No contest in council primary

Lawrence Township’s registered Democrats and Republicans to vote on their party’s candidates for elective offices Tuesday.

By: Lea Kahn
   Lawrence Township’s registered Democrats and Republicans will go to the polls Tuesday to select their party’s candidates for a host of elective offices, ranging from Township Council to the state Senate.
   The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The winners of the Democratic and Republican primaries will face off in the Nov. 4 general election. None of the primary races are being contested.
   At the municipal level, voters will cast ballots for three candidates from each party for Township Council. The Democratic Party slate is made up of incumbent Township Council members Greg Puliti and Pam Mount, and Michael Powers. Mr. Powers ran for Township Council in 2001 and was narrowly defeated. The Republican Party slate is made up of first-time candidates Robert Brackett, Colette Coolbaugh and Victor Murray.
   Former Township Councilman Pat Colavita is one of three Democrats seeking the party’s nod for the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders. He is running on a slate with incumbent freeholders Elizabeth Maher Muoio and Ann M. Cannon. The Republican Party candidates are John Hulick, Robert Matuzsan and Robert Warney.
   In the Mercer County Executive’s race, Mercer County Clerk Catherine DiCostanzo is seeking the Republican Party nomination and Freeholder Brian M. Hughes is seeking the Democratic Party’s nod.
   In the 15th Legislative District, incumbent state Sen. Shirley K. Turner is running in the Democratic Party primary for its nomination to run for state Senate. The Republican Party candidate is former Mercer County Freeholder Calvin O. Iszard.
   Both incumbent state Assembly members Reed Gusciora and Bonnie Watson Coleman are seeking Democratic Party nominations for state Assembly. Donald Addison and Brian McKeon are running in the Republican Party primary for the nomination.
   Registered Republicans and Democrats who live in General Election District 8 will vote at the American Legion Post 414. Those who live in General Election Districts 1, 4, 7, 15 and 20 will cast their ballots at the Lawrenceville Fire House.
   General Election District 12 voters can go to Lawrence High School to vote. Registered voters in General Election Districts 6 and 11 will go to the Lawrence Road Fire House. The Lawrence Senior Center is the polling place for voters in Districts 13, 14 and 19.
   Voters who live in Election District 16 cast their ballots at the Lawrence Square Village clubhouse, and voters in Districts 17, 18 and 21 will vote at the Municipal Building.
   Saint Ann’s School is the polling place for voters in District 3 and the Slackwood Fire House is the polling place for those in Districts 2, 9 and 10. Voters who live in district 5 will vote at Trenton Fire House No. 9.