Brick Township School Board Election 2026 [Live Results]

Updated, 8:50 p.m. Tuesday

BRICK, NJ — Polls have closed across New Jersey and the votes are being counted.

That includes the tallies for the Brick Township Board of Education race.

There are four candidates seeking two seats on the school board. The seats are three-year terms and are unpaid. The four candidates are Alison Kennedy; Nicole Orozco; Stephanie Murano, and Robert Sabo.

Totals from early voting and vote-by-mail ballots received so far had Kennedy leading with 3,819, followed by Murano with 3,553, Orozco with 3,422 and Sabo with 2,311.

Vote totals remain unofficial until certified by the Ocean County Clerk's Office later in November.

Kennedy is the current vice president of the board and is seeking election to her second full term. Kennedy was appointed to the board in September 2022 to fill a vacancy when a former board member moved out of state, then elected to a full term in 2023. She is running under the slogan "Children First, Always".

Orozco is running for the school board for the second time. She sought election in 2025 with Fran DiBenedictus, who was re-elected to the board. Orozco, head of transportation in the Colts Neck Schools and a former Brick Township Schools bus driver, is running with Murano, a newcomer, under the slogan "Champions For Education."

Sabo also is a newcomer. He works in IT and systems administration and has two children in the Brick schools.

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