Lackawanna County contested<\/p>\n
Unofficial results of contested races in Tuesday\u2019s election:<\/p>\n
Commissioner<\/p>\n
Thom Welby (D): 27,793; Chet Merli (R): 20,453; Michael Cappellini (I): 15,688<\/p>\n
Clerk of judicial records<\/p>\n
Lauren Bieber Mailen (D): 26,894; Susanne Preambo Green (R): 20,115; Colleen Eagen Gerrity: 15,292<\/p>\n
Sheriff<\/p>\n
Mark P. McAndrew (D): 44,919; Glenn Capman (R): 18,322<\/p>\n
Recorder of deeds<\/p>\n
Evie Rafalko McNulty (D): 42,089; Sharon Soltis Sparano (R): 20,799<\/p>\n
Register of wills<\/p>\n
Fran Kovaleski (D):\u00a0 40,192; Vanessa Lienert (R): 20,644<\/p>\n
Archbald mayor<\/p>\n
Shirley Barrett (D): 1,722; Cunthia Snyder (R): 1,328; write-ins: 6<\/p>\n
Archbald Borough\u00a0Council<\/p>\n
(3 seats) Tom Aniska: 1,924; Louis J. Rapoch (R): 1,559; Marie Cooke Andreoli (D): 1,492; Francis Burke (D): 1,268; Bruce Walder (R); 1,005; write-ins: 148<\/p>\n
Clarks Summit Borough Council four-year<\/p>\n
(3 seats) Gerrie Fitzgerald Carey (D): 1,230; Susan Fitzpatrick Grady (D): 1,141; Josh Mitchell (D): 1,098; Bob Bennett (R): 685; Erika Williams (R): 676; Logan Lombardo (R): 584<\/p>\n
Clarks Summit Borough Council two-year<\/p>\n
Eugene Hallinan (D): 1,181; Logan Lombardo (R): 666<\/p>\n
Dalton mayor<\/p>\n
Harrison Wolff (D): 312; Mary Jane Peters (R): 196; write-ins: 5<\/p>\n
Dickson City mayor<\/p>\n
Robert W. MacCallum (D) 1,324; Mellody A. Bielawski (R) 560; write-ins: 3<\/p>\n
Dunmore mayor<\/p>\n
Max Conway (D) 3,747; Josh Perrinsd (R) 1,004; write-ins, 24<\/p>\n
Fell Twp. supervisor<\/p>\n
Dale Ulmer (R) 355; Gary Wetzel (D) 310; write-ins, 5<\/p>\n
Glenburn Twp. Supervisor six-year<\/p>\n
Jennifer Graham Partyka (D): 303;\u00a0 Daniel B. Farnham (R) 174; write-ins 6<\/p>\n
Greenfield Twp. supervisor<\/p>\n
Ron Jenkins (D): 410;\u00a0 Trevor Walczak (R): 400;\u00a0 write-ins 1<\/p>\n
Jermyn Borough Council<\/p>\n
(two seats) Bobbiann Davis (D) 336; Jeff Morcom 374; Douglas Bowman (R) 210; write-ins 17<\/p>\n
Jessup Borough Council<\/p>\n
(four seats) Gregg Betti 1,261; Thomas J. Fiorelli III 1,100;\u00a0 Robbie Martin 1,187;\u00a0 Ronald Richard Kordish (D) 959; Roberta Pitoniak Galati (R) 647, write-ins 28<\/p>\n
Madison Twp. supervisor<\/p>\n
Jason Canjar (R) 482; Andrew Nazarenk (D) 355<\/p>\n
Newton Twp. supervisor<\/p>\n
Robert Naegele (R) 502; Craig Symons (D) 437, write-ins 2<\/p>\n
Old Forge Borough Council two-year unexpired term<\/p>\n
Charlene Chickey (D) 1,393; James J. Hoover (R) 1,389; write-ins 9<\/p>\n
Old Forge Borough Council special election two-year unexpired term<\/p>\n
Benny Pritchyk (D) 1,696; Allison Grevera (R) 1,053; write-ins 3<\/p>\n
Olyphant mayor<\/p>\n
Jonathon Sedlak (D) 1,220; Lauren Telelp (R) 557; write-ins 8<\/p>\n
Olyphant Borough Council<\/p>\n
(3 seats) Eric Hartshorn 1,068; Joseph Collarini 1,050; James Baldan (D) 1,030; Dave Mitchko (R) 737;\u00a0 write-ins 25<\/p>\n
Scranton\u00a0mayor<\/p>\n
Paige Cognetti (D): 9,701; Patricia \u201cTrish\u201d Beynon (R): 3,589; Eugene \u201cGene\u201d Barrett (I): 3,553 votes; Rik Little (I): 154 votes<\/p>\n
Scranton City Council<\/p>\n
(3 seats) Patrick Flynn (D): 10,197; Tom Schuster (D): 8,787; Sean McAndrew (D): 7,846; Gerald Smurl (I): 5,223; Marc A. Pane (R): 4,562; Virgil Argenta (R): 3,107; write-ins 109<\/p>\n
