Posted in New Jersey, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) will become the first African-American President in United States history.
Obama won the popular vote by more than seven million over Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona). Obama won 349 electoral votes to McCain’s 147.
Obama carried New Jersey, winning 2,062,583 votes to McCain’s 1,534,718.
Posted in New Jersey, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
STATE — Sen. Frank Lautenberg won a record fifth term in the U.S. Senate Tuesday.
The 84-year-old Democrat defeated Republican challenger Dick Zimmer, earning 55% percent of the vote to Zimmer’s 43%.
Posted in New Jersey, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
STATE – New Jersey Democrats gained a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, but Republican state Sen. Leonard Lance defeated Democrat Linda Stender to hold on to Rep. Mike Ferguson’s seat for the G.O.P.
State Sen. John Adler (D-Camden) beat Medford Mayor Chris Meyers for the seat currently held by retiring Republican Rep. James Saxton, who was first elected to Congress in 1984.
Lance defeated Stender by more than 25,000 votes, giving him a larger margin of victory than Ferguson managed over Stender in 2006. Ferguson announced last year that he would retire at the end of his current term.
Incumbents won in all of the other N.J. House races on the ballot.
Democrats will hold eight of New Jersey’s 13 seats in the House after inauguration day.
Posted in New Jersey, Union County, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
STATE — Democratic Assemblywoman Annette Quijano won a special election for the remainder of former Assemblyman Neil Cohen’s unexpired term representing District 20 in the New Jersey state legislature.
She defeated Republican challenger Linda Gaglione 33,677 votes to 13,635.
Posted in New Jersey, Union County, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
UNION COUNTY — Democratic Freeholders Angel Estrada, Rick Proctor and Nancy Ward defeated their Republican challengers, Michael Yakubov, John Russitano, and Joseph Franchino.
Posted in Clark, New Jersey, Union County, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
CLARK — Republican Mayor Sal Bonaccorso defeated Democratic challenger Gary Slowdowski 4,311 votes to 2,907 to win a third term as Clark’s chief executive.
Republican council memebers Alvin Barr, Sheila Whiting and Angel Albanese also won re-election, defeating Democratic challengers Nancy Sheridan, Diane Lanigan and Nancy Shanahan.
Posted in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Union County, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
ELIZABETH — Mayor Chris Bollwage defeated his Republican challenger Albert P. Martin 17,675 votes to 4,473.
City Council members Edward Jackus, Patricia Perkins-Auguste and Frank Cuesta were unopposed in their re-election bids. The Democrats each received more than 16,000 votes.
Posted in Linden, New Jersey, Union County, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
LINDEN — Democrats won in all four of Linden’s City Council races.
Derek Armstead ran unopposed in the Fourth Ward and received 1,343 votes.
In the Sixth Ward, Democrat Robert Sadowski defeated independent Diane Wilverding 493 to 424 votes.
In the Eighth Ward, Democra Michele Yamakaitis crushed her independent challenger, Elaine Lubas, 1,104 to 194.
Democrat Robert Pushel beat independent Bruce Howe 914 votes to 694.
Posted in New Jersey, Rahway, Union County, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
RAHWAY — Democrats swept Rahway’s six City Council races.
Democrat Bobby Akbar defeated Republican Larry Bodine 1,099 to 314 for the First Ward seat.
Michael Cox beat Kenneth Lund 1,058 to 470 in the Second Ward.
Jerome Scaturo outpolled Bryan DesRochers 1,007 to 619 in the Third Ward.
In the Fourth Ward, Democrat David Brown ran unopposed and received 1,555 votes.
Democrat Jennifer Wenson Maier defeated Republican James Pekarofski 898 to 526 in the Fifth Ward.
Samson Steinman defeated Kevin Retcho in the Sixth Ward, 974 to 657.
Posted in Middlesex County, New Jersey, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
MIDDLESEX COUNTY — Democrats David Crabiel and Millie Scott easily defeated their Republican challengers Lynda Woods Cleary and Daniel S. Kerwin for seats on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Crabiel received 160,430 votes; Scott 156,145; Cleary 98,011; Kerwin 93,659.
Democrat Ron Rios defeated Republican Robert D. Thuring 159,924 votes to 96,818 for the final year of an unexpired term.
Posted in Carteret, Middlesex County, New Jersey, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
CARTERET — Democrats Susan Naples and Randy Krum defeated independent candidates John Nartowicz and Kevin Urban for seats on the Borough Council. The Democrats received 4,730 and 4,720 votes respectively, while the independent challengeres received 1,529 and 1,478 votes.
Democrat Iris Colon defeated independent candidate Louis Mangieri 4,652 to 1,586 for the final year of an unexpired term.
Posted in Metuchen, Middlesex County, New Jersey, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
METUCHEN — Democrate Peter Cammarano and Republican Justin Manley won seats on Metuchen’s Borough Council.
Cammarano was the top vote getter, with 3,869. Manley finished second with 3.424.
Democrat Tim Dacey finished third with 3,336
Posted in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Sayreville, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
SAYREVILLE — Republican Kenneth P. Kelly Sr. and Democrat Lisa Buchanan Eicher won council seats.
Kelly received 7,625 votes and Eicher won 7,456.
Democrat Jorge “George” Gonzalez came in third with 7,422 and Republican Ron Green finished fourth with 7,229.
Posted in Middlesex County, New Jersey, South Amboy, tagged Election 2008 on November 5, 2008 |
SOUTH AMBOY — Democrat Mark Noble defeated Republican David Longenhagen 598-298 to win in South Amboy’s Second Ward.
Democrats Russell Stillwagon and John O’Connell were unchallenged in the First and Third wards, respectively.
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