Of the five school districts in the Carbon County area, only the Lehighton and Panther Valley districts had general election contests on Tuesday.

In Jim Thorpe, Palmerton and Weatherly, those races were decided in the Primary Election, whereas voters in Banks Township and Beaver Meadows parts of the county participated in balloting for the Hazleton Area School District.

Panther Valley

In the Panther Valley, five candidates ran for four four-year terms, including four of them who won both Democratic and Republican nominations in May. All four of them defeated Irene Breslin Genther, who appeared on the ballot Tuesday as a “no party” candidate.

Topping the ballot was Shawn J. Hoben, who tallied 1,708 votes, followed by Renee DeMelfi, 1,298; Steven Foster, 1,254; and Keith A. Krapf, 1,008. Genther finished fifth with 963 votes.

The district includes balloting in Lansford, Nesquehoning and Summit Hill in Carbon County and Coaldale in Schuylkill County.

Lehighton

For the four four-year terms on the Lehighton board, there were five candidates. The winners were Joy Beers with 2,485 votes; Barbara A. Bowes, 2,474; Walter Zlomsowitch, 2,371; and Kerry L. Sittler, 2,363. Beers, Bowes and Sittler appeared as both Democratic and Republican candidates while Zlomsowitch was a Republican candidate.

Losing out was Jennifer Laible, who appeared only as a Democratic candidate and tallied 1,497 votes.

Zlomsowitch was the lone candidate for a two-year term that was up for grabs. He tallied 2,496 token votes.

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Jim Thorpe

In the Jim Thorpe district, four four-year terms were up for grabs and four candidates won both parties’ nominations in May, virtually assuring themselves wins Tuesday.

The winning candidates are Dennis J. McGinley Jr., who tallied 1,898 votes; Richard Flacco, 1,678; Jerry Strubinger, 1,675; and Glenn F. Confer Sr., 1,639.

Palmerton

Palmerton’s balloting was the same as Jim Thorpe’s with four candidates having won both parties’ nominations in the primary election.

Tuesday’s totals showed Stacey A. Connell leading the way with 1,557 votes, followed by Earl J. Paules, 1,464; Erin Snyder, 1,402; and Danielle Paules, 1,316.

Weatherly

The situation in the Weatherly district was the same as in Jim Thorpe and Palmerton.

The four candidates who won both the Democratic and Republican nominations in May collected token votes Tuesday in winning four-year terms.

Their vote totals were: Nancy Mulvaney, 642; Barbara Sipler, 608; Kenneth Jacoby III, 586; and Shay McGee, 545.

Hazleton

In the Hazleton balloting, the Banks and Beaver Meadows totals for those candidates, all who were cross-filed as well, were: Ed Shemansky, 241; Linda DeCosmo, 224; Anthony Ryba, 221; and Gerald L. Feissner, 220.