Parsippany Election 2017: Barberio Out As Mayor

PARSIPPANY, NJ — Parsippany Mayor James R Barberio will leave office at the end of his current term, having been bested by his Democratic challenger, Michael Soriano.

Barberio was seeking a third term as mayor, and was ousted after a competitive race. Soriano received 7,378 votes, or 52.87 percent, and Barberio received 6,565, or 47.04 percent, of the vote.

The Morris County Democratic Committee had filed an ethics complaint against Barberio early last month, alleging that Barberio inappropriately revived a township newsletter and used a township Facebook page for campaign purposes. Soriano called on Barberio to reimburse the town for the costs of the flyer.

Two fellow Democrats were elected onto the town council: Janice McCarthy and Emily Peterson.

See a full breakdown of the 2017 election results in Parsippany here:

Governor

• Kim Guadagno (Republican)
• Phil Murphy (Democrat)

State Senate 26th District (vote for one)

• Joe Pennacchio (Republican)
• Elliot Isibor (Democrat)

General Assembly 26th District (vote for two)

• BettyLou DeCroce (Republican)
• Jay Webber (Republican)
• E. William Edge (Democrat)
• Joseph R. Raich (Democrat)

Freeholders (vote for one)

• Heather Darling (Republican)
• Rozella G Clyde (Democrat)

Mayor

• James R Barberio (Republican)
• Michael Soriano (Democrat)

Town Council (vote for two)

• Louis A. Valori (Republican)
• Vincent Ferrara (Republican)
• Janice Mccarthy (Democrat)
• Emily Peterson (Democrat)

School Board (vote for three)

• Matthew Devitto
• Timothy P. Berrios
• George L. Blair
• Andrew Choffo

See a full sample ballot here.

Update: A previous version of this article misstated who won the mayoral race.

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