Here are the latest 2023 Primary Election results for races in Schuylkill County. Winners of each race will be marked with a ✅. Reminder: All results are considered “unofficial” until they’ve been certified. A checkmark next to a candidate only means they’ve won based on these unofficial results. Write-in totals have been added to races when the number of those votes could affect the outcome of races or placing among the presumptive winners.
🗳️ Schuylkill County Commissioner
| County Commissioner (GOP) - Top 2 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Larry Padora | 5,871 |
| ✅ Barron Boots Hetherington | 5,210 |
| Mary Jo Moss | 4,534 |
| Maria Casey | 3,751 |
| Jeffrey J. Dunkel | 2,819 |
| Dan Evans | 2,674 |
| George Halcovage | 2,545 |
| Ray Jones | 2,001 |
🗳️ Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas Judge
| Common Pleas Court Judge - GOP - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Bill Burke | 10,286 |
| Michael A. O'Pake | 5.683 |
| Common Pleas Court Judge - Democrat - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Michael A. O'Pake | 5,872 |
| Bill Burke | 2,021 |
We’re also monitoring several contested school board races across Schuylkill County. Here are the results in those elections:
🗳️ Blue Mountain School District
| Blue Mountain (GOP) - Top 5 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Becky Wehr Miller | 2,023 |
| ✅ Timothy G. Grube | 1,900 |
| ✅ Krista Strause | 1,818 |
| ✅ Michelle Vesay | 1,628 |
| ✅ John T. Campomizzi Sr. | 1,375 |
| Joshua L. Whaley | 1,370 |
| Write-in | 60 |
| Blue Mountain (DEM) - Top 5 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Krista Strause | 629 |
| ✅ Michelle Vesay | 603 |
| ✅ Timothy G. Grube | 587 |
| ✅ Becky Wehr Miller | 566 |
| ✅ Michael Zvalaren | 522 |
| Joshua L. Whaley | 447 |
🗳️ Minersville Area School District
| Minersville Area (GOP) - Top 5 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ James O'Brien Jr. | 515 |
| ✅ Michael J. Andruchek | 408 |
| ✅ James T. Croley II | 391 |
| ✅ Albert D. Marazas | 378 |
| ✅ Kevin Wigoda | 353 |
| Keith Adams | 330 |
| W. Alexander Kurtek | 295 |
| Minersville Area (DEM) - Top 5 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ James O'Brien Jr. | 467 |
| ✅ Albert D. Marazas | 403 |
| ✅ Michael J. Andruchek | 398 |
| ✅ Kevin Wigoda | 368 |
| ✅ Keith Adams | 294 |
| W. Alexander Kurtek | 272 |
| James T. Croley II | 259 |
🗳️ North Schuylkill School District
| North Schuylkill (GOP) (4yr) - Top 4 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Michael C. Kiehl | 1,033 |
| ✅ Mary Anne Woodward | 928 |
| ✅ Raymond Reichwein | 851 |
| ✅ Roy C. Green | 848 |
| Brian Keller | 732 |
| Randy Lattis | 643 |
| Philip Rapant Jr. | 533 |
| James R. Samelko Jr. | 397 |
| North Schuylkill (DEM) (4yr) - Top 4 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Mary Anne Woodward | 581 |
| ✅ Roy C. Green | 475 |
| ✅ Michael C. Kiehl | 450 |
| ✅ Philip Rapant Jr. | 360 |
| Raymond Reichwein | 339 |
| Randy Lattis | 332 |
| James R. Samelko Jr. | 220 |
| North Schuylkill (GOP) (2yr) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Michael C. Kiehl | 423 |
| Mary Anne Woodward | 340 |
| Roy C. Green | 276 |
| Raymond Reichwein | 270 |
| Lori Jalonski | 218 |
| Philip Rapant Jr. | 154 |
| North Schuylkill (DEM) (2yr) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Mary Anne Woodward | 292 |
| Michael C. Kiehl | 145 |
| Roy C. Green | 134 |
| Raymond Reichwein | 102 |
| Philip Rapant Jr. | 86 |
🗳️ Pottsville Area School District
| Pottsville Area (GOP) - Top 5 win | Votes (100% reported) |
| ✅ Rachael Schuettler Hobbs | 1,026 |
| ✅ Linda Wytovich | 892 |
| ✅ Craig Shields | 802 |
| ✅ Ashley DeWitt | 796 |
