Election Results: Who Won In Scotch Plains, Fanwood?

The unofficial primary results for Union County are in.

Out of 313,378 registered county voters, only 76,397 voted on Tuesday.

Scotch Plains race

In Scotch Plains, there was a mayoral and council race - both uncontested in the primary.

Mayoral race:

• Incumbent Democrat Kevin Glover - 2,139 votes
• Republican Alexander Smith - 747 votes

Township Council:

There is also one four-year township council position open. 

• Democrat Luisa Bianco - 2,169 votes
• Republican Theodore Spera - 746 votes

Fanwood Race

There is an uncontested race for two three-year councilmen seats in Fanwood.

Democrat Katherine Mitchell - 760 votes

Democrat Tom Kranz - 731 votes

Presidential race

In the Presidential race, Hillary Clinton was the winner in Union County with 39,934 votes over Bernie Sanders with 18,110 votes. Donald J. Trump won with 12,088 votes.

Legislative race

On the legislative level, there were four vying for a two-year term seat for the House of Representatives - 7th Congressional District, which covers Berkeley Heights, Clark, Cranford, Garwood, Kenilworth, Mountainside, New Providence, Scotch Plains (part), Springfield,Summit, Union Township (part), Westfield, Winfield Township.

Democrats:

Peter Jacob, the only Democrat running for the seat took home 12,126 votes.

Republicans:

On the Republican side Leonard Lance took home the win.

• Leonard Lance - 5,282 votes
• David Larsen - 2,751 votes
• Craig P. Heard - 499 votes

Three were running for a a two-year term seat for the House of Representatives - 12th Congressional District, which covers Fanwood, Plainfield, Scotch Plains (part).

Democrats:

Bonnie Watson Coleman won with 7,321 votes over Alexander J. Kucsma with 682 votes.

Republicans:

The Republican race was uncontested with Steven J. Uccio getting 982 votes.

County race

Everyone was a winner on the county level as six candidates were running for three three-year term seats as Union County Freeholders. This was an uncontested primary race.

Democrats:

• Linda S. Carter of Plainfield - 37,749 votes
• Bette Jane Kowalski of Cranford - 35,846 votes
• Sergio Grandos of Elizabeth - 35,098 votes

Republicans:

• Josegh G. Aubourg of Roselle - 8,280 votes
• Glenn E. Gelband of Mountainside - 8,226 votes
• Justin Verzosa of Union - 8,087 votes