2021 primary election; Petition-filing period ends; final list of candidates released
Tuesday was the final date in which people seeking elective offices in Carbon County and its boroughs and townships could file nominating petitions to get their names on the respective ballots.
Many of those who are aspiring to public office rushed to the Carbon County Bureau of Elections to meet that deadline.
The latest and final list of candidates who filed petitions includes:
Democrats
David J. Bodnar, auditor, Banks Township; Thomas Sitarchyk, constable, Lehighton Borough; Michael L. Alabovitz, borough council, two-year term and four-year term, Summit Hill Borough; Robert Moyer, borough council, Bowmanstown Borough; Elizabeth Berger, borough council, East Side Borough; John Marotta, borough council, East Side Borough; Sharon Mrozinski, borough council, East Side Borough; Michael Rivkin, borough council, Jim Thorpe Borough; Jennifer M. Staines, borough council, Jim Thorpe Borough; Mary A. Fox, borough council, Nesquehoning Borough; Rosemary Porembo, borough council, Nesquehoning Borough; Todd Konstas, borough council, four-year term, Summit Hill Borough; Leslie Moyer, borough council, Weatherly Borough; Richard Flacco, director, Jim Thorpe Area School District; Jerry Strubinger, director, Jim Thorpe Area School District; Steven Foster, director, Panther Valley School District; Kenneth Jacoby III, director, Weatherly Area School District; Shay McGee, director, Weatherly Area School District, Barbara Sipler, director, Weatherly Area School District; Suzanne Wentzler, director, Weatherly Area School District; David Mazur, supervisor, Banks Township; Rick Porpiglia, supervisor, Banks Township; Fred R. Kemmerer Jr., supervisor, Franklin Township; Wendy K. Kunkel, tax collector, East Penn Township; Patricia A. Spillman, tax collector, Jim Thorpe Borough; Kim M. Ginopolas, tax collector, Kidder Township; Fran Heaney, treasurer, Carbon County; David J. Bodnar Sr., judge of elections, Banks Township; Jesse Durning, judge of elections, District 25, Lansford; and Natalie Kleintop, judge of elections, District 57-2, Towamensing Township.
Republicans
Tyra L. Boni, clerk of courts, Carbon County; Sydney Wernett, clerk of courts, Carbon County; Jimmy McHugh, constable, Jim Thorpe Borough; Darren Thomas, borough council, Bowmanstown Borough; Donna L. Winter, borough council, Bowmanstown Borough; Michael Best, borough council, East Side Borough; Louis A. Esa, borough council, East Side Borough; Helen Jones, borough council, East Side Borough; Joseph G. Lachette, borough council, East Side Borough; Mary Shorten, borough council, Jim Thorpe Borough; Gregory Strubinger, borough council, Jim Thorpe Borough; Richard L. Nothstein, borough council, Palmerton Borough; Cory Kepner, borough council, Palmerton Borough; Richard Flacco, director, Jim Thorpe Area School District; Jerry Strubinger, director, Jim Thorpe Area School District; Steven Foster, director, Panther Valley School District; Kenneth Jacoby III, director, Weatherly Area School District; Shay McGee, director, Weatherly Area School District, Barbara Sipler, director, Weatherly Area School District; Suzanne Wentzler, director, Weatherly Area School District; Jeff Kuklentz, supervisor, Franklin Township; Jay Mullikin, supervisor, Lower Towamensing Township; Bernard Mieczkowski, supervisor, Mahoning Township; Patrick Holland, supervisor, Penn Forest Township; Roger L. Meckes, supervisor, Penn Forest Township; Sherry A. Smalley, tax collector, East Penn Township; Lisa Jones, tax collector, East Side Borough; Karen Sweeney, tax collector, Nesquehoning Borough; James Zelrick, inspector of elections, District 8, East Penn Township; Stacy Lee Smith, inspector of elections, District 28, Lehighton Borough; and Lisa M. Sawyer, judge of elections, District 12, Franklin Township.