South Abington Twp. supervisor<\/p>\n
John Hambrose (D): 1,626; Giles W. Stanton (R): 1,332; Dean Faraday (I): 377<\/p>\n
Spring Brook Twp. supervisor<\/p>\n
(2 seats) Steven A. Slesh (R) 524; William A. Herne 446; Joseph Vernoski (D) 375;\u00a0 Ken Genovese (I) 263; write-ins 1<\/p>\n
Taylor Borough Council<\/p>\n
(4 seats) Jeanie Sluck (D) 1,262; John Fox (D) 1,189; Kenneth F. Mickavicz (D) 1,083; James Digwood (R) 1,036; Dick Nezlo (D) 840; Edward j. Fortuna (R) 769; Roberta Crosby Bowman (R) 607; write-ins 9<\/p>\n
Throop Borough Council<\/p>\n
Vince Tanana 871; * Melissa Lokuta-Fazio (D) 856; * Matthew Chorba (D) 834; * Richard Kucharski (D) 831; Jeannine Chomko Capman (R) 599; John James Richardson 311; write-ins 24<\/p>\n
School directors contested<\/p>\n
Unofficial results of contested school board races in Tuesday\u2019s election:<\/p>\n
Carbondale Area<\/p>\n
Region 3: Peter Turonis, 475; Jeffery Magistro, 289; write-ins, 2.<\/p>\n
Dunmore<\/p>\n
(4 seats) Four-year term: Chris Murray Sr., 3,196; Joe Luch Luciano, 2,921; Heidi McDonough, 2,709; Amy Haun, 2,444; Corey Pregmon, 1,262; Deanna Leo, 1,041; write-ins, 46.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail<\/p>\n
Region 2: Susanne Green, 391; Adrian Bianchi, 309.<\/p>\n
North Pocono<\/p>\n
Region 2: Elizabeth Walsh, 1,084; Ashley Messoline, 945; write-in, 1.<\/p>\n
Old Forge<\/p>\n
(4 seats) Four-year term: Megan Sallavanti-DiBileo, 1,966; Alisha Marmo Hudak, 1,627; Laura Zajaczkowski-Shumlas, 1,594; Jenna Derenick, 1,423; Michael Zupon, 1,098; write-ins, 162.<\/p>\n
Riverside<\/p>\n
(4 seats) Four-year term: Mary Burke, 2,309; Barbara Fedor, 2,268; Carol Kaminski, 2,109; Marion Maurer, 1,980; Ronald A. Gallagher, 1,456; write-ins, 65.<\/p>\n
Scranton<\/p>\n
(4 seats) Four-year term: Danielle Chesek, 9,613; Carol J. Cleary, 8,876; Jenna Strzelecki, 8,654; Joe Brazil, 8,270; John Howe, 4,256; write-ins, 197.<\/p>\n
Valley View<\/p>\n
(2 seats) Region 1: Joseph A. Farrell, 1,498; Tom Owen, 1,414; Julie Budd-Kulenich, 1,275; write-ins, 64.<\/p>\n
Region 2: Jim Rodway, 1,200; Joseph F. Mondak, 1,078; write-ins, 9.<\/p>\n
Susquehanna County contested<\/p>\n
Unofficial results of contested municipal races in Tuesday\u2019s election in Susquehanna County:<\/p>\n
Forest City Borough Council<\/p>\n
(4 seats) Four-year term: Jason S. Obelenus, 206; Michael Norella, 194; Eileen R. Lynch, 168; John Michael Zasik, 161; Rebecca Scoggins, 141; Jamie Walker, 135; Tracey Lazier, 128; Christopher A. Degonzague, 97; write-ins, 18.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna County uncontested<\/p>\n
The following candidates ran uncontested in county races in Tuesday\u2019s election:<\/p>\n
District attorney: Brian Gallagher, 54,161; write-ins, 526.<\/p>\n
Judge of the court of common pleas: Mark Powell, 54,084; write-ins, 770.<\/p>\n
Municipal races uncontested<\/p>\n
The following candidates ran uncontested in municipal races:<\/p>\n
Benton Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Bonnie Rosiak, 595; write-ins, 19.<\/p>\n
Blakely<\/p>\n
Council (three seats): Jeffrey Cruciani, 1,688; Joseph Munley, 1,577; Louis R. Parri, 1,502; write-ins, 73.<\/p>\n
Mayor: Jeanette Acciare-Mariani, 2,054; write-ins, 40.<\/p>\n
Carbondale<\/p>\n
Council, four-year term (vote for two): Walter Martzen, 1,234; Dominick Famularo, 972; write-ins, 58.<\/p>\n
