Complimentary votes were the order of the day in Tuesday’s primary election balloting in municipalities in the Palmerton area.

There were no contests for party nominations in Palmerton and Bowmanstown boroughs, and Towamensing and Lower Towamensing townships. However, there will be runoffs in the general election for two positions in Lower Towamensing, the only one of four municipalities that will have a contest in the fall unless successful write-in positions are determined by the county’s election board.

In Lower Towamensing, there will be races for supervisor and tax collector in November, as each party nominated one person in each race. For supervisor, Connie D. Brown, Democrat, and Ian Farrell, Republican, will square off. They were unchallenged Tuesday and received 100 and 145 votes, respectively.

Brown was also unopposed for the Democratic tax collector nomination and received 94 votes. She will face GOP nominee Maxine R. Scherer, who received 183 votes.

Otherwise, here is a look at the complimentary votes cast Tuesday for candidates who appeared on the ballots in the four municipalities:

Lower Towamensing Township

Michael C. Takerer, Republican, supervisor, two-year term, 158; and Louise Koons, Democrat, judge of elections, South District, 51.

Palmerton Borough

Don Hermann, Republican, mayor, 206; Kris W. Hoffner, Democrat, council, 217; William Gallagher, Republican, council, 176; Timothy J. Gursky Jr., Republican, council, 197; and Richard L. Nothstein, Republican, council, 193; Raquel Lutton, Republican, tax collector, 211; Lisa Snell Kern, Republican, judge of elections, Middle District, 91; Francis J. Carazzo, Democrat, inspector of elections, Middle District, 114; and Richard M. Snell, Republican, inspector of elections, Middle District, 87.

Bowmanstown Borough

Sean McDermott, Republican, mayor, 47; Ben Price, Democrat, council, 42; Wendy Borger, Republican, council, 56; Candace Rodrigues, Republican, council, 37; Darren R. Thomas, Republican, council, 51; and Kelly Solt, Republican, tax collector, 64.

Towamensing Township

Scott Mosier, Republican, supervisor, 237; Susan Marques, Republican, tax collector, 261; Michael Christman, Republican, judge of elections, North District, 88; Wendy K. Hoppel, Democrat, inspector of elections, North District, 59; Beverly K. Waibel, Republican, inspector of elections, North District, 86; and Natalie K. Kleintop, Democrat, judge of elections, South II District, 63.