BREAKING NEWS — Local election results

Democrats poised to take two seats on Bordentown Township Committee

By Vanessa S. Holt, Managing Editor
Bordentown Township unofficial election results Tuesday night indicated victories for Republican Bruce Hill, and Democrats Jason Medina and Jim Cann in a close race. Two three-year Township Committee seats are up for grabs, and one one-year unexpired term. Mr. Hill received 2,182 votes, Mr. Medina received 2,217 votes and Mr. Cann (who sought the one-year seat) received 2,212 votes.
Republican incumbents Robert Delaney received 2,101 votes, and Anita DiMattia received 2,148 votes; Democrat Stephen Monson received 2,173 votes.
Bordentown Township voters favored Sen. Obama in the presidential race, with 2,638 votes to Sen. McCain’s 2,102. A total of 4,833 voters came out to the polls, 77.7 percent of the 6,214 registered voters.
Chesterfield was the first local town to report its results in its municipal election. Incumbent Republican Committeeman Lawrence Durr held his three-year seat with 1,175 votes. A total of 175 write-in votes were also recorded. Chesterfield voters cast 1,004 votes for Sen. John McCain in the presidential election and 1,009 votes for Sen. Barack Obama. In Chesterfield, 2,068 voters, 78.6 percent of its 2,631 registered voters, participated this year.
In Mansfield, Republican incumbents Kenneth Denti received 2,518 votes and Arthur Puglia received 2,612 votes, retaining their three-year Township Committee seats. There were no Democratic challengers. In the presidential race, Mansfield voters favored Sen. Obama with 2,449 votes and cast 2,244 votes for Sen. McCain. A total of 4,878 voters, 78.5 percent of the 6,212 voters registered, participated in the election.
In New Hanover, Republicans George Ivins and Paul Peterla won the two three-year seats with 244 and 225 votes, respectively. Democratic challengers Salvatore Schiano, Jr., and Michael C. Hill, Jr. received 180 and 175 votes, respectively. New Hanover voters favored Sen. McCain in the presidential election, with 249 votes to Sen. Obama’s 178. A total of 442 voters came to the polls in New Hanover. The total number of registered voters was not available Tuesday night.
In North Hanover, Township Committeman Lou DeLorenzo, a Republican, defended his three-year seat with 1,228 votes. Challenger Democrat Kim South received 870 votes. North Hanover voters cast 1,254 votes for Sen. McCain in the presidential election, and 940 votes for Sen. Obama. A total of 2,239 voters, 67 percent of the 3,334 registered, voted this year.
In Springfield, Republican incumbents David Frank and John Hlubik retained their four-year Township Committee seats with 1,040 and 1,162 votes, respectively. Challenger Democrat Roger Lord received 614 votes. A number of write-in votes were also recorded, including 119 for John Megariotis. Springfield voters favorite Sen. McCain in the presidential election, with 1,028 votes to Sen. Obama’s 735. A total of 1,814 voters participated in the election, about 77 percent of the township’s 2,358 registered voters.