General Election Showdown Set In Cherry Hill: What To Expect In November

CHERRY HILL, NJ — With Tuesday's primaries in the books, it's onto General Election season. Cherry Hill residents will have choices to make from local office to the U.S. presidency.

This November, Cherry Hill's ballots will feature two Township Council races. Voters will also decide on officeholders in federal and county politics.

Both council elections featured uncontested primaries. The Democratic incumbents received about 7,600 votes each, while the Republican challengers garnered about 1,200 votes apiece in the heavily blue township.

Council Member Daniel V. DiRenzo, Jr. is set to face Republican Judi L. Giacoboni-Russo for a three-year, unexpired council term in the November election. Meanwhile, Council Member Jill Hulnick is poised to face Republican Anna R. Adler for the one-year seat.

The council appointed DiRenzo and Hulnick to the governing body in January to replace two council members who didn't finish their elected terms: Dave Fleisher, who became mayor, and Brian Bauerle, who Fleisher appointed as his chief of staff.

November's county commissioner election is set to feature three incumbents on the Democratic side: Commissioners Jeffrey L. Nash, Melinda Kane and Al Dyer. The Republican ticket of Danielle Barry, Norman C. Rebel, Jr. and Donald J. Smith is set to oppose them.

The Associated Press called the Republican race for Teddy Liddell in New Jersey's 1st Congressional District, which includes all of Camden County. The Army veteran and attorney is set to oppose Rep. Donald Norcross, a 10-year Democratic incumbent who had no primary challengers on the ballot.

Rep. Andy Kim (D) and South Jersey entrepreneur Curtis Bashaw (R) secured New Jersey's U.S. Senate nominations, according to the AP. The candidates are running to replace indicted Sen. Bob Menendez — a longtime Democrat running for re-election as an independent.

President Joe Biden (D) and former President Donald Trump (R) are the presumptive presidential nominees.

New Jersey residents will also vote for school board members in their respective communities this November. But the elections are nonpartisans and don't have primaries, so candidates have until late July to file nominating petitions.

The primary-election results remain unofficial until certified on a later date.

Here are the vote tallies as of 11 a.m. Wednesday for primaries impacting Cherry Hill:

TOWNSHIP COUNCIL (THREE-YEAR, UNEXPIRED TERM)

Democratic Party (uncontested primary):

• Daniel V. DiRenzo, Jr.: 7,651

Republican Party (uncontested):

• Judi L. Giacoboni-Russo: 1,213

TOWNSHIP COUNCIL (ONE-YEAR, UNEXPIRED TERM)

Democratic Party (uncontested):

• Jill R. Hulnick: 7,620

Republican Party (uncontested):

• Anna R. Adler: 1,219

CAMDEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS (VOTE FOR THREE)

Democratic Party

• Jeffrey L. Nash: 29,394
• Melinda Kane: 29,319
• Al Dyer: 25,193
• Kyle Irwin: 14,881
• Susan Druckenbrod: 11,569
• Elton Custis: 11,569

Republican Party

• Danielle Barry: 10,310
• Donald J. Smith: 10,099
• Norman C. Rebel, Jr.: 9,857
• Jennifer Moore: 2,936
• Ian Gill: 2,502
• Denise Gonzalez: 2,463