MOUNT CARMEL - All five candidates for Mount Carmel Area school director in Tuesday's primary earned ballot spots for the general election.
Incumbent school director Donna M. James and challengers Joseph Edward Zanella and Tony Mazzatesta earned both Republican and Democratic nominations, putting them in a strong position for election in November.
William J. Brecker Jr., who only filed in the Democratic primary, earned that party's
nomination, and incumbent Dr. Raymond J. Kraynak won the Republican nomination.
In the Democratic primary, Mazzatesta finished first with 1,034 votes, according to unofficial returns, followed by Brecker with 868 and Zanella and James with 751 votes each. Four directors will be elected in November. Kraynak lost the Democratic primary with 698 votes.
Winning Republican nominations were all four candidates on that ballot: Mazzatesta, 303; Zanella, 244; James, 231, and Kraynak, 223.