What you need to know ahead of Tuesday’s primary

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  Ed Mahon comes to Spotlight PA from PA Post, where he covered state politics and policy, produced radio stories that were broadcast on public media stations throughout the state and on NPR’s national newscasts, and co-wrote a weekday newsletter. Prior to joining PA Post, Ed worked for six years as an investigative and political reporter for the York Daily Record, part of the USA Today Network. His reporting on failures in Pennsylvania’s system for protecting domestic abuse victims was a finalist in the national 2018 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists in the local reporting category. He was also part of a team whose coverage of the criminal justice system, including the aggressive use of civil asset forfeiture by York County prosecutors, received the 2018 G. Richard Dew Award for Journalistic Service from the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association. Before joining the York Daily Record, Ed covered K-12 education at the Centre Daily Times in State College and worked as a stringer for suburban sections of The Philadelphia Inquirer. He grew up in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

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From The Context, PA Post’s weekday email newsletter:

Special elections in some areas open to all voters

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Stickers are placed out for voters at a polling place in Buckingham, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

• Republican and Democratic voters will select nominees for mayor, school board members, judges and many other positions Tuesday. Turnout is expected to be low, TribLive reports.

• While Philly Mayor Jim Kenney is heavily favored to win, the Philadelphia City Council contest looks a little more interesting, as it drew the biggest field in four decades, Philly.com reports. On the other side of the state, the longtime Allegheny County district attorney faces his first challenger since 1999.

• Special elections, including one for Pa.’s 12th congressional race, are open to all registered voters in the area. The same is true for voter ballot referendums, such as the wet vs. dry question in some municipalities.

Best of the rest

Matt Smith / Keystone Crossroads

Martin Tower, at left, the former headquarters of Bethlehem Steel, is shown days before its planned implosion.

• You can watch a slow motion look at the implosion of the former Bethlehem Steel headquarters, courtesy of The Morning Call. Jen Kinney of Keystone Crossroads looked at what that tower and its implosion has meant for the region.

• The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has a six-part series looking at sexual abuse in the Mennonite and Amish communities.

• A 58-year-old Pennsylvania state trooper died Saturday morningfrom an apparent medical episode, The Morning Call reports. At the time of his death, the trooper was on duty in Bucks County. On Sunday, Gov. Tom Wolf ordered state flags to be flown at half-staff.