Three Vying For Malvern Mayor As Burton Prepares To Step Down

MALVERN, PA — Malvern Borough's mayor David Burton is not seeking reelection but three candidates are looking to fill the position.

On the Republican ballot for Malvern, voters will see two mayoral candidates Catherine O. Raymond and Christopher G. Mongeau. Zeyn Uzman on Malvern's Democratic ballot. The live links in this story will take you to Patch profile stories for those candidates.

Raymond, an attorney, has served on Malvern Borough Council for 12 years and on the borough's Historical Commission. Mongeau has served 16 years on the borough's Planning Commission, half of that time as its chair.

An incumbent District Judge seat is challenged in Tuesday's primary. Mackenzie Smith is challenging Thomas Tartaglio as Magisterial Judge in District 15-1-02 as Tartaglio runs for a third term. Smith opposes the incumbent judge bringing criminal prosecution experience and a law degree. Tartaglio seeks a third term, after being appointed in 2008 to the position by then-Gov. Ed Rendell.

David Barratt seeks reelection to the Great Valley School Board in Region 2. He is currently the board president and appears on both party ballots, unopposed.

Others running for Great Valley School Board positions are on the East Whiteland, Willistown, and Charlestown ballots. In GVSD Region 1 on the Charlestown and East Whiteland Township Democratic ballots are Samantha Jouin and Andrea Rizzo. The Republican ballots include them as well as Alex Enderle and Lauren Dicranian. There are two seats open in Region 1.

Jouin now chairs the GVSD school board's policy committee and is the board's representative to the district's diversity and inclusion committee. Rizzo is a developmental psychologist with experience advising school districts to help them make data-driven decisions.

For Malvern Borough Council, Jen Benson and Mike Citron are listed on the Republican ballot, and on the Democratic ballot are incumbent Marty Laney and current board President Amy Finkbiner, as well as Zoe Warner, and Angela R. Riccetti. On each ballot, voters may choose no more than three candidates.

Five candidates appear on the Democratic ballot for Judge in the Court of Common Pleas. Three of the five are cross-filed on both ballots, and Republican voters must choose two of these three: Lou Mincarelli, P.J. Redmond, and Alita Rovito. Democratic party members can choose two from among those three and also Carlos Barraza and Tony Verwey.

You can view a sample ballot, with these and uncontested races in the links listed below. Municipalities are listed alphabetically in these documents, so scroll to find yours:

• Republicans — Malvern's ballot is on pages 187-188 of the document.
• Democrats — Malvern's ballot is on pages 187-188 of the document.
• Non-partisan Ballot — Malvern's ballot is on page 94 of the document.

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