When I was a little girl, there was no such thing as cross-filing. Candidates who wanted to win a nomination – and they could only win one – had to stick with their party affiliations and hope that ...

Call it the curse of cross-filing. As election results were pouring in Tuesday night, political pundit Joseph Sabino Mistick noticed a trend emerging in the Allegheny County Common Pleas Court race.

Perhaps cross-filing could be defended on the grounds that these positions should not be partisan. Yes, we choose candidates for the state legislature and executive branch based heavily on their ...

Do you even remember a judicial election? In all the time you’ve been a voter — making choices and casting ballots — do you ever recall a campaign for a Pennsylvania judge at any level? Probably not.

Editor: In Pennsylvania, judge and school board candidates can cross-file to appear on both party ballots, supposedly to keep these races “non-partisan.” But here in Luzerne County, that’s a joke.

It is amazing how some people will do anything to get in or stay in public office for all the benefits they get out of it. It is sad when people run for office as a Republican and a Democrat in a ...

A look at unofficial candidate lists in the region indicates there will be contested area school board races in the May 20 primary election. The last day for candidates to withdraw their names from ...