Politics & Government
Election Results: Who Won In Cranford?
Check out the unofficial primary results for Cranford, county, legislative and presidental races
The unofficial primary results for Union County are in.
Out of 313,378 registered county voters, only 76,397 voted on Tuesday.
Cranford race
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In Cranford, there was an uncontested primary race for two three-year Township Committee seats.
- Democrat Ann M. Dooley - 1,792 votes
- Democrat James Kent Lucas - 1,680 votes
- Republican Mary O'Connor - 918 votes
- Republican John V. Mallon - 892 votes
Presidential race
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In the Presidential race, Hillary Clinton was the winner in Union County with 39,934 votes over Bernie Sanders with 18,110 votes. Donald J. Trump won with 12,088 votes.
Legislative race
On the legislative level, there were four vying for a two-year term seat for the House of Representatives - 7th Congressional District, which covers Berkeley Heights, Clark, Cranford, Garwood, Kenilworth, Mountainside, New Providence, Scotch Plains (part), Springfield,Summit, Union Township (part), Westfield, Winfield Township.
Democrats:
Peter Jacob, the only Democrat running for the seat took home 12,126 votes.
Republicans:
On the Republican side Leonard Lance took home the win.
- Leonard Lance - 5,282 votes
- David Larsen - 2,751 votes
- Craig P. Heard - 499 votes
Three were running for a a two-year term seat for the House of Representatives - 12th Congressional District, which covers Fanwood, Plainfield, Scotch Plains (part).
Democrats:
Bonnie Watson Coleman won with 7,321 votes over Alexander J. Kucsma with 682 votes.
Republicans:
The Republican race was uncontested with Steven J. Uccio getting 982 votes.
County race
Everyone was a winner on the county level as six candidates were running for three three-year term seats as Union County Freeholders. This was an uncontested primary race.
Democrats:
- Linda S. Carter of Plainfield - 37,749 votes
- Bette Jane Kowalski of Cranford - 35,846 votes
- Sergio Grandos of Elizabeth - 35,098 votes
Republicans:
- Josegh G. Aubourg of Roselle - 8,280 votes
- Glenn E. Gelband of Mountainside - 8,226 votes
- Justin Verzosa of Union - 8,087 votes
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