Ridgewood Preliminary Election Results; Vote Counting Continues

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — Preliminary election results are available for Ridgewood village council and school board races as votes continue to be counted.

Incumbent Bernadette Coghlan-Walsh leads the village council candidates with 2,831 votes after one day, and Michael W. Lembo paces the board of education candidates with 3,045 votes.

Ballots postmarked on or before election day and received by 8 p.m. Thursday may be counted. Counting of mail-in ballots will continue Wednesday and Thursday.

Five candidates are vying for three seats on the village council. Three candidates are running for two three-year terms on the board of education, and two are up for one one-year term.

The preliminary results as of 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 13, are as follows:

Village Council

• Mahmoud Hamza, 1654
  
• Lorraine Reynolds, 2440
• Pamela R. Perron, 2119
• Bernadette Coghlan-Walsh, 2831
• Sergio Alegre, 2003

Board of Education

• Saurabh Dani, 2303
• Dan Creed, 1854
• Michael W. Lembo, 3045
• Muhammad Mahmoud, 1543
• Hyunju Kwak, 2170

Board of Education Budget

• Yes, 1425
• No, 1578