See How Westfield Voted In Edison Fields Bond, Council Race 2023

WESTFIELD, NJ — Election day has passed, and as we await the certified official results let's take a look at how Westfield voted in the township council race and Edison Fields Bond question.

It's important to keep in mind these are the unofficial results for the 2023 general election and may not include early voting, vote-by-mail, provisional ballots, or write-in votes. Final certification of the results must be done by Nov. 22.

Despite that let's take a look at what has come in.

In Westfield, voter turnout was 26 percent with 6,661 residents voting out of 25,352 registered voters.

Voters weighed in on whether to repeal or ratify ordinance No. 2023-03 for a $11.8 million bond for the undertaking of the Edison turf field project. Ultimately, voters shot down the Westfield turf field bond question with 5,757 voting no over 4,460 voting yes.

For the Township Council race, Republicans swept the election in each Ward over Democrats which included two incumbents.

In Ward 1, Democrat incumbent Emily Root lost with 1,388 to Republican Todd Saunders with 1,508 votes.

In Ward 2, Republican Michael Armento won with 1,352 votes over Democrat Erika Vargas-Garrison with 1,130 votes.

In Ward 3, Republican Michal Domogala won with 1,308 votes over Democrat Dawn Nichol-Manning with 1,220 votes.

In Ward 4, Republican David Kiefer won with 1,434 votes over Democrat incumbent Scott Katz with 1,293 votes.

Below is a breakdown of how each district in each Ward of Town voted in the Council race and the Edison Fields Bond:

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

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