Primary Elections 2019: Choices Up And Down Cherry Hill Ballot

CHERRY HILL, NJ — Cherry Hill voters will have options up and down the ballot when voting begins in this year’s Democratic primaries on Tuesday. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for voting in both the Democratic and Republican primaries on Tuesday, June 4.

Voting begins at the local level this year, where Cherry Hill will hold primaries for mayor and council nominations in November’s general elections.

Susan Shin Angulo and Susan Druckenbrod are both running in the Democratic primary to replace outgoing Mayor Chuck Cahn.

Shin Angulo is running under the banner of the Camden County Democratic Party and will be listed in Column 1 on the ballot. Druckenbrod is running as a Democrat of Camden County and will appear in Column 4. Republican Nancy Feller O'Dowd is running in the Republican Primary unopposed.

Council Vice President Sara Lipsett, Councilwoman Melinda Hopkins Kane and Councilman Brian Bauerle are all up for re-election, but only Bauerle opted to run. Bauerle will be joined by Jennifer Appell and Michele Golkow on the Camden County Democratic Committee ticket. Golkow has already been appointed by council to fill Kane’s seat until the general election in the fall. Their names can be found in Column 1.

Scott Soffen, Chiyoung "JiYoung" Min and Nathaniel DeMarino will run as Democrats of Camden County. Their names can be found in Column 4.

Joshua D. Duvall, Steven J. Lever and Mary Ellen Litton are running unopposed in the Republican Primary.

Kane stepped down from council to replace Bill Moen on the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and will run in a special election to fill the unexpired term. She will be challenged in the primary by Democrat of Camden County candidate Kyle Nash. Kane is in Column 1, and Nash is in Column 4.

The Camden County Democrats face challenges from the Democrats of Camden County up and down the ballot.

Incumbent County Clerk Joseph Ripa actually faces two challengers. Rena Margulis is running as a Democrat of Camden County, and last week called for the state attorney general to investigate Ripa over decisions he made related to ballot placement, particularly the disqualification of freeholder candidates Jennifer O’Donnell and Michael Lovett.

The disqualification removed the party’s other candidates from Column 2 and placed them out in Column 4, including Margulis. She is listed in the same column as Mohammad Kabir, who is running under the slogan “Build a new Camden County.” Ripa is in Column 1.

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Incumbent Freeholders Edward T. McDonnell and Carmen Rodriguez face four challengers in their re-election bids. They are listed in Column 1. In Column 2, voters will find Progressive Democrats for Change candidates Randall J. McGinnis Jr. and Steven Panarello. Real Progressive Candidates for Camden County Amanda Semple and Jason A. Witte are in Column 3.

They even face challengers in the State Assembly race. Louis Greenwald and Pamela Lampitt are running for re-election, and will be challenged by Democrats of Camden County candidates Danie Moss-Velasco and E. Julian Jordan III. Greenwald and Lampitt are in Column 1 and Moss-Velasco and Jordan are in Column 4.

On the Republican side, John Papeika and Cynthia Plucinski are running unopposed for the State Assembly nominations; Roy Gustafson is running unopposed for the county clerk nomination; Keith Cybulski is running unopposed for the nomination in the freeholder special election; and Claire Gustafson and Nicole Nance are running unopposed in the regular freeholder elections.

Tuesday at 4 p.m. is also the deadline for third-party candidates to file their petitions to run in November’s general elections. Libertarian Richard Bowen has already announced his intention to run for Cherry Hill Council.

Election Day is Nov. 5. To view the full ballot for Cherry Hill, visit camdencounty.com. For the full list of polling places for this year’s elections in Cherry Hill, click here.