Secaucus Councilman James Clancy Re-Elected, Fending Off David Kraatz Challenge

SECAUCUS, NJ — Kraatz couldn't quite craack it: Second Ward Councilman James Clancy was re-elected Tuesday, fending off an election challenge from resident David Kraatz, who ran as a write-in candidate.

Kraatz is critical of all the data centers in Secaucus, and he ran with a swell of support from a number of town residents who are against the high number of data centers in town.

However, only residents of the Second Ward could write his name in.

Here are the vote counts from the Hudson County Clerk, with 100 percent of the votes in in Secaucus' Second Ward:

• James Clancy: 1,154 votes
• Write-in candidate: 43 votes
• Total votes cast in Secaucus' Second Ward: 1,197

Earlier on Tuesday, Secaucus Mayor Mike Gonnelli predicted Kraatz would get no more than 50 votes. Clancy is a Gonnelli ally.

Kraatz previously said that he didn't expect to win the election, but he wanted to make a point to the town that residents are upset about data centers.

Secaucus has nine data centers and two more approved and coming: 215 County Avenue, 275 Hartz Way. The town is less than six square miles.

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