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Committee members chosen

Democrats and Republicans in Carbon County cast complimentary votes on Tuesday for committee members who will represent them in their communities for the next four years.

The Democratic Party bylaws call for one committeeman and one committeewoman to be elected in each of the 51 election precincts.The Republican Party bylaws call for committee members to be elected on an at-large basis with a designated number of representatives in each municipality, as follows: 16 in Penn Forest Township; eight each in Towamensing and Franklin townships; seven each in Lehighton, Jim Thorpe and Palmerton boroughs and Mahoning Township; five in East Penn Township; four each in Lansford, Nesquehoning, Summit Hill and Weatherly boroughs and Lower Towamensing Township; three each in Kidder Township South and Packer Township; and two each in Banks, Lausanne and Lehigh townships, Kidder Township North and Beaver Meadows, Bowmanstown, East Side, Parryville and Weissport boroughs.There were no contests within each party yesterday. In fact, the Democrats had only 59 candidates for the 102 positions while the Republicans had 19 candidates for the 109 positionsThe complimentary vote totals of those candidates on Tuesday were as follows:DemocratsBanks Township Joseph J. Bodnar Jr., 164, and Irene Makowiec, 171.Bowmanstown Borough Kara Scott, 47.East Penn Township Albert Holczman, 71, District 8.Franklin Township Terry J. Whiteman, 87, District 12; and Katherine Hosler, 55, District 13.Jim Thorpe Borough Patrick D. Crowley, 116, and Edith Lukasevich, 89, District 14; Eugene Nalesnik, 59, District 15; Richard C. Mason, 129, and Anne C. Mason, 118, District 16; Benjamin L. Walbert III, 52, and Carole J. Wildoner-Walbert, 54, District 17; and Ronald J. Sheehan, 98, and Patricia Herman, 95, District 18.Lansford Borough Edward Dorman, 116, and Donna Valent, 119, District 23; Leonard M. Sniscak, 66, and Kara Sue Krajnak, 66, District 24; and Terrance P. McCall, 67, and Jacqueline Mitchell, 63, District 25.Lehigh Township Robert Tissier, 15, and Barbara A. Tissier, 15.Lehighton Borough Tibor Torok, 53, District 28; Christine Eubanks, 70, District 29; and Carol B. O'Brien, 99, District 29.Lower Towamensing Township Bernard Mendez, 82, and Dorothy Mendez, 81, District 32; and Brett A. Peters, 72, and Sandra L. Peters, 69, District 33.Mahoning Township John J. Wieczorek, 142, District 35; Sue Ann Lewine, 34, District 36; and Michelle L. Heckman, 33, District 38.Packer Township Earl Titus, 60, and Michele Titus, 61.Palmerton Borough Jeremy Barbosa, 73, District 47; Christopher D. Olivia, 134, and Frances A. Carazo, 138, District 48; and Stuart R. Henritzy, 30, and Lorraine Wertman, 32, District 49.Parryville Borough Dale Walck, 28.Penn Forest Township Jeremy Haloskie, 87, District 51-2; and Joann M. Behrens, 37, District 51-5.Summit Hill Borough Michael Crampsie, 133, and Candice Gimbor, 121, District 52; Delores J. McAndrew, 102, and Brian J. Dolena, 107, District 53; William J. O'Gurek Jr., 92, and Jennilee Kosciolek, 95, District 54; and Robert F. Gigliotti, 57, and Deborah J. Gigliotti, 57, District 55.Towamensing Township Roy Christman, 43, and Linda Christman, 41, District 56; and Andrew C. Nosti, 69, and Kristen T. Nosti, 74, District 57-2.Weatherly Borough Arnold R. Selert, 69, and Mildred Selert, 72, District 58; and Barbara M. Sipler, 43, District 61.Weissport Borough Duane E. Watson, 22.RepublicansEast Penn Township Kay Becker, 101, and Lee Becker, 107.Franklin Township Ryan Behler, 185, Frank L. Tamburri, 152, Pamela Behler, 171, and Gerard Bonamarte, 145.Lehighton Borough Kristen Marie Marks, 106, Jeremy T. Glaush, 101, Mark A. Sverchek, 121, and Michael J. Hopstock, 125.Lower Towamensing Township Doyle Heffley, 88, and Kellie M. Heffley, 69.Mahoning Township Larry K. Heffley, 159, David W. Yeakel, 134, and Wallace Putkowski, 136.Palmerton Borough Lamont C. Musselman, 110.Penn Forest Township Janet Nelson, 177, and James Nelson, 165.Summit Hill Borough Sandra Dellicker, 108.