Live Updates: Election Day 2023 in Schuylkill County

More than 77% of the precincts have been counted in Schuylkill County and the races for Commissioner and Judge look to be all but over.

Padora, Hetherington, Hess for Commissioner.
Burke for Judge.

Norm Diehl looks like he's got a decent lead in the race for St. Clair Council. But the fight for 2nd and 3rd will all come down to the last precinct to be counted.

Tara Grochowski has a slight lead over the rest in the race for City Council. But just 14 votes separates 2nd from 4th there. This one will come down to the wire.

Democrat Gary Hess is leading all candidates right now with 1/5 of the vote currently counted.

That's proving Moss and Woll are peeling votes away from the Republicans tonight. They're not really in contention at this point but definitely dragging down the numbers for Larry Padora and Boots Hetherington.

Rita Anczarski-Baldino has some ground to make up to catch Boots for 3rd.

It's 8:51 p.m. and we're still waiting for the first batch of vote results to come in from the Election Bureau.

It's 8:20 p.m., 20 minutes after the polls closed in Schuylkill County.

Stand by as we await the first round of results to come from the Election Bureau.

There are now less than 100 minutes left to get to the polls for Election Day 2023 in Schuylkill County.

If you haven't gotten there, now's the time.

In Ashland, Ann Marie Groody (D), Barry Spieles (D), Patrick Cooney (R), and Chrystal Nelson (No Party) are running for 3 seats on Borough Council.

Frackville voters also have a reason to be queuing up at the polls today. They've got races for Borough Council and North Schuylkill school board on the ballot.
In Frackville, Democrat Jim Lavelle faces Republicans Ronald Jordan, Brian Russell Sr., and Charles Berger Jr. for 3 seats on Council.

It's a busy #ElectionDay in Tamaqua (well ... not exactly when we were there a little bit ago). But voters there have some big decisions on their hands: Borough Council and school board.

There are 4 Republicans and 1 Democrat running to fill 4 seats on Council: Robert Amentler (R), Ronald Bowman (R), Brian Connely (R), Jay Hollenbach Jr. (R), and Tina Burns (D).

For the school board race there are 7 candidates looking to fill just 5 seats: Trina Schellhammer (D/R), Melanie Dillman (D/R), Thomas Bertasavage (D/R), Jessica Tirpak (D), Samuel John Koch (D), Daniel Schoener (R), and Larry Wittig (R).

Today, voters in Orwigsburg are picking members of the Blue Mountain school board. There are 5 seats available and 6 candidates on the ballot:
Krista Strause (D/R), Michelle Vesay (D/R), Timothy Grube (D/R), Becky Wehr Miller (D/R), Michael Zvalaren (D), and John Campomizzi Sr. (R).

There are 5 seats in all up for grabs on Schuylkill Haven Borough Council today. Four of them are 4-year terms and another is a 2-year term.

In the 4-year term race, there are 5 candidates running: Diane Roeder (D/R), John Williams (D), Jerry Bowman (D), Tom Gordon (R), and Donald Doc Dress (R).

For the 2-year seat, Bowman and Dress are squaring off.

Voters in St. Clair have to choose who'll represent them on Borough Council today.

There are 5 candidates running for 4 seats.

Joann Brennan and Tom Dempsey are running as Democrats. Norm Diehl is running as a Republican. Williams Dempsey and Cheryl Dempsey have cross-filed.

Voters in Port Carbon head to the polls to pick their candidates for Borough Council.
Democrats Megan Borowski and Jim McBreen join Republicans William Devers and Donna Runkle Porter on the ballot.
Only 3 will emerge victorious today.

Voters at American Hose Co. in Pottsville head to the polls with the balance of power at City Hall at stake.

Republicans Bobby Weaver and Tara Gabardi Grochowski look to tip power to the GOP for the first time in decades there.

Meanwhile, Republican Jonathan Morris takes on Democrat Mike Weres for the City Controller's job.

It's after 2 p.m. on Election Day.

There are less than 6 hours to get yourself to the polls to vote in the 2023 Municipal Election.

Thanks for checking out our live updates post on Election Day 2023.

We'll post periodic updates throughout the day as we visit polling locations across Schuylkill County.

Then check out this post for updates on specific races. And don't forget to check out our full results page for updates on all the contested races today!