Election Day: Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000

ELECTION RESULTS

U.S. CONGRESS:

Fourth District:
One two-year term
Reed Gusciora (D) 85,396
X - Chris Smith* (R) 153,225
Stuart Chaifetz (I) 3,443
Paul D. Teel (I) 687

Seventh District:
One two-year term
X - Mike Ferguson (R) 115,422
Maryanne Connelly (D) 109,801
Jerry L. Coleman (I) 6,433
Shawn Gianella (I) 360
Darren Young (I) 931
Mary T. Johnson (I) 271

12th District: (100 percent of districts reporting)
One two-year term
John P. Desmond (C) 1,226
Rush Holt* (D) 144,878
Carl J. Mayer (G) 5,691
Worth Winslow (L) 1,215
Dick Zimmer (R) 144,645
Holt-Zimmer race far from over

COUNTY FREEHOLDERS:

Burlington County:
Two three-year terms
X - Bill Haines* (R) 93,897
Lavonne Bebler Johnson (D) 58,457
Troy Singleton (D) 60,391
X - Jim Wujcik* (R) 89,450

Hunterdon County:
Two three-year terms
X - Paul C. Sauerland Jr.* (R) 36,861
X - Marcia A. Karrow* (R) 36,110

Mercer County:
Three three-year terms
X - Ann M. Cannon* (D) 58,848
Chris Chianese (R) 49,109
Keith Crowell (R) 46,452
Susan Deckert (G)
Shirley Guerieri (R) 46,698
X - Brian M. Hughes* (D) 62,098
Dan Martin (G)
X - Elizabeth Maher Muoio (D) 57,765
Paul Silberman (G)
County clerk
One five-year term
X - Cathy D. DiCostanzo* (R) 59,139
Kathleen Culliton Wollert (D) 54,661

Middlesex County:
Two three-year terms
Henry Grabarz (R) 80,395
Carl Perlin (R) 77,566
X - James Polos* (D) 132,442
X - John Pulomena* (D) 137,797
County clerk
One five-year term
Bob Brown (R) 80,407
X - Elaine Flynn* (D) 143,843

Monmouth County:
One three-year term
Michael W. Dowling (D) 104,937
Len Flynn (L) 3,126
X - Ted Narozanick* (R) 121,159

Somerset County:
Two three-year terms
Rebecca Perkins (D) 48,381
Kevin Kovacs (D) 46,180
X - Rick Fontana* (R) 59,923
X - Ken Scherer* (R) 58,777

MUNICIPALITIES:

Allentown Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - Peter Pantages* (R) 483
X - Daniel Wimer (R) 484

Bordentown Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
William Cashman (D) 1,716
X - George Chidley (R) 1,780
X - Mark Roselli (R) 1,843
Linda Teichmann (D) 1,649
Republicans come out on top
     From www.registernews.com

Chesterfield Township:
Township Committee
One three-year term
X - Michael Hlubik (R) 898
Ed Conway (write-in) 174
Ballot question
Should the township establish a Length of Service Awards Program retirement benefit for emergency services volunteers?
X - Yes 747
No 265

Cranbury Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
X - Alan Danser* (R) 739
Art Hasselbach* (R) 652
Richard Stannard (D) 702
X - Pari Stave (D) 828
Split ticket shifts majority
     From www.cranburypress.com

Delaware Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
X - Richard Madden (R) 1,479
X - Susan Lockwood* (R) 1,551

Fieldsboro Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - Richard Lynch* (D) 150
X - Eugene Sullens (D) 121
Mark McGee (R) 70
Kenneth Hartman (R) 76

Hightstown Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
Kenneth Hitchner* (R) 701
X - Larry Quattrone* (D) 1,026
X - Davis Schneider (D) 791
Richard Tuliszewski (R) 715
Democrats take two council seats
     From www.windsorhightsherald.com

Hillsborough Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
X - Joseph Tricarico* (D) 7,187
X - Sonya Anne Martin* (D) 6,599
Mike Avolio (R) 6,364
Tony Gwiazdowski (R) 6,359
Voters return Tricarico, Martin for 3 more years
     From www.hillsboroughbeacon.com

Hopewell Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - David Knights* (R) 546
X - David Nettles* (D) 672
Steve Webb (D) 416
Ballot question
Should the borough establish an open-space trust fund with a tax rate of 1 cent per $100 of assessed value?
X - Yes 598
No 194

Hopewell Township:
Township Committee (provisional ballots yet to be counted)
One three-year term
John Hart* (R) 3,905
Fran Bartlett (D) 3,900
Township, District 12 races still up in air
     From www.hopewellvalleynews.com

Jamesburg Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
Chandler Hetzel (R) 557
X - Joe Jennings (D) 925
X - Anthony Lamantia* (D) 963
Darren Larsen (R) 530
Democrats win in borough
     From www.cranburypress.com

Lambertville City:
Mayor
One four-year term
X - David Del Vecchio* (D) 1,249
City Council
One one-year unexpired term
X - Steve Stegman* (D) 1,186

Lawrence Township:
Ballot question
Should the township establish a Length of Service Awards Program retirement benefit for emergency services volunteers?
X- Yes 7,191
No 1,713

Mansfield Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
X - Molly Kaklamanis (R) 1,476
James Rockwell* (D) 1,142
X - Kelly Shea* (D) 1,359
Bruce Waite (R) 1,325
Ballot question
Should the township sell $1 million in general obligation bonds for the purpose of preserving farmland and open space?
X - Yes 1,674
No 526

