Scranton mayor (D) will seek reelection, headlining ballot alongside races for county judge, DA and other row offices
Scranton Mayor Paige Gebhardt Cognetti will seek another term this year during an election cycle where races for that office, a Lackawanna County judgeship, the position of county district attorney and other county row offices are on the ballot.
While the window for candidates to circulate and file nomination petitions doesn’t open until Feb. 18, a picture of what some of those races might look like began to emerge last week when the state Senate approved Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell’s nomination to fill a vacant judgeship on the county Court of Common Pleas until early January.
Powell resigned as district attorney and took the oath of office as the county’s newest judge Friday, when First Assistant District Attorney Brian Gallagher was sworn in as DA pursuant to state law.
Both will accrue on-the-job experience as they run to hold those positions beyond 2025, with Powell seeking election to a full 10-year judicial term on the county bench and Gallagher seeking a full four-year term as district attorney. If elected, both would begin those full terms in January.
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