Schuylkill County voters have many choices in the general election.

Choices include the office of commissioner, six row offices and the county coroner position.Voters will cast ballots in the hotly contested race for three seats on the state Supreme Court and one seat each on the Superior and Commonwealth courts.CommissionersFor county commissioners incumbent Republicans Frank Staudenmeier and George F. Halcovage are seeking another four-year term. They are being challenged by Democrats Gary J. Hess and Joe Devine. Hess is currently the minority commissioner and is seeking his second term.Row officesThere are six row offices up for election.Republican county controller Christy Joy is assured a second term. He was unopposed in the primary and no Democrat sought the position.There will be a new county treasurer elected. Incumbent Jacqueline V. McGovern did not seek re-election to the position. The Democratic hopeful is Brett M. Clark. He is opposed by Republican Linda Gallo Marchalk. Marchalk defeated Albert L. Gricoski in the GOP primary. Clark was unopposed.There also will be a new clerk of courts. Incumbent Democrat Stephen M. Lukach Jr. resigned from office under investigation of alleged misappropriation of funds. That allegation occurred over a year ago but no criminal charges have been filed.Seeking the position is Democrat Catherine Mahon. She is opposed by Republican Maria Casey, who is currently an assistant district attorney.Incumbent Republican David J. Dutcavich is seeking a second term as prothonotary and is opposed by Democrat Leo Securda.Theresa S. Gaffney is seeking another term as register of wills/clerk of the orphans court. The Republican is opposed by Democrat Frank DiMarco and independent Jerry Labooty.Republican Ann Dudish is seeking her first full term as recorder of deeds. She is currently completing the term of her late husband, A. Matthew Dudish, who died last year. She is being opposed by Democrat Gina Warhola.The office of coroner is up for election. Republican incumbent Dr. David J. Moylan is seeking his second four-year term and is opposed by Democrat James A. Nettles.There are two district judges up for election for new six-year terms. Both were unopposed in the primary and both got both nominations. David A. Plachko of Port Carbon, and Anthony J. Kilker of Shenandoah, are assured of another term.State officesSeats on all three state courts are up for election but the most hotly contested is the three seats on the Supreme Court.The election could mean a switch in control. Currently, the court is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, two each. If either party wins two of the three seats up for election that winning party will have a 4-3 majority.There are seven candidates for the three positions, three each of Democrats and Republicans, and one independent.The Democrats seeking the seats include David Wecht, Kevin M. Dougherty and Christine Donohue. On the GOP side are Judy Olson, Anne Covey and Mike George. Paul P. Panepinto is running as an independent. Donohue has local ties. She is a Carbon County native and graduate of Marian High School.In the race for a seat on the Superior Court Democrat Alice Beck Dubow is facing off against Emil Giordano. Giordano is a Northampton County judge.In the race for a seat on Commonwealth Court the candidates are Michael Wojcik on the Democrat side and Paul Lalley on the GOP ticket.Registration figuresThe Republican party continues to be the dominate party in the county with 39,002 registered voters as of Oct. 5. There are 34,098 Democrats. There are a total of 82,637 registered voters for the election on Tuesday. Some of the other totals has non affiliation 4,380; non-partisan 2,648; independent 1,427; Liertarian 510; and Green Party 141.There are actually 2,000 fewer voters registered for the general election than there was for the primary.