State College will have three new faces on its seven-member council and a new mayor come January.
Four candidates are vying for council seats this year, while the mayoral election is unopposed.
Democrats Gopal Balachandran, B. Divine Lipscomb and Richard Biever and Republican Jacob R. Werner are all running for council for the first time.
Ezra Nanes, who won the Democratic primary, has no opposition on the ballot.
StateCollege.com editor Geoff Rushton interviewed the candidates for C-NET. Videos of each of the interviews and brief candidate information appear below.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 2. Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Residents have until 8 p.m. on Tuesday to return mail ballots to the Centre County Elections Office, 420 Holmes Street, Bellefonte, or one of eight secure drop-box locations.
To find your polling place and for more information about voting in Centre County, visit centrecountyvotes.gov.
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH COUNCIL (VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN 3)
Gopal Balachandran
Party: Democratic
Balachandran is an assistant professor of clinical law at Penn State and former public defender.
Campaign website | Facebook page
B. Divine Lipscomb
Party: Democratic
Lipscomb is a Penn State adult student, restorative justice advocate and founder of Correctivie Gentleman, an alternatives to incarceration and reentry program.
Campaign website | Facebook page
Richard Biever
Party: Democratic
Biever is the owner and director of FUSE Productions and Singing Onstage and an assistant professor of theater at Penn State.
Campaign website | Facebook page
Jacob R. Werner
Party: Republican
Werner is an assistant professor of veterinary medicine and dairy and animal science and attending veterinarian for agricultural animals and wildlife at Penn State.
STATE COLLEGE MAYOR
Ezra Nanes
Party: Democratic
Nanes is director of business development at AccuWeather.
