Write-in votes fill out ballots in Northampton County township, borough races

Dozens of primary contests set stage for November election

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Here are unofficial results from the May 16 primary for district magistrate, borough and township contests in Northampton County. These updated results include write-in vote totals, which were released this week. Borough and township write-in candidates needed at least 10 votes to get on the ballot in the November election. Nominees are highlighted in boldface.

Magisterial District Judge District 03-1-04
Democrat
Vivian Zumas - 2,940  
Republican
Vivian Zumas - 1,245

Magisterial District Judge District 03-2-04
Democrat
Alan Mege - 1,535
Republican
Alan Mege - 1,080

Magisterial District Judge District 03-2-11
Democrat
Nick Englesson - 737
Republican
Nick Englesson - 232

Magisterial District Judge District 03-2-12
Democrat
Richard H. Yetter III - 690
Republican
Richard H. Yetter III - 255

Magisterial District Judge District 03-3-02
Democrat
Douglas H. Schlegel Sr. - 1,221
Republican
Douglas H. Schlegel Sr. - 1,443

Magisterial District Judge District 03-3-03
Democrat
Alicia Rose Zito - 1,572
Republican
Alicia Rose Zito - 2,150

All district judges are incumbents.

Boroughs

Bangor
Council at-large (vote for 3)
Democrat
Marc Sperling - 153
Republican
Rosemarie Capone - 162
Barry Schweitzer - 162
Forrest Meyers - 141

Bath
Council (4-year term; vote for 4)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
Samantha L. Angst - 110
Frank Hesch III - 100
Emanuel T. Mirabito - 95
Write-In: James Angst - 11

Chapman
Council (4-year term; vote for 4)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
No candidate

East Bangor
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
Peter Zazulak - 28
John R. Couch - 24

Council (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
No candidate

Freemansburg 
Council (4-year term; vote for 4)
Democrat
Colleen Gallagher - 97
Homer G. Lorrah - 92
Jim Smith - 87
Justin “Peanuts” LaBar - 85
Republican
No candidate

Glendon 
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
Donna Breidinger - 30
Jeffrey M. Muschlitz - 26
Michael Veres - 25
Republican
Kurt Ostrander - 9
Kathryn J. Harstine - 7

Hellertown
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
Liz Thompson - 427
Lynley Solt - 291
Michael T. McKenna - 288
Larry Sutton - 280
Republican
Andrew Hughes - 268
Write-In: Liz Thompson - 13
Write-In: Larry Sutton - 12

Council (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Liz Thompson - 156
Larry Sutton - 153
Michael T. McKenna - 104
Lynley Solt - 82
Republican
No candidate

Nazareth
Council 1st Ward (vote for 2)
Democrat
Michael Kopach - 159
Kayla Green - 159
Republican
No candidate

Council 2nd Ward (4-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
Laureen Pellegrino - 93
Carl Fischl - 78
Republican
No candidate

Council 2nd Ward (2-year term; vote for 1)
Jeffrey Corpora - 104
Republican
No candidate

Council 3rd Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
Daniel R. Chiavaroli - 114
Republican
Write-In: Albert Smith - 17

Northampton
Council 1st Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
Judith A. Haldeman - 140
Republican
Thomas Gehringer - 100

Council 2nd Ward (vote for 1)
Write-In: Julia Kutzler - 10
No candidate
Republican
Julia Kutzler - 69

Council 3rd Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
Trevor Stone - 140

Council 4th Ward (4-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
Jason Donohue - 27
Anthony S. Lopsonzski Sr. - 24

Council 4th Ward (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
No candidate

North Catasauqua 
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
Michele Hazzard - 182
Adam R. Landis - 172
Jessica Cope - 167
Republican
Scott Holmes - 114
Mark S. Gioielli - 86

Pen Argyl 
Council 1st Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
Tammy Kemp - 14
Republican
No candidate

Council 2nd Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
Janell Connolly - 51
Republican
Steven A. Goffredo - 110

Council 3rd Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
John Apgar - 35
Republican
No candidate

Council 4th Ward (4-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Joann Anderson - 23
Republican
Charles J. Kandl Jr. - 12

Portland 
Council (4-year term; vote for 4)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
Karen Pfeiffer - 25
Stephanie Steele - 24
Wendy H. Klug - 22

Council (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
No candidate

Roseto 
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
Joseph C. Angelini - 81
Carl Renna - 69
Republican
Mark A. Goffredo Jr. - 91
Kenneth Tillman - 75

Stockertown
Mayor (2-year term)
Democrat
Rosemarie Wenzelberger - 53
Republican
No candidate

Council (4-year term; vote for 4)
Democrat
Cynthia M. Hower - 48
Kathleen Zdonowski - 45
Rosemarie Wenzelberger - 36
Write-In: Katie Santiago - 6
Republican
A. Joseph Gosnell - 40
Amy J. Richard - 31

Council (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Katie Santiago - 56
Republican
No candidate

