Point Pleasant Council, School Board Elections 2026 [Live Results]

Updated, 8:55 p.m. Tuesday

POINT PLEASANT, NJ — Polls have closed across New Jersey and the votes are being counted.

That includes in Point Pleasant, where voters were choosing a mayor, council members and members of the Point Pleasant Board of Education.

Vote totals remain unofficial until certified by the Ocean County Clerk's Office later in November.

In the Point Pleasant Board of Education race, where six candidates were seeking two, three-year terms, incumbent board member Natalie Gagliardi-Levine was leading with 668 votes. Nicole Capoano had 587, Joseph Mazzaro had 478, Daniel Gaudette had 427, John A. Dapkins Jr. had 367 and Melissa Berman had 298 in the early voting.

In the Point Pleasant Borough Council race, Democrat Megan Jedry had the early lead with 1,186, Republican Valerie Coulson second with 1,071 and Republican Joseph Veni with 919. There are two seats up for election.

The Point Pleasant mayoral race has only Republican candidate Robert Sabosik. He is running unopposed for a fourth term as mayor.

The Point Pleasant Board of Education race features six candidates seeking two seats on the school board. The seats are three-year terms.

• Berman teaches second grade in the South River Schools and has a child in the Point Pleasant Schools. She does not have a campaign page.
• Capoano is a teacher at Brick Memorial High School and has two children in the Point Pleasant Schools.
• Dapkins is retired law enforcement officer and has two children who attended Point Pleasant Schools.
• Gagliardi-Levine is seeking re-election after winning a seat by write-in in 2023. She is an educator with 26 years of experience and the director of special services in the West Long Branch Schools.
• Gaudette is a registered nurse and a nursing professor at Ocean County College. His four children graduated from the district.
• Mazzaro is a 2023 Point Pleasant High School graduate and works as a dispatcher in the Brick Township Police Department.

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