The results of the 2021 general election in Carbon County as reported by the county’s election bureau are as follows:

Lausanne Township

Democrat Carol A. Tulay was the lone soldier on the Lausanne Township ballot Tuesday.

She received 37 token votes for the four-year term as tax collector.

There were no candidates in Lausanne for the following positions: six-year term on board of supervisors; six-year and four-year terms as auditors; six-year term as constable; and four-year terms as judge of elections and Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections.

Lehigh Township

Republicans Larry D. Skinner and Teresa M. Barna were the only two candidates on the Lehigh Township ballot.

Skinner won a six-year term on the board of supervisors while Barna won the four-year term as tax collector. They received 93 and 103 votes, respectively.

There were no candidates for the following positions in the township: six-year and two-year terms as auditors; six-year term as constable; and four-year terms as judge of elections and Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections.

Lehighton Borough

There were no contested races in Lehighton this time around. Eight candidates for various positions won seats without opposition.

They include: Clark A. Ritter, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots and received 762 votes for the four-year term as mayor; Ryan Saunders, Autumn Abelovsky and Joe Flickinger, who won four-year terms on the council, Saunders with 601 votes as a Republican, Abelovsky with 582 candidates as a candidate on both tickets, and Flickinger, a Democrat, with 528 votes; Donald Lawrence Rehrig, Democrat, 694 votes for two-year term on council; Mary E. Strohl, who appeared on both tickets for the four-year term as tax collector and received 854 votes; Thomas Sitarchyk, who was also a Democratic and Republican candidate, 769 votes for the six-year term as constable; and Stacy Lee Smith, Republican, 218 votes for Republican inspector of elections in the First Ward.

There were no candidates for the following positions: four-year terms as judges of elections in all three districts; four-year terms as Democratic inspectors of elections in all three districts; and four-year terms as inspectors of elections in the Second and Third districts.

Lower Towamensing Township

Two candidates who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots for different positions in Lower Towamensing won the respective seats they sought with token votes.

They include Terry Kuehner, who collected 332 complimentary votes for the six-year term on the board of supervisors, and Maxine Scherer, who tallied 442 votes for the four-year term as tax collector.

There was only one other candidate in the township, that being Louise M. Koons, a Democrat who received 167 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections in the South District.

There were no candidates for the following positions: six-year and two-year terms as auditors, six-year term as constable, four-year term as judge of elections in the North District, and four-year terms as Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections in North and South districts.

Mahoning Township

Republicans Deborah K. McGowan and Ronald R. Reeser won six-year terms on the Mahoning Township Board of Supervisors, defeating Democrat Myron Zeke Blahy.

McGowan tallied 644 votes while Reeser had 593. Blahy followed with 328.

There were eight other candidates on the township’s ballot and all of them were unopposed.

Winning their respective races were: Pauline F. Homm, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican tickets, 865 votes for the four-year term as tax collector; Charles Pollock, Republican, 804 votes for the six-year term as constable; Sandra Putkowski, Republican, 509 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections; Jo Ann Hawk, Republican, 512 votes for the four-year term as Republican inspector of elections in the Mahoning District; Joyce Walters, Republican, 186 votes for the four-year term for the four-year term as judge of elections in the New Mahoning District; Gilbert Walters, Republican, 186 votes for the four-year term as Republican inspector of elections in the New Mahoning District; Marie Klotz, Democrat, 102 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections in the Packerton/Jamestown District; and Kathleen L. Haldeman, Democrat, 88 votes for the four-year term as Democratic inspector of elections in the Packerton/Jamestown District.

No one ran for the following positions in the township: four-year terms as Democratic inspectors of elections in the Mahoning and New Mahoning districts; and four-year term as Republican inspector of elections in the Packerton/Jamestown districts.

Nesquehoning Borough

Patricia R. Vito won the two-person race for the four-year term as tax collector in the borough and Democrat Bruce A. Nalesnik won a two-year term on the borough council in the only contested races in the town.

Vito defeated Republican Karen Sweeney by a vote of 610-171 and Nalesnik defeated Republican Chuck Engler, 475-248.

Otherwise, there were no contested races in the borough. Thomas Jeremy Kattner appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots for the four-year term as mayor and received 662 complimentary votes while three candidates ran for the three four-year terms on the borough council that were up for grabs.

Winning those seats were David A. Hawk, an Independent who had 544 votes, and Democrats Mary A. Fox and Rosemary Porembo, who tallied 502 and 460 cotes, respectively.

No one ran for the six-year term as constable in the borough, not for poll positions, including the four-year terms as judges of elections in the east and West districts; and four-year terms as Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections in both districts.

Packer Township

There were no contested races in Packer Township on Tuesday as five candidates who appeared on the township’s ballot were all unopposed.

Winning their respective races were: Sue Ann Gerhard, Republican, 193 votes for six-year term on board of supervisors; Valerie Kane, Republican, 274 votes for four-year term as tax collector; George J. Bozar III, Republican, 246 votes for six-year term as constable; Alicia Nyer, Republican, 273 votes for four-year term as judge of elections; and Kristin Wilkinson, Republican, 262 votes for four-year term as Republican inspector of elections.

There were no candidates for the following township positions: six-year and two-year terms as auditors; and four-year term as Democratic inspector of elections.

Palmerton Borough

A Democrat and three Republicans won the four four-year terms on the Palmerton Borough Council that were up for grabs. There were seven candidates.

Winning the seats were Republicans Richard L. Nothstein, 642 votes; Michael J. Ballard, 541; and Cory Kepner, 464; and Democrat Kris W. Hoffner, 436.

Losing out were Roberta Hans, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots and received 399 votes, and Democrats Randolph Gursky, 356, and Alyson Nicole Krawchuk, 330.

Don Herrmann was unopposed for the four-year term as mayor. He appeared on both tickets and received 761 token votes. Likewise, Lisa M. Nemeth was on both ballots and won the four-year term as tax collector with 852 complimentary votes.

There were three other candidates on the borough side of the ballot. Winning their respective posts were: Lisa Snell Kern, Republican, 358 votes for judge of elections in the Middle District; Richard M. Snell, Republican, 353 votes for four-year term as Republican inspector of elections in the Middle District; and Lorraine Wertman, Democrat, 80 votes for four-year term as Democratic inspector of elections in the West District.

There were no candidates for the following positions: four-year terms as judges of elections in the East and West districts; and four-year terms as Democratic inspectors of elections in the East and Middle districts and Republican inspectors of elections in the East and West districts.

Parryville Borough

There were no challenges on the municipal ballot in Parryville on Tuesday.

Five candidates who were unopposed all won their respective positions with complimentary votes.

They include: Thomas W. Kobal, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots for the four-year term as mayor and received 78 votes; Dustin P. Wentz, Jason T. Smith and Monica Kunkle, who were also cross-filed on both tickets for the three four-year terms on the borough council and who received 82, 76 and 76 votes, respectively; and Lamont G. Sherer, Democrat, who received 80 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections.

There were no candidates for the four-year term as tax collector, the six-year term as constable nor the four-year terms as Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections.