Voters in four municipalities in Carbon County decided on Republican committeemen and committeewomen positions on the party’s county committee in Tuesday’s primary election.

The county bylaws have a designated number of positions in each municipality.

The contested races existed in East Penn, Franklin and Lower Towamensing townships, as well as in Palmerton Borough.

The results are:

East Penn Township: Six people ran for five positions. The vote totals showed James Dorward with 160; Timm Berger, 192; Kathy Henderson, 221; Darin Dotter, 206; Rochelle Pasquariello, 242; and Lee Becker, 217.

Franklin Township: Nine people ran for seven positions, with the results being Ty Poole, 289; Stacey Kuklentz, 272; Tyler Poole, 245; Katie Kokinda, 282; Jacob Frey, 330; Brandy Frey, 256; Jeff Kuklentz, 241; Fred Rodger Kemmerle Jr., 248; and Elizabeth M. Blose, 193.

Lower Towamensing Township: Seven people sought four positions: Doyle Heffley, 199; Earl Paules, 108; Chris Allen, 64; Christine Allen, 65; Jean A. Papay, 147; Kenneth W. Sutton, 94; and Kellie Heffley, 136.

Palmerton: Eight people ran for seven positions. Patricia L. Seyford had 151 votes; Lynda Buchfeller, 135; Kevin Zelienka, 206; Lexi Merkel, 197; Ronald W. Seyford, 147; Danielle Paules, 147; John Rodrigues, 211; and Gina Rodrigues, 203.

Uncontested races

In other municipalities, there were no contests, although there were candidates seeking to represent the following areas:

Bowmanstown (elect 2): Michael P. Beishline, 67.

Jim Thorpe (elect 7): Edith Berger, 211; Kayla E. Herman, 266; Donna L. Gentile, 263; and Michael J. Sofranko, 288.

Lehighton (elect 7): Jeremy Glaush, 159; Duane A. Dellecker, 174; Wayne Nothstein, 248; Michael J. Hopstock, 206; Joy Beers, 168; Bethanne G. Hauser, 170; and April Walker, 182.

Mahoning Township (elect 6): Larry K. Heffley, 327; David Yeakel, 298; Shellylee Yeakel, 277; Montana Confer, 294; and Wallace Putkowski, 306.

Penn Forest Township (elect 16): James Nelson, 418; Christian Bartulovich, 514; Vincent Prete, 356; Janet Nelson, 375; Rebecca Hassenbein, 443; Melanie J. Prete, 351; Kayla Semmel, 410; Robert Salerno, 395; Brandon Bell, 446; James Denier, 394; and Richard Hoffman, 426.

Summit Hill (elect 4): Bryan Smith, 142; Alicia Kupec, 142; and John Kupec, 144.

Towamensing Township (elect 4): Frank A. Latsch, 295; and David Severino, 303.

Weatherly (elect 2): April Hauser, 153.

No candidates

Elsewhere, there are no candidates in the following municipalities (number of positions to be filled in parentheses): Banks Township (2); Beaver Meadows (2); East Side (2); Kidder Township (2); Lansford (4); Lausanne Township (2); Lehigh Township (2); Nesquehoning (4); Packer Township (2); Parryville (2); and Weissport (2).