A meet-and-greet for Maryanne Cole, Democratic candidate for the state House of Representatives, will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Smethport firehall.

Voters will have the opportunity to meet the first-time candidate, who is challenging the Republican incumbent Martin Causer in the Nov. 6 election.

Cole is a teacher at Archbishop Walsh Academy in Olean, N.Y., and has taught at University of Pittsburgh at Bradford as well as Florida Southwestern State College, Alfred State College, Arizona State College, and Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nev.

She is former owner of the Willows restaurant in the Bradford area.

In her candidacy announcement, Cole said she was running for the position to be a voice for rural Pennsylvanians too long overlooked by the state government. Her focus has been on public education policy and protecting second amendment rights.

She said she wanted to see this region “returned to the wonderful, thriving place it once was, where people can raise their families in safety and security — and prosper.”