StateCollege.com editor Geoff Rushton conducted interviews for C-NET with candidates for boards of supervisors and councils in the Centre Region for the Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election. Today we’re featuring the race for Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors.
THE ELECTION
Three candidates — two Democrats and one Republican — are seeking two at-large seats on the Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors.The board is composed of five members, two elected at-large and three by ward, with each elected to four-year terms. The two seats up for election this year are currently held by Democrats Omari Patterson, who is seeking reelection, and Lisa Strickland, who is term-limited and cannot run.
THE CANDIDATES
• Omari Patterson* (Democrat)
• Trevor White (Democrat)
• David Wolfgang (Republican)
*Incumbent
THE ISSUES
In their C-NET interviews, candidates answered questions about:
- Affordable housing
- Budgeting and real estate tax increases
- Participation in the Centre Region Council of Governments
- Representing geographically diverse constituencies
- Budgeting and continuing to have low or no real estate tax increases
- Rock Spring Water Company issues
- Pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure
- Pressing issues and priorities
THE INTERVIEWS
Note: Wolfgang did not participate in a C-NET interview.
Omari Patterson
Trevor White
ELECTION INFORMATION
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Look up your polling location here.
The last day to register to vote in the November election is Monday, Oct. 20.
The last day to apply for a mail-in or civilian absentee ballot is Tuesday, Oct. 28.
Voted mail-in and civilian absentee ballots must be received by the county elections office, 502 E. Howard St., Suite 104, Bellefonte, by 8 p.m. on Nov. 4. Drop box locations will be closed at 9 a.m. on Nov. 3.
