And the winners are...
Election. New Jersey is taking longer to tabulate election results this year because voting was conducted entirely by mail. Here are the unofficial, partial results as of 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Editor’s note: On Tuesday, John-Paul Couce surpassed Helen R. Le Frois’ lead in the race for Newton Town Council and and now leads her by 32 votes.
Andover Borough Council, three-year term (two open seats):
WINNER: Lynn T. Delfing (Republican) 229
WINNER: John Hoag (Republican) 221
Write-in 22
Andover Township Committee, three-year term (two open seats):
WINNER: Thomas D. Walsh Jr. (Republican) 2,035
WINNER: John Carafello (Republican) 1,966
David Kolstad (Democrat) 1,449
Andover Regional Board of Education, three-year term (two open seats):
WINNER: Maria Dunbar 2,491
WINNER: Robert Koroski 2,292
Write-in 113
Newton Town Council, four-year term (two open seats):
LEADING: Michelle Teets (Community Focused. Experienced Leadership. Proven Results) 1,075
LEADING: John-Paul Couce (Lower Taxes and Much More) 1,044
Helen R. Le Frois (Community Focused. Experienced Leadership. Proven Results) 1,012
Scott Lurker (Newton Forward) 486
Thelonius S. Sibblies (Newton Forward) 736
Ludmilla Mecaj (The Voice of the Taxpayer) 751
Margaret Baldini (The Voice of Taxpayer) 927
Stanhope Borough Council, three-year term (two seats open):
WINNER: Thomas Romano (Republican) 1,117
WINNER: Anthony J. Riccardi (Democrat) 1,005
Carmen Pico (Republican) 966
Stanhope Borough Council, one-year unexpired term (one seat open):
WINNER: Eugene Wronko (Republican) 1,412
Lenape Valley Regional High School Board of Education, three year term (Stanhope) (one open seat):
WINNER: Sherry Fehir 1,297
Najib Iftikhar 386
Lenape Valley Regional High School Board of Education, three-year term (Byram, two open seats):
WINNER: Shelley Credidio 3,300
WINNER: Katy Cherry 3,245
Lenape Valley Regional High School Board of Education, one-year unexpired term (Byram, one open seat):
WINNER: Steven E. McHugh Sr. 3,412
Byram Township Board of Education, three-year term (three open seats):
LEADING: James McBain 1,893
LEADING: Mary Ann Risley 1,825
LEADING: Julie Lucente 1,682
Allyson Botto (Collaborative, Dedicated, Diligent) 1,616
Kate Lynn Brady 1,500
Alicia Henry 1,455
Newton Board of Education, three-year term (three open seats):
WINNER: Stella Dunn 2,318
WINNER: Lisa Qarmout 2,356
WINNER: Tina Larsen 2,294
Write-in 267
Stanhope Borough Board of Education, three-year term (two open seats):
WINNER: Mattia Scharfstein 1,335
WINNER: Kenia Choquette 1,290
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Sussex County Freeholder, three-year term (one open seat):
WINNER: Herbert J. Yardley (Republican) 40,532
Robert J. Slockbower (Democrat) 27,386
U.S. House of Representatives, 5th Congressional District, two-year term (one open seat):
WINNER: Josh Gottheimer (Democrat) 19,773 (Sussex County) 205,300 (districtwide)
Frank T. Pallotta (Republican) 28,280 (Sussex County) 167,840 (districtwide)
Louis A. Vellucci (American Values) 808 (Sussex County) 4,153 (districtwide)
U.S. House of Representatives, 11th Congressional District, two-year term (one open seat):
WINNER: Mikie Sherrill (Democrat) 11,608 (Sussex County) 186,050 (districtwide)
Rosemary Becchi (Republican) 14,541 (Sussex County) 146,435 (districtwide)
U.S. Senate, six-year term (one open seat):
WINNER: Cory Booker (Democrat) 30,271 (Sussex County) 2,161,827 (statewide)
Rikin Mehta (Republican) 42,756 (Sussex County) 1,525,060 (statewide)
Madelyn R. Hoffman (Green) 1,336 (Sussex County) 31,146 (statewide)
Veronica Fernandez (Of, By For!) 482 (Sussex County) 24,066 (statewide)
Daniel Burke (Larouch Was Right) 196 (Sussex County) 8,891 (statewide)