Tatamy 
Council (4-year term; vote for 4)
Democrat
Pamela Pearson - 64
Daniel Dewey - 57
Republican
Robert C. Wagner - 48
Deborah E. Frace - 46
Michael Lester - 45
Joe Torrisi - 44

Walnutport 
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
Michael Gaston - 94
David Stankovic - 91
Harold C. Greene - 90
Republican
No candidate

West Easton 
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
No candidate

Wilson
Council 1st Ward (vote for 2)
Democrat
James McGowan - 113
Scott Palinkas - 84
Republican
No candidate

Council 2nd Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
No candidate

Council 3rd Ward (vote for 2)
Democrat
Russell J. Lipari - 151
Republican
No candidate

Wind Gap 
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
George F. Hinton Jr. - 125

Townships

Allen 
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
Paul J. Link - 302
Gary Behler - 356
Republican
No candidate

Supervisor (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Gary Behler - 236
Paul J. Link - 158
Republican
Jason Frack - 244

Bethlehem 
Commissioner at-large (vote for 1)
Democrat
Michael Hudak - 1,101
Luke Verdes - 1,091
Republican
Steven Greco - 724
Paul D. Weiss - 541

Commissioner 1st Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
DeAnn L. Lawrence - 515
Republican
Arthur J. Murphy - 170
Wayne Buller - 169
Rodman J. Law - 29

Commissioner 3rd Ward (vote for 1)
Democrat
John K. Gallagher - 529
Republican
Yuri Kulischenko - 292

Bushkill 
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
Julianne Bender - 601
Carolyn Hill - 522

East Allen 
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
Georgiann Hunsicker - 279

Forks 
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Dean Turner - 1,173
Republican
Huntington Keim - 646

Hanover 
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
Susan A. Lawless - 1,051
Jean E. Versteeg – 889

Republican
Jay Finnigan - 594
John “Jack” Nagle - 565

Supervisor (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Stephen Gross - 1,114
Republican
Barry Check - 628

Lehigh 
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
Write-In: Michael Jones - 50
Write-In: Phillip Gogel - 38
Write-In: Cindy Miller - 28
Write-In: Richard Rehrig - 24
Republican
Cindy Miller - 567
Michael Jones - 470
Phillip Gogel - 418
Richard C. Rehrig - 323

Supervisor (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Write-In: Janet Sheats - 26
Write-In: Lewis D. Gogel - 13
Republican
Janet Sheats - 585
Patrick Vanderploeg - 289

Lower Mt. Bethel
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
Sandra Newman - 168
Samantha Burns - 125
Christopher M. Cook - 119
Republican
Write-In: David Ascani - 109
Write-In: Christopher M. Cook - 88
Write-In: Sandra Newman - 30
Write-In: Samantha Burns - 14

Lower Nazareth
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
Nancy Teague - 451
Robert Hoyer - 303
Elizabeth Williamson - 248
Republican
Amy L. Templeton - 451
Write-In: Robert Hoyer - 48
Write-In: Nancy Teague - 14

Lower Saucon
Council (4-year term; vote for 3)
Democrat
Priscilla deLeon - 1,053
Victoria Opthof-Cordaro - 974
Laura Ray - 962
Republican
Sandra Yerger - 661
Mark Inglis - 650
Susan Blair - 638
Kathy Pichel-McGovern - 576

Moore
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
David Shaffer - 797

Palmer
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Charles Bellis - 1,074
Baron Vanderburg - 905
Republican
Charles Diefenderfer - 431
Kristopher Grube - 297
Colin M. Burke - 96
Andrew Rossi - 285
Phil Taverna - 63
 
Plainfield
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
Matt Glennon - 355
Write-In: Jane Mellert - 9
Write-In: Ken Fairchild - 9
Write-In: Randy Lieberman - 6
Write-In: Ken Field - 5
Write-In: Ken Fields - 2
Republican
Jane Mellert - 233
Nolan Kemmerer - 325
Ken Field - 243
David B. Johnson Sr. - 117
Kenneth Fairchild - 238

Supervisor (2-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Matt Glennon - 356
Republican
Ken Field - 286
Jane Mellert - 212
David B. Johnson Sr. - 95

Upper Mt. Bethel
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
Write-In: Jason M. Albert - 267
Write-In: Cori Eckman - 250
Ed Nelson - 124
Republican
Cori Eckman - 723
Write-In: Jason M Albert - 439
James E. Potter - 420
Write-In: Ed Nelson - 27

Upper Nazareth
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 2)
Democrat
William Bartlett - 495
Write-In: Scott Sylvaninus - 77
Republican
Bill Whyte - 228
Scott Sylvainus - 228
Charlene G. Petrozelli - 188

Washington
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
No candidate
Republican
Carl Tolino - 283

Williams
Supervisor (6-year term; vote for 1)
Democrat
Write-In: Mike Bryant - 30
Republican
Mike Bryant - 289