4 Democrats, 4 Republicans Run For Aberdeen Council Seats In 2023

ABERDEEN, NJ — Four of the six Aberdeen Township Council seats are up for election this year.

The four Council people who hold those seats have all filed to run for re-election. They are:

Greg Cannon, Arthur Hirsch, Robert Swindle and Connie Kelley. They are all Democrats.

They will be challenged by four Aberdeen residents who are Republican: Susan McGowan, Michael Olesen, Carl Zanchelli and Michael Vail.

No Republican has been elected to the Aberdeen town council in many years. But the Aberdeen Republican Party said they think 2023 is the year they can win.

They called Aberdeen a "politically competitive, northern Monmouth County town," and pointed out that Aberdeen's representatives in Trenton are all Republican.

"Aberdeen voters have supported the great job the state Senator Declan O’Scanlon, Assembly members Vickie Flynn and Gerard Scharfenberger and our all-Republican team of Monmouth County officials have done," said the local Republicans. "Now there are candidates ready to earn their support at the local level."

The election is not until November. What are the most important issues facing Aberdeen we should ask all eight candidates running? Carly.baldwin@patch.com