Politics & Government
Westwood Incumbent, Challenger Win Council Race
Patch will have your real-time election results for the race when polls close at 8 p.m.
WESTWOOD/HILLSDALE, NJ — A challenger and an incumbent won the Westwood Borough Council election.
Incumbent Republicans Raymond Arroyo and Alyssa Dawson ran for re-election against Democrats Jodi Murphy and James Whelan.
Arroyo and Murphy won.
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For the Westwood Regional Board of Education, five people ran for two, three-year terms: Andrew Gerstwayr, Paula Hill, Maria Straight, Lauren Letizia, and Joseph Abou-Daoud. Gerstmayr and Straight are incumbents.
Hillsdale has no contested elections this year.
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Republicans Abby Lundy and John Escobar ran for the two council seats available. Lundy is an incumbent. The other incumbent, Scott Karcich did not seek re-election.
Kathleen O'Flynn and Shane Svorec ran unopposed for re-election to the local Board of Education while Michael Fronte ran unopposed to the regional Board of Education.
Vote totals are unofficial until certified.
REAL-TIME RESULTS
| Westwood Council (*denotes incumbent) | Votes |
| Republicans | |
| Raymond Arroyo* | 2,126 |
| Alyssa Dawson* | 2,022 |
| Democrats | |
| Jodi Murphy | 2,278 |
| James Whelan | 2,103 |
| Westwood Regional Board of Education (vote for 2) | |
| Andrew Gerstwayr* | 1,152 |
| Paula Hill | 715 |
| Maria Straight* | 456 |
| Lauren Letizia | 719 |
| Joseph Abou-Daoud | 806 |
| Hillsdale Borough Council | |
| Abby Lundy* | 2,276 |
| John Escobar | 2,246 |
| Hillsdale Board of Education | |
| Kathleen O'Flynn | 1,887 |
| Shane Svorec | 917 |
| Regional Board of Education | |
| Michael Fronte | 1,929 |
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