| ✅ Kerry Ansbach | 775 |
| Mike Cardamone | 748 |
| Jamie Gunoskey | 575 |
| Write-in | 45 |
| Pottsville Area (DEM) - Top 5 win | Votes (100% reported) |
| ✅ Linda Wytovich | 862 |
| ✅ Ashley DeWitt | 856 |
| ✅ Rachael Schuettler Hobbs | 850 |
| ✅ Craig Shields | 789 |
| ✅ Kerry Ansbach | 650 |
| Mike Cardamone | 628 |
| Jamie Gunoskey | 450 |
| Write-in | 32 |
🗳️ Tamaqua Area School District
| Tamaqua Area (GOP) - Top 5 win | Votes (100% reported) |
| ✅ Thomas J. Bartasavage Jr. | 1,508 |
| ✅ Trina M. Schellhammer | 1,497 |
| ✅ Daniel E. Schoener | 1,395 |
| ✅ Larry A. Wittig | 1,385 |
| ✅ Melanie I.S. Dillman | 1,361 |
| Bob Caputo | 967 |
| Jessica Tirpak | 866 |
| Samuel John Koch | 805 |
| Tamaqua Area (DEM) - Top 5 win | Votes (100% reported) |
| ✅ Trina M. Schellhammer | 397 |
| ✅ Melanie I.S. Dillman | 375 |
| ✅ Thomas J. Bartasavage Jr. | 335 |
| ✅ Jessica Tirpak | 333 |
| ✅ Samuel John Koch | 324 |
| Daniel E. Schoener | 322 |
| Larry A. Wittig | 206 |
| Write-in | 60 |
We’re also following some contested races at the municipal government level. Here are the results of those races:
🗳️ Butler Township
| Butler Twp Supervisor (GOP) (6yr) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ David Kessler | 489 |
| Raymond A. Smith | 151 |
| Butler Twp Supervisor (GOP) (2yr) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Kate Staudenmeier | 481 |
| Raymond A. Smith | 157 |
🗳️ Cass Township
| Cass Twp Supervisor (DEM) (6yr) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Michael Ondisco | 67 |
| Brenda Helt | 63 |
| Write-in | 3 |
| Cass Twp Supervisor (DEM) (2yr) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Brenda Helt | 68 |
| Jeremy A. Slifko | 63 |
| Write-in | 3 |
🗳️ Deer Lake Borough
| Deer Lake Council (GOP) - Top 4 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Brian Romeo | 113 |
| ✅ Steven P. Reinhart | 113 |
| ✅ David C. Breslin | 108 |
| ✅ Curtis M. Hoffman | 56 |
| Charles W. Welsh | 50 |
| Write-in | 3 |
🗳️ East Union Township
| E. Union Twp. Supervisor (GOP) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Wendy Danchision | 164 |
| Liz Tolan | 101 |
| Michael Robert Gaizick | 58 |
| Write-in | 43 |
🗳️ Mahanoy City Borough
| Mahanoy City Council (GOP) - Top 3 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Matthew J. Tacelosky | 175 |
| ✅ Matthew M. Minalda | 169 |
| ✅ Michael Connolly | 162 |
| Benjaman Wiessner | 72 |
| Write-in | 32 |
🗳️ New Philadelphia Borough
| New Philadelphia Tax Collector (DEM) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Lisa Schenck | 65 |
| Georgeann Bondura | 39 |
🗳️ Rush Township
| Rush Twp. Supervisor (GOP) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ George Gerhard | 449 |
| Jeaninne Motroni | 126 |
🗳️ Schuylkill Haven Borough
| Schuylkill Haven Council (DEM) (2yr) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Jerry D. Bowman | 79 |
| Diane Roeder | 76 |
| John Williams | 46 |
🗳️ Shenandoah Borough
| Shenandoah Council (GOP) - Top 3 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Mike Zeckic Uholik | 169 |
| ✅ Joseph Robert Boris | 160 |
| ✅ Joe Gawrylik | 144 |
| Joseph Link Jr. | 74 |
| Write-in | 7 |
🗳️ St. Clair Borough
| St. Clair Council (DEM) - Top 4 win | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Joann Brennan | 152 |
| ✅ Tom T. Dempsey | 146 |
| ✅ William M. Dempsey | 136 |
| ✅ Cheryl Dempsey | 135 |
| James D. Larish Sr. | 119 |
| Write-in | 27 |
🗳️ Tremont Township
| Tremont Twp. Auditor (GOP) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Wayne Dinger | 15 |
| Jacob Dinger | 12 |
| Write-in | 1 |
🗳️ West Mahanoy Township
| W. Mahanoy Twp. Supervisor (GOP) - Top 1 wins | Votes (100% in) |
| ✅ Michael Kayes | 161 |
| William Bill Grutza | 94 |
