Results Of Bridgewater Primary 2023, Mayor And Council Race Contested In Fall

Updated as of 10:30 a.m. on June 7

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The polls are closed and the 2023 unofficial Primary Election votes for Bridgewater Township Mayor and Council are tallied unofficially.

The Somerset County clerk has not certified the totals yet. To make the tally official, the final certification of the results must be done on June 19.

Both the Mayor and Council races for Republicans and Democrats are the uncontested primary election.

Here are the real-time unofficial results for the Bridgewater Township Mayor and Council (Keep checking back throughout the night as Patch updates the results as they come in):

Bridgewater Township Primary Candidates For Mayor:

• Matthew Moench - Republican* - 1,168
• Saad Toor - Democrat - 1,128

Bridgewater Township Primary Candidates For Council:

• Timothy Ring - Republican* - 1,140
• Michael Kirsh - Republican* - 1,142
• Marguerite Baranowski - Democrat - 1,129
• Gigi Ksalak - Democrat - 1,103

Moench and Toor will now run for the one, three-year term as Mayor in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

Ring, Kirsh, Baranowski, and Ksalak will now run for the two three-year township council seats in the general election.

Currently, the Bridgewater Township Council is currently made up entirely of Republicans.

Additional local races vote tallies include (*denotes incumbent):

Somerset County Board of County Commissioners:

• Paul Drake - Democrat* - 11,008
• Douglas Singleterry - Democrat* - 10,959
• Donald Lemma - Republican - 8,532
• Daniel Gallic - Republican - 8,446

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