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

Banks Township

Democrat Rick Porpiglia won a two-person race for the six-year term on the township’s board of supervisors, defeating Republican Richard P. Hornick Sr. by a vote of 140-81.

There were no other contested races in the township.

Unopposed candidates winning positions and their vote totals included: Marion Lockwood, Democrat, 216 votes for four-year term as tax collector; David J. Bodnar Jr., Democrat, 179 votes for auditor, six-year term; Bruce Knepper, Democrat, 200 voted for six-year term as constable; and David J. Bodnar Sr., Democrat, 181 votes for four-year term as judge of elections.

There were no candidates for the four-year terms of each party for the inspector of elections positions.

Beaver Meadows Borough

There were no contested races in Beaver Meadows Tuesday.

Unopposed candidate winning positions and their vote totals included: Thad Williams Sr., Republican, 124 votes for four-year term as mayor; Mary Ellen Hines, Republican, 142 votes for four-year term as tax collector; John Tranguch Jr., Republican, 17 votes for four-year term as judge of elections; and Judith Tranguch, Republican, 121 votes for four-year term as inspector of elections.

There were no candidates for three four-year terms on the borough council, nor the four-year position as Democratic inspector of elections.

Bowmanstown Borough

Republican Zachary Snyder won the two-person race for the four-year term as mayor. He defeated Democrat Norman A. Engle Jr. by a vote of 115-106.

Meanwhile, the winners of a six-person race for four four-year terms on the borough council were Republicans Darren Thomas, Donna L. Winter and Candace Rodrigues and Democrat Robert Moyer.

Thomas finished first with 124 votes; followed by Winter, 119; Moyer, 113; and Rodrigues, 111.

Losing out were Democrats Ben Price, 108 votes, and Ben C. Powell, 86 votes.

Two other candidates on the town’s ballot, Democrat Maria Smith and Republican Salvatore Lizzio, running for the four-year term as tax collector and the six-year term as constable, respectively, received 190 and 194 votes, respectively.

There were no candidates for the four-year term as judge of elections nor the four-year terms as Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections.

East Penn Township

Republican Kathy Henderson won the race for the four-year term as tax collector, which was the only contested race in the township.

She defeated Democrat Wendy K. Kunkel by a vote of 431-281.

Two supervisor candidates were unopposed. They are Keith L. House and William G. Schwab, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots for the six-year terms. House tallied 497 votes while Schwab had 440.

The other candidates in the township who were unchallenged and their vote totals included: Kay Becker, Republican, 332 votes for four-year term as judge of elections in the North District; James Zelrick, Republican, 313 votes for the four-year term as Republican inspector of elections in the North District; Candy Everett, Republican, 299 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections in the South District; and Linda Bierman, Republican, 296 votes for the four-year term as Republican inspector of elections in the South District.

No one ran for the six-year term as constable in the township, nor the four-year terms as Democratic inspectors of elections in the North and South districts.

East Side Borough

Three Republicans and a Democrat won the four four-year terms on the East Side Borough Council that were up for grabs.

There were seven candidates for the positions.

The winners were GOP members Louis A. Esa, 8 votes; Joseph G. Lachette Jr., 36; and Michael Best, 35; and Democrat Sharon Mrozionski, 34.

Losing out were Republican Helen Jones, 33, and Democrats Elizabeth Berger, 28, and John Marotta, 23.

Republican Lisa Jones was unopposed for the four-year term as tax collector and received 56 token votes.

There were no candidates in the borough for the four-year term as mayor; the six-year term as constable; the four-year term as judge of elections; nor the four-year terms as Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections.

Franklin Township

Democrat Fred Kemmerer Jr. won a two-person race for the six-year term on the township’s board of supervisors. He defeated Republican Jeff Kuklentz by a vote of 564-537.

