The following are candidates in the Tuesday, May 16 municipal primary elections for the areas served by the Abington Heights and Lackawanna Trail schood districts.
LACKAWANNA COUNTY
AT LARGE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
• Mark Powell
Hometown: Moosic
Party: Democratic
• Eugene M. Talerico, Jr.
Hometown: Old Forge
Party: Republican
• Shane Scanlon
Hometown: Waverly Township
Party: Republican
SHERIFF
• Mark P. McAndrew
Hometown: Mayfield
Party: Democratic
RECORDER OF DEEDS
• Evie Rafalko McNulty
Hometown: Scranton
Party: Democratic
• Charles J. Kokinda, Jr.
Hometown: Moosic
Party: Republican
REGISTER OF WILLS
• Fran Kovaleski
Hometown: Jessup
Party: Democratic
WYOMING COUNTY
AT LARGE
CORONER
• Thomas G. Kukuchka
Hometown: Tunkhannock
Party: Republican
• Collin Lunger
Hometown: Tunkhannock
Party: Republican
TREASURER
• Patricia Crandall Mead
Hometown: Tunkhannock
Party: Republican
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
• Jeff Mitchell
Hometown: Falls
Party: Democratic
MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGE
One six-year term
• David K. Plummer
Hometown: Factoryville
Party: Republican/Democratic
• Barbara R. Grimaud
Hometown: Tunkhannock
Party: Republican/Democratic
• John Tidball
Hometown: Tunkhannock
Party: Republican
ABINGTON HEIGHTS
SCHOOL DISTRICT
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
At Large
• Cheryl Scandale-Murnin
Party: Democratic/Republican
• Louise Clauss Bruzuchalski
Party: Democratic/Republican
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Region 1
• Cheryl Scandale-Murnin
Party: Democratic/Republican
• Michele M. Tierney
Party: Democratic/Republican
Region 2
• Michele M. Pusateri
Party: Democratic/Republican
Region 3
• Jeanne Cadman
Party: Democratic/Republican
LACKAWANNA TRAIL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Region 1
• Kevin J. Mulhern
Party: Democratic/Republican
Region 2
• Adrian Bianchi
Party: Republican/Democratic
Region 3
(Two seats)
• Deborah C. Naylor
Party: Democratic/Republican
• Philip R. Stark
Party: Democratic/Republican
BENTON TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
• Larry Seymour
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Donita Wright
Party: Republican
AUDITOR
No candidate
CLARKS GREEN
BOROUGH
MAYOR
• William Thorburn
Party: Democratic
TAX COLLECTOR
• Mary V. O’Brien
Party: Republican
COUNCIL
Three four-year terms
• William “Bill” Toms
Party: Democratic
• Alan Hughes
Party: Democratic
• Maureen O’Dea Palmer
Party: Democratic
• Joseph Barrasse
Party: Republican
Two-year unexpired term
• David J. Rinaldi
Party: Democratic
CLARKS SUMMIT
BOROUGH
MAYOR
• Herman R. Johnson
Party: Democratic
TAX COLLECTOR
• Kathy Drake
Party: Democratic
COUNCIL
Three four-year terms
• Gerrie Fitzgerald Carey
Party: Democratic
• Patrick Williams
Party: Democratic
• M. Vincent Cruciani
Party: Republican
Two-year unexpired term
• Frank Besten
Party: Democratic
CLINTON TOWNSHIP
JUDGE OF ELECTION
• Misty M. Mecca
Party: Democratic
TAX COLLECTOR
• Chelsey A. Gumble
Party: Republican
• Walter Warring
Party: Republican
SUPERVISOR
• Robert R. Shupp, Sr.
Party: Republican
• James B. Davis
Party: Republican
DALTON BOROUGH
MAYOR
• Aaron T. Holzman
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Margaret “Peg” Sheppard
Party: Republican
COUNCIL
(Four seats)
• Jared Gard
Party: Republican
• Gus Vlassis
Party: Republican
• John Montgomery
Party: Republican
FACTORYVILLE BOROUGH
COUNCIL
Ward 1
• Greg Yunko
Party: Republican
Ward 2
• Charles Wrobel
Party: Republican
• Christopher S. Bergey
Party: Republican
• William H. Edwards IV
Party: Republican
INSPECTOR OF ELECTION
Ward 1
• D. Charles Truitt
Party: Republican
JUDGE OF ELECTION
Ward 1
• Mary L. Truitt
Party: Republican
MAYOR
• D. Gary Evans
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Suzanne Swift
Party: Republican
GLENBURN TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
• William Wicks
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
No candidate
AUDITOR
• Ellen Clendenning
Party: Republican
LA PLUME TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
• Thomas A. Dickinson
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
No candidate
AUDITOR
No candidate
NEWTON TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
• Kevin Carr
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Jennifer Kwiatkowski
Party: Republican
AUDITOR
No candidate
NICHOLSON BOROUGH
COUNCIL
• Dawn Bell
Party: Republican
• Mary M. Scott
Party: Democratic
• John R. Decker
Party: Republican
• Joan Irion Jenkins
Party: Republican
INSPECTOR OF ELECTION
• Carol J. Ruble
Party: Republican
• Carol Brecht
Party: Republican
JUDGE OF ELECTION
• Anna Aten
Party: Republican
MAYOR
• Albert William Olive
Party: Republican
• Charles H. Litwin Jr.
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Barbara J. Nichols
Party: Republican
NICHOLSON TOWNSHIP
INSPECTOR OF ELECTION
• Jean Seamans
Party: Republican
JUDGE OF ELECTION
• Cindy Mecca
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Audrey Smarkusky
Party: Republican
SUPERVISOR
• Victor Choplosky
Party: Republican
NORTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
• Gary R. Wilding
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Betty Opsasnick
Party: Republican
AUDITOR
Six-year term
No candidate
Two-year unexpired term
No candidate
RANSOM TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
(One seat)
• James Murphy, Jr.
Party: Democratic
• Al Myers
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Lenay Blackwell
Party: Republican
AUDITOR
No candidate
SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
• Mark Dougherty
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Scott Thorpe
Party: Democratic
AUDITOR
No candidate
WAVERLY TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
Six-year term
• William J. Byron
Party: Democratic
Two-year unexpired term
• Ronald A. Whitaker
Party: Republican
TAX COLLECTOR
• Ilona Thurston
Party: Democratic
AUDITOR
No candidate
WEST ABINGTON TOWNSHIP
SUPERVISOR
Six-year term
No candidate
Four-year unexpired term
No candidate
TAX COLLECTOR
No candidate
AUDITOR
Two-year unexpired term
No candidate