Council, two-year term (vote for two): Tom Voglino, 1,218; Harry M. Smith, 987; write-ins, 48.<\/p>\n
Carbondale Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Richard Colosimo, 269; write-ins, 8.<\/p>\n
Clarks Green<\/p>\n
Council (vote for three): Olga Trushina, 436; Mary Anne Lucas, 447; Timothy J. Pryle, 436; write-ins, 13.<\/p>\n
Council, two-year term: Mary Moore, 506 votes; write-ins, 11.<\/p>\n
Mayor: Joe Barrasse, 542 votes; write-ins, 21.<\/p>\n
Clarks Summit<\/p>\n
Mayor: Harry Kelly, 1,613 votes; write-ins, 67.<\/p>\n
Covington Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor, two-year term: William Beavers, 481; write-ins, 222.<\/p>\n
Supervisor, six-year term: Melissa Hughes Kearney, 400; write-ins, 359.<\/p>\n
Dalton<\/p>\n
Council (vote for four): Timothy R. Ronchi, 355; Kristin Devries, 298; Jeremy Iyoob, 297; Leonard C. Peters Jr., 271; write-ins, 30.<\/p>\n
Dickson City<\/p>\n
Council (vote for three): Robert E. Hall Jr., 1,237; Stanley J. Prushinski Jr., 1,114; Rick Cesari, 1,076; write-ins, 82.<\/p>\n
Council, two-year term: Casey Sims, 1,279; write-ins, 46.<\/p>\n
Dunmore<\/p>\n
Council (vote for three): William Trip O\u2019Malley, 3,534; Katherine Mackrell Oven, 3,306; Tom Hallinan, 3,319; write-ins, 101.<\/p>\n
Elmhurst Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor, six-year term: Warren Kramer Jr., 199; write-ins, 6.<\/p>\n
Jefferson Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: John Peters Sr., 1,028; write-ins, 63.<\/p>\n
Jermyn<\/p>\n
Council, two-year term: Frank Kulick, 365; Kevin Napoli, 296; write-ins, 64.<\/p>\n
Mayor: Stacey A. Cook, 502; write-ins, 19.<\/p>\n
Jessup<\/p>\n
Mayor: Joseph J. Buckshon Jr., 1,457; write-ins, 58.<\/p>\n
Mayfield<\/p>\n
Council (vote for three): Diana Campbell, 413; Jennifer Collins Rossi, 355; Dennis J. Ross II, 302; write-ins, 20.<\/p>\n
Mayor: Alexander J. Chelik, 450; write-ins, 11.<\/p>\n
Moosic<\/p>\n
Council (vote for four): Molly Abdalla, 1,241; Tim Healey, 1,148; Andrea Krivak, 1,083; Charles Maurer, 1,156; write-ins, 35.<\/p>\n
Mayor: Bob Bennie, 1,646; write-ins, 42.<\/p>\n
Moscow<\/p>\n
Council (vote for four): Nichole M. Musewicz, 453; Earnest C. Church, 397; Arthur Pencek, 405; Dennis Cawley, 384; write-ins, 29.<\/p>\n
Mayor: Rosemarie Warner, 634; write-ins, 14.<\/p>\n
North Abington Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Thomas Mundrake, 228; write-ins, 3.<\/p>\n
Old Forge<\/p>\n
Council, four-year term (vote for three): Andy Beaver Butler, 1,673; Mike Lettieri, 2,070; Mario Nese, 1,886; write-ins, 154.<\/p>\n
Mayor: Robert J. Legg, 2,463; write-ins, 84.<\/p>\n
Ransom Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Dave Bird, 447; write-ins, 14.<\/p>\n
Roaring Brook Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Eric Schield, 590; write-ins, 35.<\/p>\n
Scott Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Brian Brenzel, 1,435; write-ins, 43.<\/p>\n
Taylor<\/p>\n
Mayor: Loni Kavulich, 1,755; write-ins, 37.<\/p>\n
Thornhurst Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Elaine Evans, 185; write-ins, 60.<\/p>\n
Throop<\/p>\n
Mayor: Anthony Amico, 1,073; write-ins, 83.<\/p>\n
Vandling<\/p>\n
Council: John Carachilo, 165; write-ins, 2.<\/p>\n
Mayor: Thomas Prince, 147; write-ins, 17.<\/p>\n