There were five other candidates on the municipality’s ballot and they were all unopposed. Winning positions were Sara J. Keiser, who appeared on both tickets for the four-year term as tax collector, 1,053 votes; Jason Eidem, Republican, 845 votes for the six-year term as constable; Lisa M. Sawyer, Republican, 388 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections in the Harrity District; Ann Shoenberger, Republican, 405 votes for the four-year term as Republican inspector of elections in the Harrity District; and Stacy J. Sheckler, Democrat, 225 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections in the Long Run District.

There were no candidates in the township for seven other positions, including: six-year term as auditor; four-year term as judge of elections in the Independent District; four-year terms as the Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections in the Independent District; four-year term as the Democratic inspector of elections in the Harrity District; and four-year terms as the Democratic and Republican inspectors of elections in the Long Run District.

Jim Thorpe Borough

Seven candidates ran for four four-year terms on the borough council. The top vote-getter was Democrat Thomas Highland with 859 votes, followed by Joanne Klitsch, who appeared on both tickets and received 732 votes. Winning the third and fourth seats were Republican Gregory Strubinger, 749 votes, and Jessica Crowley, 625 votes.

Losing out were Democrats Dennis J. McGinley Jr., 520 votes, and Michael S. Rivkin, 484 votes, and Republican Mary Shorten, 466 votes.

Michael J. Sofranko was unopposed for the four-year term as mayor, as was Patricia S. Spillman for the four-year term as tax collector, and James McHugh for the six-year term as constable.

All three candidates appeared on both the Democratic and Republican tickets. Sofranko tallied 1,124 votes; Spillman, 1,248; and McHugh, 1,151.

There were six unopposed candidates for four-year terms in poll positions in the borough. They included: Adell Rosick, Republican, 137 votes for Republican inspector of elections post in the First Ward; Karen Lauth, Republican, 328 votes for judge of elections in the Third Ward; Lisa Marie Lauth, Republican, 325 votes for Republican inspector of elections in the Third Ward; James Gilmore, Democrat, 113 votes for judge of elections in the Fourth Ward; Steven Perdie, Republican, 38 votes for Republican inspector of elections in the Fourth Ward; and Edith Crossin, Democrat, 231 votes for judge of elections in the Fifth Ward.

There were no candidates for the following positions in the borough: judge of elections in the First and Second wards; Democratic inspector of elections in the First, Second, Third and Fifth districts; and Republican inspector of elections in the Second and Fifth districts.

All of the positions are for four-year terms.

Kidder Township

There were no contested races in Kidder Township on Tuesday.

Winning seats in the respective races for which they were unchallenged were:

Wilson D. Klotzman Jr., Republican, and Bruce Berger, who appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots, 246 and 204 votes, respectively, for six-year terms on the board of supervisors; Raymond M. Gluck, Republican, 303 votes for the four-year term on the board of supervisors; Kim M. Ginopolas, who appeared on both tickets for the four-year term as tax collector, 334 votes; Lois J. hammer, Republican, 91 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections; and Norma J. Wiegand, Republican, 90 votes for the four-year term as Republican inspector of elections in the North District.

There were no candidates in Kidder for the following positions: six-year terms as constable and auditor; and four-year terms as Democratic inspector of elections in the North and South districts; and Republican inspector of elections in the South District.

Lansford Borough

Hugh Vrablic, a Democrat, defeated Republican Michele R. Bartek by a vote of 305 to 236 to win the four-year term as mayor.

There were no other challenged races in the town as there were three candidates for the three four-year terms on the borough council that were available and an unchallenged candidate for the four-year term as tax collector.

Winning the council seats were Gwyneth Brimmer Collevechio, a Republican with 395 votes, and Jay Michael Doyle and Jennifer M. Staines, who both appeared on both the Democratic and Republican ballots. Doyle received 315 votes while Staines tallied 283.

Terrance P. McCall appeared on both tickets for the tax collector’s post and led the town in votes with 507.

There was only one other candidate on the borough’s ballot. Democrat Jesse Durning collected 81 votes for the four-year term as judge of elections in the West Ward.

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