Although the 2018 primary election is a state and federal election in which voters cast their ballots for nominations for Pennsylvania governor, senators and state representatives and U.S. Senator and House of Representatives positions, the Democratic and Republican parties in Carbon County will elect committeemen and committeewomen to represent them on the local level.

Voting will take place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 15 in each of the 51 election precincts of Carbon County’s 23 municipalities.

Each of the parties have different sets of bylaws.

The Democratic Party rules call for one committeeman and one committeewoman to be elected in each of the districts, for a total of 102 representatives.

The Republican Party rules call for committee members to be elected on an at-large basis with a designated amount 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. The GOP has 109 committee positions to be filled.

All of the committee member positions are for four-year terms.

When voters go to the polls for the primary balloting, they will see a shortage of candidates for these positions, or no candidates in some precincts, since not enough people filed nominating petitions to get their names placed on the ballots.

The Democrats have 34 candidates and the Republicans have 33 candidates. None have opposition.

Democrats

Banks Township: Irene Makowiec and Joseph J. Bodnar Jr.

East Penn Township: Albert Holczman, District 7.

Jim Thorpe: Edith Lukasevich and Patrick E. Crowley, both in District 14; and Ronald J. Sheehan, District 18.

Lansford: Susan Tesner and Edward Dorman, both in District 23; Kara S. Krajnak and Terrance B. McCall, both in District 24; and Robert M. Dobosh, District 25.

Lehighton: Helen Torok and Tibor Torok, both in District 28; and Carol B. O’Brien, District 30.

Lower Towamensing Township: Dorothy M. Mendez and Bernard J. Mendez, both in District 32, and Tina Henninger, District 33.

Mahoning Township: Sue Ann Lewine, District 35.

Palmerton: Frances A. Carazo and Kris B. Hoffner, both in District 48; and Deborah A. Smith, District 49.

Penn Forest Township: Joann M. Behrens, District 51-02.

Summit Hill: Claudia Marie Kupec and Nathan Halenar, both in District 52; Dolores McAndrew and Brian J. Dolena, both in District 53; Jennilee Kosciolek and William J. O’Gurek Jr., both in District 54; and Deborah J. Gigliotti and Robert F. Gigliotti, both in District 55.

Towamensing Township: Linda A. Christman and Roy B. Christman, both in District 56.

Weatherly: Mildred Selert and Arnold R. Selert, both in District 58.

Republicans

(In the ballot position they received during a casting of lots conducted recently by the election bureau):

Bowmanstown (elect 2): Salvatore Lizzio.

East Penn Township (elect 5): Lee Becker, Kay Becker and Timm Berger.

Franklin Township (elect 8): Brandy Frey, Ty Poole, Jason Frey, Tyra L. Boni, Bart Edwin Blakesley, Frank Tamburri and Charlene M. Godown.

Kidder Township (elect 5): Bradley Graham.

Lehighton Borough (elect 7): Mark A. Sverchek, Wayne E. Nothstein and Michael Hopstock.

Lower Towamensing Township (elect 4): Kellie Heffley, Jean A. Papay and Doyle Heffley.

Mahoning Township (elect 7): Todd D. Koller, Wallace Putkowski, Larry Heffley, David Yeakel and Kathleen A. Koller.

Packer Township (elect 3): Tom J. Gerhard and Melvin D. Hinkle.

Palmerton Borough (elect 7): Donna L. Horn and Joseph Slovick.

Summit Hill (elect 4): Sandra L. Dellicker.

Towamensing Township (elect 8): Larry E. Yeakel, Darlene E. Yeakel, Robert E. Youngkin, Gary M. Matson and Timothy S. Himmelwright.