Voter turnout has Sisk confident in Beaver County

One of the state's most closely watched regions Tuesday will be Beaver County, which features one competitive state Senate and three heated state House races.

And like practically every other area in the state, the county has seen a huge voter turnout thus far, Beaver County Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sisk told PolitickerPA.com.

A hundred people had lined up outside Sisk's voter precinct by 7 a.m., he said. He said he thinks turnout in his precinct will reach 80 percent.

The still relatively new county chairman thinks that will bode well for the four Democrats running in the county -- state Senate candidate Jason Petrella and state rep. candidates Dennis Rousseau, Vince Biancucci and Jaret Gibbons. 

"Voter registration is 3-to-1 in favor of Democrats," Sisk said. "So according to history, that should be good for us. But you never know, these are changing times."

Petrella's race against Republican Elder Vogel Jr. has been been one of the state's most closely watched campaign as each tries to replace retiring state Sen. Gerald Lavalle (D-Beaver County).

"I'm confident in Jason Petrella," Sisk said. "It'll be close, but I think Jason will win."