Manville Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - Ted Petrock* (D) 1,848
Leonard Lyons (D) 1,341
X - Martin Wierzba (R) 1,683
A.J. Rathbun (R) 1,554
Ballot question
Should the township sell the municipal water authority to Elizabethtown Water Co. for $4.91 million?
X - Yes 1,989
No 1,010
Wierzba, Petrock: Let's make Manville better
     From www.manvillenews.com

Millstone Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
X - Cory Wingerter* (R) 2,483
Carol A. Nelson (R) 1,200
Franklyn Rother (D) 912
X - Charles Abate* (D) 2,228
Wingerter, Abate get nod
     From www.messengerpress.com

Montgomery Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
Natalie Freeman (D) 3,573
X - Donald Matthews* (R) 3,959
X - Sondra L. Moylan* (R) 3,720
Louise Wilson (D) 3,661
GOP sweeps Montgomery in close contest
     From www.princetonpacket.com

New Hanover Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
X - Dennis J. Roohr (R) 204
X - Mary Anne Russell* (R) 214

North Hanover Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
Louis DeLorenzo (R) 844
X - Patrick Kennedy* (D) 877
X - John Kocubinski* (D) 1,021
Alfred Kotsch (R) 712

Pennington Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - Robert Di Falco* (D) 772
X - Nancy Ross (D) 833
Kenneth Baker (R) 588

Plainsboro Township:
Township Council
Two three-year terms
Khary I. Cauthen (R) 2,105
Donald DeWitt (R) 2,105
X - Ginger C. Gold* (D) 3,531
X - Neil J. Lewis* (D) 3,596
Ballot question
Should the township establish a Length of Service Awards Program retirement benefit for emergency services volunteers?
X - Yes 4,076
No 849
Change of heart may have led to Dem win
Emergency volunteers get vote for pensions
     From www.princetonpacket.com

Princeton Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - Wendy W. Benchley* (D) 2,336
Rodney Fisk (R) 1,048
X - Margaret T. Karcher* (D) 2,155
Dorothy J. Koehn (VCC) 295
Ballot question
Should the borough establish an open-space trust fund with a tax rate of 1 cent per $100 of assessed value?
X - Yes 1,891
No 755
Democrats Benchley and Karcher win in borough
     From www.princetonpacket.com

Princeton Township:
Township Committee
One three-year term
Thomas Abrams (L) 232
X - Leonard E. A. Godfrey* (D) 3,646
Jack Marrero (R) 2,447
Ballot question
Should the township increase the open-space tax from 1 cent per $100 of assessed value to 2 cents?
X- Yes 2,804
No 1,569
Godfrey re-elected in Princeton Township
     From www.princetonpacket.com

Rocky Hill Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - George E. B. Morren Jr.* (R) 230
X - Charles Pihokken* (R) 227

Roosevelt Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - Jeff Hunt (D) 298
X - Neil Marko (D) 308
Stuart Kaufman (R) 156
One two-year unexpired term
X - Judith Trachtenberg 325

South Brunswick Township:
Township Council
Three four-year terms
X - Carol Barrett* (D) 6,455
Charles Carley (D) 5,977
Joseph Del Guercio (R) 5,436
X - Edmund Luciano* (D) 6,163
Dawn Smith (R) 5,167
X - Ted Van Hessen* (R) 6,344
Incumbents retain council seats
     From www.southbrunswickpost.com

Springfield Township:
Township Council
Five four-year terms
Gary W. Bender* (D) 458
Kathy Cliver Loftus (D) 395
James B. Foran (D) 406
Ronald Knighten (D) 436
X - Denis S. McDaniel (R) 995
X - William Pettit Sr.* (R) 1100
Gregory Quagliato* (D) 467
X - Peter Sobotka (R) 978
X - Lisa Y. Specca (R) 1127
X - Richard S. Toone (R) 1057
GOP sweeps council seats
     From www.registernews.com

Stockton Borough:
Borough Council
Two three-year terms
X - Chris Smith (R) 136
X - Helen Smith (D) 113
One two-year unexpired term
X - Craig Smith* (R) 176

Upper Freehold Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
X - Paul Burke* (R) 1,296
X - Charles Faber* (R) 1,325
Ballot question 1
Should the township create an open-space and historic trust fund with a maximum tax rate of 3 cents per $100 of assessed value?
X - Yes 966
No 697
Ballot question 2
Would you be in favor of changing the name of the municipality from Upper Freehold to Cream Ridge?
Yes 599
X - No 1,008
The name should remain the same
     From www.messengerpress.com

Washington Township:
Township Committee
Two three-year terms
X - Jack Mozloom (R) 3,061
X - Cathy St. John (R) 3,095
One two-year unexpired term
X - Dave Fried (R) 2,497
Diane Tanner (D) 1,583
Ballot question
Should the township increase the open-space tax from 1 cent per $100 of assessed value to 5 cents?
X - Yes 2,249
No 1,369
Fried earns place on Township Committee
Voters approve open space fund
     From www.messengerpress.com

West Amwell Township:
Township Committee
One three-year term
Frank Smith (R) 400
X - Peter Buchsbaum (D) 724
Buchsbaum defeats Smith in West Amwell
     From www.beaconnews.com

West Windsor Township:
Ballot question
Should the township establish a Length of Service Awards Program retirement benefit for emergency services volunteers?
X - Yes 5,147
No 1,551
Emergency volunteers get vote for pensions
     From www.princetonpacket.com

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