Editor\u2019s note: This article was updated Oct. 13, 2026 to correct a municipality in one of the districts.<\/p>\n
NORRISTOWN \u2014 The 2026 General Election is fast approaching as Montgomery County voters prepare to cast their ballots next month.<\/p>\n
At the Congressional level, U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-4th Dist., is running against Republican challenger Aurora Stuski for the legislative district serving Berks and Montgomery counties. U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, who serves Delaware and Montgomery counties with a presence in Norristown, is running against Republican Nick Manganaro.<\/p>\n
Additionally, a number of state positions in Harrisburg are up for grabs in the midterms as mail-in and absentee voting continues ahead of Election Day.<\/p>\n
Along with Gov. Josh Shapiro\u2019s reelection race against Treasurer Stacy Garrity, various state legislators have campaigned to hold onto their seats against incoming opposition.<\/p>\n
A majority of Montgomery County politicians are Democrats \u2014 with Republican candidates vying for a seat in Harrisburg. In the Norristown area, state Reps. Matt Bradford, D-70th Dist. and Greg Scott, D-54th Dist., both Democrats, ran unopposed.<\/p>\n
State Senate<\/p>\n
In Pennsylvania\u2019s 4th senatorial district, state Sen. Art Haywood is up for reelection. The long time Democrat previously served as a Cheltenham Commissioner for four years before running for the Senate to serve constituents in parts of Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, according to Haywood\u2019s senator biography.<\/p>\n
In Montgomery County, the senatorial district encompasses Abington, Cheltenham and Springfield townships, along with Jenkintown and Rockledge boroughs.<\/p>\n
Haywood is running against Republican candidate Todd Johnson, who\u2019s a pastor at First Immanuel Baptist Church in North Philadelphia, according to Johnson\u2019s Linkedin page.<\/p>\n
The 12th senatorial district race includes incumbent Democrat state Sen. Maria Collett and Republican Robert F. Costello III. First elected in 2018, Collett, a nurse, is running for a third term in office. The 12th legislative district includes Franconia, Hatfield, Horsham, Lower Gwynedd, Lower Moreland, Montgomery, Plymouth, Salford, Upper Dublin, Upper Moreland, Whitpain, and Worcester townships, along with Ambler, Bryn Athyn, Hatboro, Hatfield, Lansdale, Souderton, and a portion of Telford.<\/p>\n
State House<\/p>\n
Democrat incumbent Liz Hanbidge, D-61st Dist., has some competition in her race for reelection serving constituents in North Wales, along with Lower Gwynedd, Towamencin, Upper Gwynedd townships, as well as a portion of Whitpain Township.<\/p>\n
Republican Angela Illingworth previously ran in a Towamencin Township supervisors race.<\/p>\n
In the 150th legislative district, incumbent state Rep. Joe Webster. Webster, a U.S. Air Force veteran, was elected in 2018 and began serving constituents in Collegeville, Trappe, West Norriton, and Upper Providence townships in 2019. Challenger Frank J. Pastella said on his campaign website that he\u2019s \u201cdedicated to community service and transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n
Incumbent Democrat Melissa Cerrato is hoping to hold onto her legislative seat in Harrisburg. Cerrato previously worked as Hanbidge\u2019s constituent services advisor before running for public office. She bested former long time Republican state Rep. Todd Stephens in a closely watched race back in 2022 in the district serving Ambler and Horsham Township, along with portions of Lower Gwynedd, Montgomery and Upper Dublin townships.<\/p>\n
Republican Allen Arthur Anderson, a former attorney, is running against Cerrato for the 151st legislative race, according to the Montgomery County Republican Committee\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n
In the 152nd legislative district, incumbent Democrat Nancy Guenst is seeking a fourth term in office against Republican challenger Eric Maier.<\/p>\n
The legislative district spans a portion of Montgomery County, including parts of Abington, Lower Moreland and Upper Moreland townships, as well as Bryn Athyn and Hatboro. Guenst\u2019s tenure spanned more than a decade serving in local politics before moving on to work in Harrisburg, according to the Pennsylvania House archives. Guenst served on Hatboro council for 10 years and was Hatboro mayor for two years.<\/p>\n
Maier has worked as a fire marshal, fire investigator and municipal code professional, along with serving as battalion chief of the Huntingdon Valley Fire Company and a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Bryn Athyn Fire Company, according to Maier\u2019s campaign website.<\/p>\n
Incumbent Democrat Ben Sanchez, a former Abington Township commissioner, began serving constituents the 153rd legislative district, which includes Rockledge, Abington and Upper Dublin townships. Republican Cory L. Toner, a U.S. Army veteran, currently works as a director of construction, according to Toner\u2019s campaign page. His platform focuses on \u201ckeeping Pennsylvania safe [and] affordable.<\/p>\n
The 154th district, which encompasses Jenkintown, along with Cheltenham and Springfield townships has been served by Napoleon Nelson for several years. Nelson, the incumbent Democrat, was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives back in in 2020. Stephanie Beradi, a former radio personality and event producer, according to her Linkedin page, is an Independent candidate running under the \u201cProgress for Pennsylvania\u201d is vying for the 154th legislative district seat.<\/p>\n
Montco election information<\/p>\n
The Montgomery County Office of Voter Services is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday on the sixth floor of One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede St. in Norristown.<\/p>\n
The agency will also operate satellite offices from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, Sunday, Oct. 18, Saturday, Oct. 24, and Sunday, Oct. 25 in Lansdale, Lower Merion Township, Norristown, Pottstown, and Willow Grove.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lansdale: Community Connections Lansdale Office, 421 W. Main St.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Narberth: Lower Merion Magisterial District Courts, 925 Montgomery Ave.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Norristown: One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede St., Suite 602<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pottstown: Montgomery County Office of Public Health, 364 King St.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Willow Grove: Willow Grove Annex, 102 N. York Road<\/p>\n
Eligible voters have until Monday, Oct. 19 to register to vote and those interested in voting by mail must request a mail-in ballot by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27. All ballots must be returned by the time the polls close on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.<\/p>\n
Call 610-278-3280 or visit montcovotes.com for more information about the General Election in Montgomery County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: This article was updated Oct. 13, 2026 to correct a municipality in one of the districts.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[182,183,185,184,186,139,28,10918],"class_list":["post-320569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lower-merion","tag-local-news","tag-lower-merion","tag-lower-merion-headlines","tag-lower-merion-news","tag-lower-merion-township","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}