Politics & Government
36 Percent Of Registered Voters In Union County Participated In This Years Election
According to the unofficial numbers supplied by the Union County Clerks Office, about 36 percent of registered voters took to the polls.

According to the unofficial numbers supplied by the Union County Clerks Office, about 36 percent of registered voters participated in this year’s general election.
Out of 307,440 registered voters -
- 102,823 showed up at the polls
- 7,975 voted through Mail-In Ballots
- 38 voted from overseas
So what was the outcome?
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Union County Offices:
County Surrogate -
- James S. La Corte (D) - 5-year term (incumbent), 62,615 votes
County Sheriff -
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- Joseph Cryan (D) - 3-year term (incumbent),58,442 votes
County Freeholder -
- Angel Estrada (D) - 3-year term, 57,773 votes
- Christopher Hudak (D) -3-year term, 61,154 votes
- Vernell Wright (D) - 3-year term, 59,536 votes
Berkeley Heights:
Mayor -
- Robert Woodruff (R) - 4-year term, 2,346 votes
Township Council -
- Marc Faecher (R) - 3-year term, 2,130 votes
- Jeanne Kingsley (R) - 3-year term, 2157 votes
Board Of Education -
- Gerard J. Crisonino - 3-year term, 1,249 votes
Clark:
1st Ward Council -
- Frank G. Mazzarella (R) - 4-year term (incumbent), 559 votes
2nd Ward Council -
- Patrick O’Connor (R) - 4-year term (incumbent), 559 votes
3rd Ward Council -
- Steven M. Hund (R) - 4-year term, 538 votes
4th Ward Council-
- Brian P. Toal (R) - 4-year term (incumbent),720 votes
Board Of Education -
- Laura Caliguire - 3-year term (incumbent),1,713 Votes
- Carmen F. Brocato - 3-year term (incumbent), 1,585 Votes
- Steven Donkersloot - 3-year term, 1,542 Votes
Cranford:
Township Committee -
- Lisa M. Adubato (R) - 3-year term (incumbent), 3,451 votes
- Andis Kalnins (R) - 3-year term (incumbent),3414 votes
Board Of Education -
- JoAnn Boyle - 3-year term (incumbent), 1,822 votes
- Lisa A. Carbone - 3-year term, 2,509 votes
- Daniel DeMarco - 3-year term, 1,868 votes
Fanwood:
Council -
- Kevin G. Boris (D) - 3-year term (incumbent),1,154 votes
- Russell J. Huegel (D) - 3-year term (incumbent), 1,138 votes
Board Of Education
- Jeanne Cleary - 3-year term (incumbent)
Garwood:
Mayor -
- Charles P. Lombardo (D) - 3-year term, 602 votes
Council -
- Louis Petruzzelli (D) - 3-year term (incumbent), 566 votes
- Sara Todisco (D) - 3-year term (incumbent), 659 votes
Board Of Education -
- Christine Guerriero - 3-year term (incumbent), 520 votes
- Aaron Watkins - 3-year term (incumbent),465 votes
- Linda Koenig -3-year term (incumbent), 453 votes
New Providence:
Mayor -
- Allen B. Morgan (R) - 4-year term, 2,041 votes
Council -
- Robert Robinson (R) - 3-year term (incumbent), 2,045 votes
- Armand Galluccio (R) - 3-year term (incumbent), 2,002 votes
Board Of Education -
- Ira W. Krauss - 3-year term (incumbent),1,248 votes
- Mary B. Misiukiewicz - 3-year term 1,300 votes
Scotch Plains:
Council -
- Rose A. Checchio (D) – 4-year term, 3,295 votes
- John Del Sordi Jr. (D) - 4-year term, 3,270 votes
- Llewellyn Jones (R) - 4-year term (incumbent),3,302 votes
Board Of Education -
- Warren McFall - 3-year term (incumbent),1,892 votes
- Evan Murray - 3-year term, 2,548 votes
Springfield:
Committee -
- Ziad Andrew Shehady (R) - 3-year term (incumbent), 2,064 votes
Board Of Education -
- Steven Wolcott - 3-year term (incumbent)1,062 votes
- Elissa Zylbershlag - 3-year term,1,166 votes
- Marc L. Miller - 3-year term, 1,006 votes
Summit:
1st Ward Council -
- Robert Rubino (R) - 3-year term (incumbent),1,385 votes
2nd Ward Council-
- Patrick J. Hurley (R) - 3-year term (incumbent),1,503 votes
Westfield:
Board Of Education -
- Mark Friedman - 3-year term (incumbent) -2,098 votes
- Margaret Oster - 3-year term, 2,667 votes
- Christopher B. Langhart - 3-year term, 2,137 votes
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