Who's Running in the Upcoming Primary Election?

There's a primary election coming on May 21, and in our area there are quite a few people running for election and re-election. 

Nominating petitions were filed on March 12, and candidates had until March 27 to withdraw if they decided not to run. 

Over the next several weeks, Patch will be reaching out to these candidates with a questionnaire so we can do profiles on them. 

Spring-Ford Area School District

In the Spring-Ford Area School District, there is one four-year seat and one two year seat in Region 1 (Upper Providence Township), one four-year seat in Region 2 (Limerick Township), and two four-year seats in Region 3 (Royersford and Spring City Boroughs).

Region 1, for four-year seat:

• Matthew T. Slawecki
• Edward Dressler
• Kelly J. Spletzer

Region 1, for two-year seat:

• Will Cromley

Region 2, for four-year seat:

• Helen Karchner
• Todd Wolf

Region 3, for two four-year seats:

• Tom DiBello
• John S. Grispon
• Robert A. Weber
• Joseph Ciresi

Limerick Township

Limerick Township will be electing two board of supervisors members for six-year terms, a tax collector for a four-year-term, one auditor for a six-year term and one auditor for a two-year term.

Board of Supervisors: 

• Lesley Bradley (D)
• Paul Reginald Siles (D)
• Kenneth W. Sperring Jr. (R)
• D. Elaine DeWan (R)

Tax Collector:

• Kathleen Leonard
• Ryan Wall
• Annamarie Hewitt Chestnut

Auditor:

• Christopher T. Miller

Royersford

Royersford Borough has four open seats for the borough council and will be electing a mayor and a tax collector. 

Council at Large: 

• Shawnette Jones (D)
• Anil Dham (D)
• David Stehman (D)
• Matt Stehman (D)
• Charles J. Bowers (R)
• Bruce P. Buckwalter, Sr. (R)
• Paul Chrisman (R)
• John Grispon (R)
• Michael James Bullick Sr. (R)

Mayor:

• John Guest

Tax Collector: 

• Sharon Romer

Spring City

Spring City will be electing four borough council members, an auditor, a mayor and a tax collector. 

Borough Council:

• Daniel L. Bauman, Sr. (R)
• Jim Blair (D)
• James J. Burns (D)
• Louis S. DiGuiseppe (R)
• Paul Kern (R)
• Thomas E. Kratz (R)
• Eric D. O'Connor (D)
• Erica Weiherer (D)

Mayor:

• Michael Weiss

Tax Collector:

• Mary Rex

Auditor:

• Richard C. Pennypacker

Upper Providence Township

Upper Providence Township will elect one supervisor for a six-year term, one tax collector for a four-year term, and one auditor for a six-year term. (At the time this list was published, there were no candidates for auditor.)

Supervisor:

• Phil Barker (R)
• Elizabeth Campbell (D)

Tax Collector

• Julie Mullin