Northampton County finishes vote count
A look at borough, township winners from Nov. 7 election
Northampton County finished counting votes Wednesday, a process that took longer than usual because of what officials on Election Day called a “clerical error” with the two state Superior Court judge retention questions.
Nearly 2,200 emergency paper ballots cast in Northampton County when voting machines weren’t used
The county’s 300-plus machines in all 156 precincts flipped “yes” and “no” selections for the two candidates on the printout that voters reviewed on the machine before taking the final step to cast their ballots. No other contests on the ballot were affected.
Officials eventually determined that the machines properly recorded votes on the units’ computers. In the meantime, poll workers told voters to make their selecions on paper emergency ballots, which were used for about two hours while the machines were not used. Counting those paper ballots as well as provisional ballots — about 2,350 total — occurred over the last few days.
The additional vote counts did not change results in any of the major contests.
Votes statewide must be certified at the county level by Nov. 21 and submitted to the state no later than Nov. 27. The county Election Commission next meets Nov. 21.
Here are the unofficial county results from the election for borough and township races. Winners are highlighted in bold.
Boroughs
Bangor
Council
(vote for 3)
Rosemarie Capone (R) - 451
Barry Schweitzer (R) - 443
Marc Sperling (D) - 412
Forrest Meyers (R) - 391
Bath
Council
(4-year term; vote for 4)
Samantha L. Angst (R) - 285
Frank Hesch III (R) - 284
Emanuel T. Mirabito (R) - 279
Chapman
Council
(4-year term; vote for 4)
No candidates
East Bangor
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
Peter Zazulak (R) - 94
John R. Couch (R) - 90
(2-year term; vote for 1)
No candidates
Freemansburg
Council
(4-year term; vote for 4)
Justin “Peanuts” LaBar (D) - 229
Colleen Gallagher (D) - 216
Jim Smith (D) - 211
Homer G. Lorrah (D) - 208
Glendon
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
Donna Breidinger (D) - 58
Michael Veres (D) - 43
Kathryn J. Harstine (R) - 39
Jeffrey M. Muschlitz (D) - 36
Kurt Ostrander (R) - 35
Hellertown
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
Liz Thompson (D) - 893
Michael T. McKenna (D) - 823
Lynley Solt (D) - 791
Andrew Hughes (R) - 699
(2-year term; vote for 1)
Liz Thompson (D) - 989
Nazareth
Council
(1st Ward; vote for 2)
Michael Kopach (D) - 321
Kayla Green (D) - 312
(2nd Ward; 4-year term; vote for 2)
Laureen Pellegrino (D) - 227
Carl Fischl (D) - 217
(2nd Ward; 2-year term)
Jeffrey Corpora (D) - 264
(3rd Ward)
Daniel R. Chiavaroli (D) - 227
Northampton
Council
(1st Ward)
Judith A. Haldeman (D) - 333
Thomas Gehringer (R) - 204
(2nd Ward)
Julia Kutzler (D/R) - 341
(3rd Ward; vote for 1)
Trevor Stone (R) - 518
(4th Ward)
Jason Donohue (R) - 103
(4th Ward; 2-year term)
No candidate
North Catasauqua
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
Adam R. Landis (D) - 366
Michele Hazzard (D) - 346
Jessica Cope (D) - 327
Scott Holmes (R) - 320
Mark S. Gioielli (R) - 275
Pen Argyl
Council
(1st Ward)
Tammy Kemp (D) - 48
(2nd Ward)
Steven A. Goffredo (R) - 200
Janell Connolly (D) - 82
(3rd Ward)
John Apgar (D) - 92
(4th Ward)
Joann Anderson (D) - 53
Charles J. Kandl Jr. (R) - 25
Portland
Council
(4-year term; vote for 4)
Stephanie Steele (R) - 69
Karen Pfeiffer (R) - 62
Wendy H. Klug (R) - 54
(2-year term)
No candidates
Roseto
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
Kenneth Tillman (R) - 221
