LOCK HAVEN — Although there were few candidates on the ballots for Clinton County offices in Tuesday’s election, there were a few surprises when the unofficial votes were counted. More than 300 offices on the ballots were blank with no candidate on either party looking for the Republican or Democratic nomination.

Perhaps most interesting was the mayoral race in Beech Creek, where Democrat Justin Kline outdistanced incumbent Mayor Melvin Coakley, a Republican, by a margin of 35-18.

And in Lamar Township, supervisor Michael Geyer lost his bid for re-election. There were three candidates on the Republican ticket and Dan Chappell posted 122 votes to move into the November General Election. Geyer got 101 votes and Martin Salinas garnered 89 votes.

COUNTY RACES

On the county level, Clinton County Coroner Zach Hanna and Clinton County Treasurer Michelle Kunes were both unopposed in the primary and move on to November. Hanna, a Democrat, polled 2,229 votes. Kunes, a Republican, received 3,564 votes.

KEYSTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL BOARD

There are four open seats on the Keystone Central School Board and three incumbents are the sole candidates and all have cross-filed for three of those seats. There were no candidates for the fourth seat representing Region IX, the Renovo area, after Eric Probert chose not to seek re-election.

— In Region II, Elizabeth Lynch received 69 votes on the Democratic ticket and 103 on the Republican ticket for the seat representing Lamar Township and Mill Hall.

–In Region V, Tracy Smith polled 270 Democratic votes and 340 Republican votes to keep her seat representing Colebrook and Woodward townships and Lock Haven’s First Ward.

— In Region VII, which includes Lock Haven’s Fourth and Fifth Wards, Roger Elling polled 238 votes in the Fourth Ward and 96 in the Fifth Ward, assuring nominations on both the Republican and Democratic ballots in November.

CITY OF

LOCK HAVEN

In the city of Lock Haven, there are three vacancies for city council and three candidates seeking those seats, Democrats. Barbara L. Masorti polled 320 votes; Steve Stevenson, 276, and Alexander D. Costanzo, 258. There were no Republican candidates.

BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS

In Pine Creek Township, longtime supervisor Dennis Greenaway, a Democrat, is getting some strong competition for another six-year term. He’ll face off with Republican Kenneth Packard in November. Packard polled 382 votes to Greenaway’s 152.

In Beech Creek Borough, four Republican candidates fill vacancies on council. They are Timothy L. Bittner, 87 votes; Joseph Walker, 70 votes; William T. Kessinger, 77 votes, and Craig E. Lindsey, 67 votes. All four will be uncontested in November.

In Renovo, Mayor Thomas E. Tarantella Jr., will face Republican Eugene Bruno in November. Tarantella, a Democrat, received 60 votes. Bruno got 52.

Renovo council is looking for four council members with two Democrats — Rhonda Balchin and Ann Tarantella– and one Republican William H. Fornwalt III, moving into the November election. Balchin got 51 votes, Tarantella, 60, and Fornwalt, 46.

In Bald Eagle Township, C.L. Tuff Rine Jr. is the likely winner of another six-year term. He ran unopposed on the Republican ballot and garnered 177 votes. There were no Democrats on the ballot.

In Dunnstable Township, Robert J. Mann, a Democrat, and William White, a Republican, will face off for a township supervisor seat, as each was unopposed on Tuesday’s ballot.

In Flemington, Mayor Gary Durkin was unopposed for another term. He received 78 votes on the Democratic ticket.

And there were five candidates, all Republicans, looking for council seats on Flemington Borough Council. Winning the seats were Albert Hap Hill, 85 votes; Tracy Kuntz, 80 votes; David Grimm, 79 votes and Stephen Hoy, 64 votes. The fifth candidate was Patrick Gensib, who received 61 votes.

Mill Hall Mayor Tom Bossert has secured another term, having run unopposed on the Republican ticket. He got 124 votes in the primary.

There are three vacancies on Mill Hall Borough Council. Moving on to November are three Republicans, Karen Houser with 107 votes, Derek Caris with 89 votes and Karla Hoy with 112, and Democrat John Hefferon with 77 votes.

In Wayne Township, Tom Duran polled 144 votes on the Democratic ticket for one supervisor’s seat. He was unopposed and there were no Republican candidates.

And in Woodward Township, incumbent supervisor Kyle Coleman, a Democrat, polled 210 votes. He’ll move on to November to face Brenda Dunlap, a Republican, looking for the one open supervisor’s seat. She received 168 votes.