Waverly Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: Eric Parry, 609; write-ins, 7.<\/p>\n
Susquehanna County uncontested<\/p>\n
Forest City mayor: Nicholas Cost, 301; write-ins, 13.<\/p>\n
School directors uncontested<\/p>\n
The following candidates ran uncontested in school board races:<\/p>\n
Abington Heights<\/p>\n
At-large: Emily Karam, 7,129; write-ins, 83.<\/p>\n
Region 1: Shannon Malloy Kehoe, 2,403; write-ins, 31.<\/p>\n
Region 2: Gretchen Henderson, 2,516; write-ins, 35.<\/p>\n
Region 3: Anthony Abdalla, 2,136; write-ins, 21.<\/p>\n
Carbondale Area<\/p>\n
Region 1: James Dovin, 769; write-ins, 13.<\/p>\n
Region 2 (vote for two): John Jigger Jordan, 523; Bill Boyle, 495; write-ins, 14.<\/p>\n
Forest City (Susquehanna County)<\/p>\n
Region 2: Christopher Stahl, 244; write-ins, 8.<\/p>\n
Region 3: Marissa McAndrew, 76; write-ins, 2.<\/p>\n
Region 9: Katherine Cruz, 93; write-ins, 2.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna Trail<\/p>\n
Region 3 (vote for two): Tracy Nelson Wescott, 79; Brendan S. Dwyer, 78; write-ins, 0.<\/p>\n
Lakeland<\/p>\n
Region 1: Mark Solomon, 1,156<\/p>\n
Region 2 (vote for two): Patrick Gallagher, 633; Bradley M. Beneski, 425; write-ins, 21.<\/p>\n
Region 3: Joseph Sullivan, 1,429; write-ins, 21.<\/p>\n
Mid Valley<\/p>\n
Region 1 (two seats): Steven Vituszynski, 1,061; Rebecca Krott Alunni, 1,149; write-ins, 27.<\/p>\n
Region 2, two-year term: Bob Doughton, 1,274; write-ins, 44.<\/p>\n
Region 3 (two seats): Frank Galli, 888; Tina Rossi Golumbeski, 790; write-ins, 12.<\/p>\n
North Pocono<\/p>\n
Region 1 (vote for three): R. Mark Powell, 1,385; Maura Maros, 1,114; Pia McLaine, 1,173; write-ins, 514.<\/p>\n
Region 3, two-year term: Lynn Heard, 1,629; write-ins, 35.<\/p>\n
Old Forge<\/p>\n
Two-year term: Megan Sallavanti-DiBileo, 2,300; write-ins, 61.<\/p>\n
Valley View<\/p>\n
Region 3: Dominick J. Perini, 1,397; write-ins, 32.<\/p>\n
No candidates<\/p>\n
There were no candidates in the ballot in the following races:<\/p>\n
Elmhurst Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: 89 write-in votes.<\/p>\n
Glenburn Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor, two-year term: 160 write-in votes.<\/p>\n
Supervisor, four-year term: 138 write-in votes.<\/p>\n
La Plume Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor: 33 write-in votes.<\/p>\n
West Abington Twp.<\/p>\n
Supervisor, two-year term: 8 write-in votes.<\/p>\n
Supervisor, four-year term: 23 write-in votes.<\/p>\n
Supervisor, six-year term: 31 write-in votes.<\/p>\n
Forest City (Susquehanna County)<\/p>\n
Borough Council (two-year term): 81 write-in votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lackawanna County contested Unofficial results of contested races in Tuesday\u2019s election: Commissioner Thom Welby (D): 27,793; Chet Merli…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[836,201,182,883,139,28,50,178,180,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-25919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-election","9":"tag-lackawanna-county","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-local-politics","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-pennsylvania","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-scranton","16":"tag-scranton-headlines","17":"tag-scranton-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}