13 candidates file for two commissioner positions

December 7, 2011 at 8:39p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Nine Democrats, a Republican and a Green Party candidate filed nominating petitions to succeed John McNally IV as a Mahoning County commissioner.

Today was the filing deadline for several county and state legislative positions. The primary is March 6.

McNally of Youngstown, a two-term incumbent, isn’t seeking re-election when his term ends Jan. 2, 2013.

The Democrats who filed to succeed him are: Struthers Mayor Terry Stocker; Austintown Trustee David Ditzler; former Youngstown Councilman Jerome McNally [John’s cousin]; Walter “Buzz” Pishkur of Boardman, director of business development for United Water and the former president and chief executive officer of Forum Health and Aqua Ohio; Joe Louis Teague of Youngstown, who’s run for several political positions; Richard Oz Ouzounian of Boardman, who operates a communications company; Domenic Delmonte of Austintown, a truck driver and heavy-equipment operator; Frank Bellamy of Youngstown, who was defeated last month for that city’s clerk-of-courts seat; and Patrick M. Chrystal of Youngstown.

The Republican candidate is David V. Rossi of Boardman, a retired Houston-area law enforcement officer.

The Green Party candidate is Howard Markert of Youngstown, who owns a rental-property renovation business.

Anthony Traficanti of Poland, the other county commissioner up for re-election next year, is being challenged by James S. “Woody” Horvath of Campbell, a retired county sheriff’s deputy who operates Acme Bonding in Youngstown.

Besides the two commissioner seats, the other Democratic races with more than one candidate in the county are for sheriff, prosecutor, engineer and treasurer.

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