Local, Congressional Elections On Tap For Moorestown In 2020

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Happy New Year! With the calendar turning from 2019 to 2020, it’s time to make your New Year’s Resolutions and coming up with your list of reasons you weren’t able to stick with those resolutions. And of course, it’s time to familiarize yourself with your voting locations.

Yes, 2020 is a big election year, as you may have heard. President Donald Trump is up for re-election, and there are no shortage of Democratic candidates looking to unseat him.

New Jersey falls a little later in the election cycle; our primary date is June 2. However, the last few times the primary elections have come around, it’s still been a contest, including both the Democratic and Republican primaries in 2016.

When it came to the general election that year, Democrat Hillary Clinton won 55.02 percent of the vote in Burlington County, the equivalent of 108,361 votes, before mail-in and provisional ballots were counted. Trump captured 40.38 percent, or 79,539 votes.

Since then, a bit of a Blue Wave arrived in Burlington County. In 2018, Democrats gained control of Moorestown Council when Nicole Gillespie and Brian Donnelly defeated Manny Delgado and Jamie Boren in the general elections. That January, Democrat Lisa Petriello was elected mayor and Gillespie was elected deputy mayor by the other members of council.

The Republicans will have the chance to regain control this year, as three council seats are up for grabs in the 2020 general elections. With both Republicans up for re-election, though, the Democrats also have the opportunity to gain complete control of the municipality’s governing body. Petriello and Republicans Victoria Napolitano and Mike Locatell are all up for re-election this year.

The Blue Wave also arrived at the Congressional level, when Democrat Andy Kim defeated Republican incumbent Tom MacArthur in the Third Congressional District. Read more here: Kim Edges MacArthur In NJ's 3rd Congressional District, AP Says

Kim is also up for re-election in 2020, and a whole host of Republicans are lining up to challenge him. The list includes former Burlington County Freeholder Kate Gibbs and Barnegat Mayor John Novak, among other potential challengers.

The deadline to file petitions to run in the primaries is March 30, while the deadline for third-party candidates to file petitions to run in the general election is June 2.

The deadline to register to vote is May 12. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 3 p.m. on June 1, and the deadline to return an absentee ballot is 8 p.m. on June 2. Election Day is Nov. 3.

For more on how to register and how to find your polling location, visit the state’s website.