In addition to being able to vote in the races for Pennsylvania governor and the U.S. House of Representatives, 17th Congressional District, Carbon County voters have a key Pennsylvania House of Representatives seat on their ballot on Tuesday.

Rep. Doyle Heffley, a Republican from Lower Towamensing Township, is running for re-election to a two-year term in the 122nd District.Heffley succeeded Rep. Keith McCall upon the latter's retirement at the end of 2010, having won two-year terms in both the 2010 and 2012 elections.This time around, he has opposition from Democrat Patti Borger of Mahoning Township.The 122nd District includes all of Carbon County, with the exception of Summit Hill Borough, which was moved to the 124th District during the redistricting.In the 124th District, Rep. Jerry Knowles of Hometown, a Republican, is running unopposed on both ballots.Meanwhile, parts of Carbon County will participate in the balloting for the 11th Congressional District seat. Registered voters in the townships of Banks, Kidder, Lausanne, Lehigh, Packer and Penn Forest and the boroughs of Beaver Meadows, East Side and Weatherly in Carbon County will join others in the district in the race for a two-year term in the Congress.The district also includes all of Columbia, Montour and Wyoming counties and parts of Cumberland, Dauphin, Luzerne and Northumberland counties.The incumbent, former Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, a Republican, is running for re-election to another two-year term of office and faces opposition from Democrat Andy Ostroski of Dauphin County.Also on the Carbon County ballot this time around is Pennsylvania Sen. John Yudichak of Plymouth, a Democrat who is running for re-election to his second four-year term representing the 14th District. He is unopposed.The 14th District includes all of Carbon County, meaning Sen. David Argall of Hometown, who represented parts of Carbon County as the 29th District officeholder, will no longer represent Carbon County after this year. Argall is not up for re-election this time around.Under the redistricting, the "new" 14th District also includes parts of Luzerne County, including the cities of Hazleton, Nanticoke, Pittston and Wilkes-Barre, the townships of Bear Creek, Buck, Fairview, Foster, Hanover, Hazle, Jenkins, Newport, Plains, Plymouth and Wilkes-Barre and the boroughs of Ashley, Bear Creek Village, Edwardsville, Exeter, Freeland, Hughestown, Jeddo, Laflin, Larksville, Laurel Run, Luzerne, Plymouth, Sugar Notch, Swoyersville, Warrior Run, West Hazleton, West Pittston, West Wyoming, White Haven, Wyoming and Yatesville.