2 Incumbents Keep Haddon School Board Seats, Dems Retain Commissioner

HADDON TOWNSHIP, NJ — Two incumbents will keep their seats on the Haddon Township school board and one outside candidate beat out a sitting member, according to unofficial election results.

One precinct has still to report in Haddonfield and Haddon Heights for those contested school board races, though Michael Nuckols has a sizable lead over Mark Cartella in the Haddonfield Boro unexpired seat.

The two incumbents up in Haddon Heights appear to have kept their seats, as well, though one was guaranteed to since there were only four candidates on the ballot.

Results are unofficial; vote-by-mail and provisional ballots may affect final totals.

Here are the latest results from the Camden County Board of Elections:

Haddon Township - vote for 3 (15/15 precincts reporting)

• Renee Billingsley (incumbent): 3,254
• Marie E. Dezi (incumbent): 2,948
• Kristyn Souder: 2,768
• Andrew J. O'Malley: 2,728
• Christopher Cook (incumbent): 2,572

Haddon Heights - vote for 3 (6/7 precincts reporting)

• Lisa Long (incumbent): 2,013
• Stacey Augustine (incumbent): 1,854
• Monica Schrank: 1,674
• Raymond Clark: 1,229

Haddonfield - vote for 1 (9/10 precincts reporting)

• Michael Nuckols: 3,057
• Mark Cartella: 1,900

Haddonfield - vote for 3 (9/10 precincts reporting)

• Jamie Grookett (incumbent): 3,677
• Greg Esemplare (incumbent): 3,550
• Linda Hochgertel (incumbent): 3,661

The race for Haddon Heights Council was uncontested, with Democrats Tom Ottoson (incumbent) and Matthew Pagan winning.

Camden County had 72,489 people vote in person and 65,818 vote by mail for this election, with 2,985 early votes counted as of Wednesday morning. That’s a turnout of 141,292 people, or roughly 36 percent of registered voters.

Camden County re-elected Democratic commissioners Edward T. McDonnell and Virginia Ruiz-Betterige, unofficial results show. Both secured more than 85,000 votes Tuesday night with 327 of 342 precincts reporting.

In the contest for New Jersey’s 1st Congressional district, 66 percent of Camden County voters chose sitting Democrat Donald W. Norcross over Republican Claire Gustafson, according to unofficial results. Norcross got 92,056 votes to Gustafson’s 42,597 according to the county BOE.