Sheena Collum Re-elected President In South Orange (UPDATED)

SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - The contentious South Orange elections are over and incumbent Sheena Collum easily outpaced Deborah Davis Ford to win her second term as Village President.

Collum will be joined by newly elected trustees Bob Zuckerman, Summer Jones and Donna Coallier.

The election cycle has been a particularly contentious one with social media accusations and a series of campaign flyers were also taken to task for their truthfulness. There were even a couple of candidate forums and a couple of ballot errors thrown in the mix.

Jones, Coallier and Zuckerman won their spots on the dais over Stacey Borden, Bobby Brow, Toshie Davis, Ed Grossi, Ed Moore and Matt Wonski.

The unofficial numbers so far:

Village President

Deborah DAVIS FORD: 889
Sheena COLLUM: 2,847

Board of Trustees

Matthew WONSKI: 776
Edward GROSSI: 647
Stacey TRIMBLE BORDEN: 690
Bob ZUCKERMAN: 1,894
Summer JONES: 1,574
Donna COALLIER: 1,676
Edward L. MOORE: 805
Braynard ''Bobby'' BROWN: 1,248
Toshie Y. DAVIS: 1,018

Total votes cast: 10,348

All results are unofficial until certified by the County Clerk.

Patch will be updating this story as more details emerge and the numbers finalized. You can view the election tallies on the Essex County Clerk's website as well.

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