Brick Election Results 2017: Ducey Team Re-elected; Barton Out

BRICK, NJ — (Updated, 9:15 p.m.) The Ducey Team is returning for four more years.

Democratic Mayor John G. Ducey received more than double the votes of Republican challenger Roseanne Scaturro in the mayoral race, winning 14,349 to 6,751, according to the preliminary results.

Council incumbents Marianna Pontoriero, Paul Mummolo and Heather deJong also were returned to office, beating their Republican challengers Marilyn Lago, John Ciocco and Lois Turner by roughly 3,000 votes apiece.

In the Board of Education race, incumbent John Barton was ousted, with Jessica Clayton (8,483) and Maria E. Foster (8,302) out polling him by 2,000 votes. Barton received 5,955, according to the unofficial tallies.

Here are the unofficial results of local races; x- denotes winner.

MAYOR (Four-year term)

x-John G. Ducey (D) 14,349
Ruthanne Scaturro (R) 6,751
Anthony Matthews (I) 278
Robert "Rob" Canfield (I) 190

COUNCIL (3 four-year terms)

x-Marianna Pontoriero (D) 11,817
x-Paul Mummolo (D) 11,687
x-Heather deJong (D) 11,686
Marilyn Lago (R) 8,541
John Ciocco (R) 8,551
Lois Turner (R) 8,376

BOARD OF EDUCATION (2 three-year terms)

x-Jessica Clayton 8,483
x-Maria Foster 8,302
John Barton 5,955

OCEAN COUNTY FREEHOLDER (1 three-year term)

Helen Dela Cruz (D) 58,544
x-Joe Vicari (R) 84,762
Barry Bendar (I) 2,756

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