Four of the five candidates for four-year terms on the Weatherly Area School Board won both Democratic and Republican nominations in Tuesday’s primary election balloting, essentially putting themselves in positions to win seats on the board in November.

There were nine candidates running for four 4-year terms on the Hazleton School Board. Carbon voters from Banks Township and Beaver Meadows participated in that balloting, with the winners to be decided upon compilation of vote totals in the Luzerne County municipalities that help to make up that district.

Otherwise, there were no contests in Jim Thorpe, Panther Valley and Palmerton, with complimentary votes going to unchallenged candidates in those districts.

Weatherly

In the Weatherly district, which consists of voters in Lausanne, Lehigh and Packer townships, East Side and Weatherly boroughs and the Northern District of Kidder Township, the winners of nominations were Barbara Sipler, 185; Shay McGee, 166; Kenneth Jacoby III, 162; and Nancy Mulvaney, 160. Losing out was Suzanne Wentzler with 115 votes.

Mulvaney, 355; McGee, 331; Jacoby, 319; and Sipler, 305, won on the Republican side as well, followed by Wentzler with 300.

Hazleton

The Banks-Beaver Meadows Democratic vote totals in the Hazleton balloting went this way: Linda DeCosmo, 112; Ed Shemansky, 103; Gerald L. Feissner, 93; Anthony Ryba, 84; Alexander Chrisjon Van Hoekelen, 55; Ive-Eufracio Childs, 41; Amilcar A. Arroyo, 32; Marilyn Calderon, 27; and Yesenia Rodriguez, 21.

The GOP totals showed Shemansky leading the way with 114, followed by Ryba, 104; Feissner, 96; DeCosmo, 88; Van Hoekelen, 64; Childs, 48; and Rodriguez, 24.

Jim Thorpe

The Jim Thorpe district has four candidates for four positions. The district consists of Jim Thorpe borough, Penn Forest Township and Kidder Township’s South District.

The Democratic totals were as follows: Dennis J. McGinley Jr., 705; Glenn F. Confer Sr., 670; Richard Flacco, 666; and Jerry Strubinger, 595.

On the Republican side, the results showed: McGinley, 796; Flacco, 794; Strubinger, 733; and Confer, 719.

Palmerton

Like Jim Thorpe, Palmerton also has four candidates for four positions. The district includes Palmerton and Bowmanstown boroughs and Towamensing and Lower Towamensing townships.

The Democratic totals were as follows: Stacey A. Connell, 498; Erin Snyder, 487; Earl J. Paules, 452; and Danielle Paules, 424.

The Republican results showed: Earl J. Paules, 933; Connell, 928; Snyder, 819; and Danielle Paules, 810.

Panther Valley

In the Panther Valley District, which includes Lansford, Nesquehoning and Summit Hill in Carbon County and Coaldale in Schuylkill County, it too had four candidates for four positions.

Newcomer Shawn J. Hoben of Summit Hill topped the ballot on both sides in his first attempt in the political arena. He won the Democratic side with 908 votes, followed by Renee DeMelfi, 697; Steven Foster, 653; and Keith A. Krapf, 605.

On the GOP side, it was Hoben, 748; Foster, 624; DeMelfi, 586; and Krapf, 568.