland County

Exceeding expectations, nearly 22,000 Westmoreland County voters already have cast ballots with less than two weeks to go before the Nov. 8 general election.

• Trump set for campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to Westmoreland County just days ahead of the Nov. 8 general election.

• For Biden and Trump, 2022 is 2020 sequel — and 2024 preview?

This year’s midterm elections are playing out as a strange continuation of the last presidential race — and a potential preview of the next one.

• Pa. Election Day 2022: A complete guide to the Nov. 8 election

On Nov. 8, Pennsylvanians will make their way to polling places to decide the governor’s race and U.S. Senate race as part of Election Day 2022.

• Am I allowed to drop off a ballot for someone else?

The question is simple, yet often asked: Am I allowed to drop off a ballot for someone else? In Pennsylvania, the answer is mostly no.

• Supreme Court reverses Pennsylvania mail-in voting law decision

The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a lower appeals court decision Tuesday regarding how rules for mail-in ballots had been applied in a Pennsylvania election, adding an element of uncertainty about voting procedures four weeks ahead of the state’s high-stakes elections for governor and U.S. Senate.

• Roe warriors: Supreme Court abortion ruling spurs increase in women registering to vote

Bethel Park’s Erin Burlew switched her party registration from Republican to Democrat a day after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

• Mail-in ballots sent to Westmoreland voters

Westmoreland County has sent out the first batch of more than 14,000 mail-in ballots to voters, the election bureau director said Friday.

• Trump super PAC reserves millions in airtime in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Arizona

Former President Donald Trump is finally opening his checkbook, reserving millions of dollars in airtime for ads to bolster his endorsed candidates in key midterm races just one month before Election Day.

• Unresolved gray areas in Pa. mail voting law likely to spur fresh confusion, legal challenges

As millions of Pennsylvanians once again go to the polls this November, some key questions on mail ballots remain unsettled, opening the door for more legal action and public confusion after the upcoming gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races.

• Trump: ‘King’ to some in Pennsylvania, but will it help GOP?

The Trump-Pence sign still hangs on the older building off Main Street in this historic town, a lasting vestige of the campaign fervor that roused voters, including many who still believe the falsehood that the former president didn’t lose in 2020 and hope he’ll run in 2024.

• Republican commissioners remove ballot drop box from Westmoreland courthouse

Westmoreland County’s Republican commissioners Wednesday refused to vote on a plan to install one drop box for mail-in ballots at the courthouse.

• Pa. election 2022: No constitutional amendments on Nov. 8 ballot, but big ones are looming

Pennsylvania voters will not see any proposed constitutional amendments on this year’s November ballot, but that is almost certain to change when the state legislature opens its new two-year session in January.

• Redrawn districts inject uncertainty in Pa. legislative contests

Democrats in Pennsylvania who have long blamed their party’s legislative minorities on Republican gerrymandering will find out in November whether friendlier district maps will edge them closer to retaking control of the House and Senate.

• Editorial: Candidates need to participate in debates

Pennsylvania will get at least one debate. It seems odd to suggest that not having debates during a midterm is at all possible, and yet the top two races in the Keystone State have kept that question unanswered for weeks.

• Westmoreland Democrats say concerns abound as November election nears

Anger and discord among voters has made the campaign season leading up to the November general election a potential safety hazard for members of her party, Westmoreland County’s Democratic Committee chairwoman said Thursday.

• Red wave crashing? GOP momentum slips as fall sprint begins

The possibility of a great red wave still looms.

But as the 2022 midterm elections enter their final two-month sprint, leading Republicans concede that their party’s advantage may be slipping even as Democrats confront their president’s weak standing, deep voter pessimism and the weight of history this fall.

• Editorial: Pennsylvanians deserve Fetterman-Oz debate

How we conduct elections has changed over the years. It is no longer a show of hands. It isn’t by the roar of the crowd. We don’t drop a pebble in a vessel like they did in ancient Greece — although the evolution of that process is where we get the word “ballot,” from the Italian for “small ball.”

• Social media posts draw attention to Pa. election races, but will they affect the outcomes?

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman has repeatedly taken to social media to mock his Republican rival, Dr. Mehmet Oz, during this year’s campaign — using celebrity cameo videos to call out Oz for moving from New Jersey to run, memes to criticize his vast wealth and even Oz’s own social media posts against him.

• Allegheny County election officials debate future of ballot drop boxes, satellite voting centers

Allegheny County took several steps to address high voter turnout anticipated in the 2020 election, launching mail-in ballot information campaigns, satellite voting offices and ballot drop boxes, but those methods haven’t been brought back.

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