Candidates’ petitions continue to flow into Carbon election bureau
Candidates have until Tuesday to file petitions in the Carbon County Elections Bureau to have their names appear on the Democratic and Republican ballots continued this week at the office at 56 Susquehanna St., Jim Thorpe.
The filings relate to candidacies in the May 21 primary election.
To successfully file the petitions, they must contain the signatures of 10 registered voters in the jurisdiction in which the candidate is seeking office in a borough, township or school district, or the signatures of 100 registered voters from throughout the county on behalf of people seeking county offices.
The petition circulating period began on Feb. 19.
The latest list of people who officially became candidates for the respective offices includes:
Democrats
David A. Wargo: 236 E. Hazard St., Summit Hill, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Summit Hill Borough Council.
Holly F. Sell Hausman: 105 Lehigh Ave., Palmerton, seeking a four-year term on the Palmerton Borough Council.
Kara Scott: 422 Ore St., Bowmanstown, seeking a four-year term on the Bowmanstown Borough Council.
Michael J. Yeastedt: 216 W. 13th St., Jim Thorpe, seeking a four-year term on the Jim Thorpe Borough Council.
Michael Kokinda II: 252 E. Hazard St., Summit Hill, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Summit Hill Borough Council.
Marco R. D’Ancona: 151 E. Railroad St., Nesquehoning, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Panther Valley School Board.
Martha Steber: 59 Berwick St., Beaver Meadows, seeking a four-year term on the Beaver Meadows Borough Council.
Frank Ruch: 1386 Twin Crest Drive, Lehighton, seeking a four-year term on the Lehighton School Board.
Frank Jacobs: 244 W. Railroad St., Nesquehoning, seeking a four-year term on the Nesquehoning Borough Council.
Republicans
Andrew J. Hollywood: 320 Smith Ave., Palmerton, seeking a four-year term on the Palmerton Borough Council.
Norman A. Engle Jr.: 515 White St., Bowmanstown, seeking a four-year term on the Bowmanstown Borough Council.
Richard P. Hornick Sr.: 79 E. Maple St., Tresckow, seeking a six-year term on the Banks Township Board of Supervisors.
Mark Sverchek: 8 Lentz Ave., Lehighton, seeking a four-year term as Carbon County Controller.
Darryl W. Arner: 410 S. Eighth St., Lehighton, seeking a four-year term on the Lehighton Borough Council.
Marco R. D’Ancona: 151 E. Railroad St., Nesquehoning, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Panther Valley School Board.
Pamela J. Leiby: 322 Ore St., Bowmanstown, seeking a four-year term on the Bowmanstown Borough Council.
Zachary Snyder: 329 White St., Bowmanstown, seeking a two-year term as Bowmanstown mayor.
William Ravert: 747 Lincoln Ave., Bowmanstown, seeking a two-year term and a four-year term on the Bowmanstown Borough Council.
Terry Davis: 5058 Quakake Road, Weatherly, seeking a four-year term on the Packer Township Board of Supervisors.
Frank Ruch: 1386 Twin Crest Drive, Lehighton, seeking a four-year term on the Lehighton School Board.
Joseph M. Cyburt: 730 North St., Weatherly, seeking a four-year term on the Weatherly Borough Council.
John M. Turcmanovich: 332 E. Snyder Ave., Lansford, seeking a four-year term on the Lansford Borough Council.
Tom J. Gerhard: 1298 Brenkman Drive, Weatherly, seeking a four-year term on the Carbon County Board of Commissioners.
