Monroe County voters will see several contested election races on Tuesday when the general election of 2025 is held.

On the county level, voters will have choices to make in the election of two judges of the court of common pleas and a county treasurer. The county coroner’s race is also on the ballot but there is no contest in that race.

Meanwhile, contests exist in the Pleasant Valley School Board race, as well as municipal challenges in the townships of Chestnuthill, Eldred, Hamilton, Polk and Ross.

Here is a look at what voters will see on the ballots of the respective municipalities:

County offices

There are four candidates aspiring to the two 10-year terms on the county court. They are Democrats Janet Jackson and Patrick J. Best and Republicans Kelly Lombardo and Alexander Marek.

Two candidates are running for the county treasurer’s position, a four-year term. They are Democrat Ira Jolley and Republican Theresa Johnson.

The lone candidate for the four-year term as coroner is incumbent Tom Yanac. He will appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots.

Pleasant Valley School Board

Five candidates are running for four four-year terms on the district’s board of education.

They are Diane Serfass, Denise Hopely and Norman Z. Burger, all who will appear as both Democratic and Republican candidates, Democrat Melanie Zipp and Republican Janet Dooner.

Voters in Chestnuthill, Eldred, Polk and Ross townships will participate in the district balloting.

Candidate profiles will appear in Friday’s edition.

Chestnuthill Township

There are two contested races on the township’s ballot, including a challenge for the six-year term on the board of supervisors.

That is between Democrat Jeffrey S. Weiss and Republican Hector A. Ramirez.

The other challenged race is for the four-year term as judge of elections in the Third District. Candidates are Democrat James M. Shea and Republican Bridget M. Shanley.

Uncontested candidates in Chestnuthill include June O’Neill and Bradley D. Mann, seeking the four-year term as tax collector and the six-year term as constable, respectively, and who appear on both ballots; Eric E. Hoffman, Republican, aspiring to a six-year term as auditor; Nellie D. Gordon, Democrat, and Richard Deldonna, Republican, seeking four-year terms as judge of elections and inspector of elections, respectively, in the First District; Mark Baylis and Richard Reade, Republicans running for judge of elections and inspector of elections, respectively, in the Second District; Douglas Lightbody, Democrat, seeking the four-year term as inspector of elections in the Third District; Wendy Mabel Heller, Republican, running for the four-year term as judge of elections in the Fourth District; and Candyce Ourada, Democrat, and Bria R. Orley, Republican, who are running for four-year terms as inspectors of elections in the Fourth District.

Eldred Township

There are two challenged races in Eldred Township this time around, and both are for seats on the board of supervisors.

Democrat Michael A. Kolba Jr. and Republican Susan M. McGinty are running against each other for a six-year term, while Democrat Alyssa Meadows and Republican Jessica Keller are the candidates for a two-year term.

Unopposed candidates on the township’s ballot include Republican Laura Hoffman, running for a four-year term as tax collector; Republican Karen Anthony, seeking a four-year term as judge of elections; and Democrat Pearl Eckhart and Republican Sharon Solt, who are seeking four-year terms as inspectors of elections.

No one is running for a six-year term as auditor in the township, nor a two-year term on that board.

Polk Township

There is a contest in Polk this year, that being for the four-year term as judge of elections.

The candidates are Democrat Peter DeSanto Jr. and Republican Michael Davidowsky.

Unopposed are Carl Heckman and Angela Schwartz, who appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots for the six-year term on the board of supervisors and the four-year term as tax collector, respectively.

Other unchallenged candidates include Antoinette Gravell and Robert Butler, Republicans, who are seeking the six-year terms as auditor and constable, respectively; and Teresa Bond, Republican, running for the four-year term as inspector of elections.

Hamilton Township

The only contested race in Hamilton Township is for the four-year term as judge of elections in the South District.

That is between Democrat Jessica Zugel and Republican David W. Baxter.

Unopposed candidates include Chuck Warner and Judi Warner, who are seeking the six-year term on the board of supervisors and the four-year tax collector’s post and who appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots; John H. Marvin, Democrat, running for the six-year term as auditor; David E. Piccioni, Republican, seeking the six-year term as constable; Zugel, who is also running for a four-year term as inspector of elections in the South District; Shirley Bayer, Democrat, aspiring to the flour-year term as judge of elections in the North District; and Karen Styliandes, Democrat, and Susan Neilan, Republican, who are running for four-year terms as inspector of elections in the North District.

Ross Township

There are challenges in the township for the six-year term as auditor and the four-year term as judge of elections in the Second District of the township.

Running for the auditor’s post are Democrat Linda M. Zak and Republican Shelli Bird.

The candidates for the judge of elections position are Christine Foote McCool, who will appear on both the Democratic and Republican ballots, and Libertarian Vincent J. Delhery.

Otherwise, there are no contests in Ross. Unopposed candidates include Greg Gill, who appears on both ballots for the six-year term on the board of supervisors; Nina Campbell, Republican, seeking the four-year term as tax collector; Robert Wagner, Republican, aspiring to the six-year term as constable; and Kathleen Bickel Hurley and Barbara Magliaccio, Republican, who are seeking four-year terms as inspectors of elections.