Division in Bucks County's Democratic and Republican parties will be on display as voters head to the polls for the May 18 primary election.
In the race for controller — an office that oversees the county's finances — Republicans Pamela A. Van Blunk, an attorney, and former county commissioner Andrew L. Warren are vying for the nomination to challenge incumbent Democrat Neale Dougherty, who is unopposed in his primary.
For prothonotary, the principal clerk of the court, Republicans Coleen Christian and Jennifer L. Hannigan will face off, each looking to take on the incumbent Judi Reiss, a Democrat who also is unopposed.
In the primary race for sheriff, county Democrats will have a choice between retired Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Mark E. Lomax and incumbent Sheriff Milt Warrell. Fred Harran, Bensalem's director of public safety, is unopposed in the Republican primary.