Politics & Government
Still Tight Race For Hillsborough Township Committee 2023 Election
The Republicans have remained in control of Hillsborough Township's Committee seats for quite some time. Has this year changed?

Updated as of 11:11 p.m.
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — It's still a tight race in the 2023 unofficial General Election votes for Hillsborough Township Committee, according to unofficial results.
Here are the real-time unofficial results for the Hillsborough Township Committee. According to Somerset County, 97.14 percent of the districts have reported. However, these results remain unofficial until all mail-in and provisional ballots are counted:
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Results for 2023 (* denotes incumbent)
Township Committee:
- Catherine Payne - Republican - 5,428
- James Ruh - Republican* - 5,421
- Samantha Hand - Democrat - 5,334
- Ronald K. Yoder - Democrat - 5,170
Somerset County Board of County Commissioners
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- Douglas Singleterry - Democrat* - 39,140
- Paul Drake - Democrat* - 38,954
- Donald Lemma - Republican - 35,017
- Daniel Gallic - Republican - 34,705
New Jersey Legislative District 16 Senate
- Andrew Zwicker - Democrat* - 11,432
- Michael Pappas - Republican - 9,882
- Richard J. Byrne - Libertarian - 317
New Jersey Legislative District 16 Assembly
- Roy Freiman - Democrat* - 11,415
- Mitchelle Drulis - Democrat - 11,202
- Ross Traphagen - Republican - 9,993
- Grace Zhang - Republican - 10,165
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