Joseph C. Angelini (D)- 213
Mark A. Goffredo Jr. (R) - 200
Carl Renna (D) - 193
Stockertown
Mayor
(2-year term)
Rosemarie Wenzelberger (D) - 107
Council
(4-year term; vote for 4)
A. Joseph Gosnell (R) - 104
Amy J. Richard (R) - 103
Cynthia M. Hower (D) - 96
Kathleen Zdonowski (D) - 91
Rosemarie Wenzelberger (D) - 87
(2-year term)
Katie Santiago (D) - 113
Tatamy
Council
(4-year term; vote for 4)
Deborah E. Frace (R) - 175
Robert C. Wagner (R) - 162
Pamela Pearson (D) - 160
Michael Lester (R) - 151
Daniel Dewey (D) - 139
Joe Torrisi (R) - 139
Walnutport
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
Michael Gaston (D) - 211
David Stankovic (D) - 209
Harold C. Greene (D) - 189
(2-year term)
David Wentling (R) - 206
West Easton
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
No candidates
Wilson
Council
(1st Ward; vote for 2)
James McGowan (D) - 200
Scott Palinkas (D) - 189
(2nd Ward)
No candidates
(2nd Ward; 2-year term)
Kimberlee Muzac (D) - 169
(3rd Ward; vote for 2)
Russell J. Lipari (D) - 250
Susan M. Allen (Ind.) - 186
Wind Gap
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
George F. Hinton Jr. (R) - 278
Jason Boulette (D) - 267
Townships
Allen
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Gary Behler (D) - 800
Paul J. Link (D) - 717
(2-year term 1)
Gary Behler (D) - 709
Jason Frack (R) - 646
Bethlehem Township
Commissioner
(At-large)
Michael Hudak (D) - 3,717
Steven Greco (R) - 2,972
(1st Ward)
DeAnn L. Lawrence (D) - 931
Arthur J. Murphy (R) - 792
(3rd Ward)
John K. Gallagher (D) - 993
Yuri Kulischenko (R) - 687
Bushkill
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Julianne Bender (R) - 1,615
Carolyn Hill (R) - 1,536
East Allen
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Georgiann Hunsicker (R) - 908
Forks
Supervisor
(6-year term)
Dean Turner (D) - 2,404
Huntington Keim (R) - 1,696
Hanover
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Susan A. Lawless (D) - 2,503
Jean E. Versteeg (D) – 2,187
Jay Finnigan (R) - 1,675
John “Jack” Nagle (R) - 1,290
(2-year term)
Stephen Gross (D) - 2,451
Barry Check (R) - 1,516
Lehigh
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Cindy Miller (R) - 1,529
Michael F. Jones (D) - 1,377
Phillip Gogel (D) - 1,330
(2-year term)
Janet J. Sheats (D/R) - 1,767
Lower Mount Bethel
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Christopher M. Cook (R) - 539
David Ascani (R) - 424
Sandra Newman (D) - 378
Lower Nazareth
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Nancy Teague (D) - 1,063
Amy L. Templeton (R) - 1,062
Robert J. Hoyer (D) - 1,013
Lower Saucon
Council
(4-year term; vote for 3)
Priscilla deLeon (D) - 2,423
Laura Ray (D) - 2,346
Victoria Opthof-Cordaro (D) - 2,326
Susan Blair (R) - 1,554
Sandra Yerger (R) - 1,546
Mark Inglis (R) - 1,535
Referendum on term limits for council
Yes - 2,849
No - 843
Moore
Supervisor
(6-year term)
David Shaffer (R) - 2,025
Palmer
Supervisor
(6-year term)
Charles Bellis (D) - 3,122
Charles Diefenderfer (R) - 2,410
Plainfield
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Nolan Kemmerer (R) - 916
Ken Field (R) - 867
Matt Glennon (D) - 746
Paul Levits (Ind.) - 525
Supervisor (2-year term)
Ken Field (R) - 870
Joseph Colosi (D) - 665
Paul Levits (Ind.) - 213
Upper Mount Bethel
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
Cori Eckman (D/R) - 1,344
Jason Albert (D/R) - 1,319
Upper Nazareth
Supervisor
(6-year term; vote for 2)
William Bartlett (D) - 913
Scott Sylvainus (D/R) - 789
Bill Whyte (R) - 715
Washington
Supervisor
(6-year term)
Carl Tolino (R) - 909
Williams
Supervisor
(6-year term)
Mike Bryant (D/R) - 1,142