Mid-Term Elections Draw Just Over 31 Percent of Princeton Voters

About 31 percent of Princeton’s 18,000 registered voters came to the polls for Tuesday night’s mid-term elections, according to numbers provided by Princeton on Wednesday.

Incumbent Democrat Cory Booker, who won re-election to the U.S. Senate Tuesday night, earned 4,290 votes from the 5,591 voters who hit the polls in Princeton. Republican challenger Jeff Bell registered 1,274 votes.

Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman, who became the first African American woman elected to Congress in New Jersey history when she defeated Republican Alieta Eck in the 12th Congressional District race, amassed 4,070 votes. Eck collected 1,250 votes.

Princeton voters approved both ballot questions.

Ballot question No. 1 proposed pre-trial detention for those accused of committing certain crimes. This measure passed in Princeton, 2,993-1,896.

Ballot question No. 2 proposed increasing the amount of corporate business tax revenues for open space preservation to six percent. This measure passed, 4,200-968.

Princeton Council President Bernard Miller and Councilwoman Jo Butler were re-elected in an uncontested race. Miller won 5,252 votes and Butler received 5,221 votes.