Lawrence County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Pennsylvania Senate and Pennsylvania House and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Lawrence County is split across 2 Pennsylvania House districts.
Find your districts by addressPennsylvania House: 2 districtsDistricts 8, 9
Pennsylvania House District 8Rick Telesz (D) · Aaron Bernstine (R)
Rick Telesz
No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Aaron Bernstine
Aaron Bernstine is the Republican state representative for Pennsylvania House District 8, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly's official website. Bernstine works as a small business owner, per the same source. Bernstine serves on the House Insurance Committee, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Rick Telesz (Democratic), Aaron Bernstine (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot; Aaron Bernstine is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Rick Telesz was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Aaron Bernstine was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pennsylvania nominates by plurality (no runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field matches the Department of State's general-election candidate listing (pavoterservices.pa.gov, read October 20, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pagePennsylvania House District 9Shay Micco (D) · Marla Gallo Brown (R)
Shay Micco
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- ensuring affordable and accessible health care
- strengthening local schools
- supporting job creation and small business growth
About Shay Micco
Shay Micco's campaign site frames the run as bringing Lawrence County representation that puts people first and names affordable health care, schools, good-paying jobs and small businesses and taxes as the focus; it carries no biography as of September 25, 2026.
Marla Gallo Brown
Marla Gallo Brown, also known as Marla Brown, is from New Castle and represents Lawrence County in the Pennsylvania House, per the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She holds a bachelor's degree from Gannon University and a master's degree from Geneva College and serves as Republican secretary of the House State Government Committee.
Shay Micco (Democratic), Marla Gallo Brown (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot; Marla Gallo Brown is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Shay Micco was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Marla Gallo Brown was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pennsylvania nominates by plurality (no runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field matches the Department of State's general-election candidate listing (pavoterservices.pa.gov, read October 20, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pagePennsylvania Senate District 50Michele Brooks (R) · Sue Mulvey (D)
Michele Brooks
Michele Brooks is the Republican state senator for Pennsylvania Senate District 50, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly's official website. Brooks serves on the Senate Health & Human Services Committee, per the Pennsylvania General Assembly. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Sue Mulvey
Sue Mulvey has worked as a nurse for 30 years, and with three teachers helped create TheWiNS Project, which she says fed over 500 children every weekend during the school year, per the campaign site. Sue Mulvey is on the November 3 ballot for Pennsylvania Senate District 50 as a Democratic candidate, per the Department of State's general-election candidate listing (pavoterservices.pa.gov, read October 20, 2026).
Michele Brooks (Republican) and Sue Mulvey (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Department of State's general-election candidate listing (pavoterservices.pa.gov, read October 20, 2026). Michele Brooks is the sitting member, per the General Assembly's roster. Michele Brooks was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pennsylvania nominates by plurality (no runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot. Sue Mulvey was nominated by write-in votes in the Democratic primary, per the Department of State's candidate database.
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Pennsylvania's May 19 primary nominated by plurality (no runoffs); unopposed nominees still print, and independent and minor-party candidates who filed nomination papers by August 3 appear on the Department of State's general-election candidate listing, which these races follow (read October 20, 2026). County and municipal officers are elected in odd years, so this page carries the state Senate and House seats for the county plus any certified ballot questions.
Who is on the ballot in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania on November 3, 2026?
Lawrence County sample ballot 2026: who is running for pennsylvania senate and pennsylvania house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
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