Politics & Government
Moench Wins, Republicans Keep Control: Bridgewater Unofficial Results
The Republicans will remain in control of Bridgewater Township's Mayor and Council seats, according to unofficial results.

Updated as of 11:11 p.m.
BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Republicans maintain control in Bridgewater Township as the unofficial results are in for the 2023 General Election.
Both the Mayoral and Council races for Republicans and Democrats were contested.
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Here are the real-time unofficial results for the Bridgewater Township Mayor and Council. According to Somerset County, 100 percent of the districts have reported. However, these results remain unofficial until all mail-in and provisional ballots are counted:
Results for 2023 (* denotes incumbent)
Mayor
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- Republican Matthew Moench* - 6,561
- Democrat Dan Hayes - 5,098
Township Council:
- Michael Kirsh - Republican* - 6,460
- Timothy Ring - Republican* - 6,493
- Saad Toor - Democrat - 4,929
- Marguerite Baranowski - Democrat - 4,992
Somerset County Board of County Commissioners
- Douglas Singleterry - Democrat* - 39,140
- Paul Drake - Democrat* - 38,954
- Donald Lemma - Republican - 35,017
- Daniel Gallic - Republican - 34,705
New Jersey Legislative District 23 Senate
- Denise King - Democrat - 9,944
- Douglas Steinhardt - Republican* - 11,068
New Jersey Legislative District 23 Assembly
- Guy Citron - Democrat - 9,519
- Tyler Powell - Democrat - 9,587
- John DiMaio - Republican* - 11,196
- Erik Peterson - Republican* - 11,040
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