LAWRENCE: Primary elections set for Tuesday

By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
   Lawrence Township’s registered Republicans and Democrats will go to the polls Tuesday to select their party’s candidates for elective office, 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 Republican and Democratic primaries will face off in the Nov. 8 general election. There are no contested primaries.
   At the municipal level, voters will choose three candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties for Township Council.
   On the Democratic side, the candidates are incumbent Councilman Michael S. Powers, Cathleen M. Lewis and David C. Maffei. The Republican slate is made up of Falk Engel, Colette Coolbaugh and Kyle Collins. Mr. Engel and Ms. Coolbaugh have run unsuccessfully for Township Council, in 2007 and 2003 respectively.
   In the 15th Legislative District primary for state Senate, incumbent state Senator Shirley K. Turner of Lawrence Township is seeking the Democratic Party nomination. Donald J. Cox, who lives in Ewing Township, is seeking the Republican Party nod to run for state Senate.
   Two seats are up in the state Assembly, and the two incumbents — Democrats Reed Gusciora, who lives in Trenton, and Bonnie Watson-Coleman, who lives in Ewing Township — are seeking their party’s nod. On the Republican side, the candidates are Peter M. Yull of Trenton and Kathy Kilcommons, who lives in Lawrence Township.
   In the primary for Mercer County Executive, incumbent County Executive Brian Hughes of Princeton is seeking the Democratic Party nomination. Republican Party candidate Jonathan C. Savage, who lives in Ewing Township, wants his party’s nod.
   For Mercer County Sheriff, Acting Sheriff John A. Kemler wants the Democratic Party’s nomination, and Richard Urbani wants the Republican Party nomination. Both men live in Hamilton Township.
   Incumbent Mercer County Surrogate Diane Gerofsky, who lives in Lawrence, wants the Democratic Party’s nod to run again. On the Republican Party side, Lisa Richford of Hamilton Township is seeking her party’s nomination.
   At the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders, incumbent Freeholders Lucylle R. S. Walter, who lives in Ewing Township, and John A. Cimino, who lives in Hamilton Township, want the Democratic Party’s nod for a full term. On the other side of the aisle, Z. Dion Clark of Trenton and David G. Maher of Hamilton are seeking the Republican Party’s nomination.
   For an unexpired term on the Freeholder board, incumbent Freeholder Samuel T. Frisby Sr., of Trenton, wants the Democratic Party nomination, and James V. Castelize III of Ewing Township wants to run as a Republican Party candidate.
   Registered Republicans and Democrats who live in general election districts 2, 9 and 10 can cast their ballots at the Slackwood Firehouse on Slack Avenue, and voters who live in districts 3, 6, 8 and 11 vote at the Lawrence Road Firehouse on Lawrence Road.
   Voters who live in districts 1, 4, 7, 15 and 20 vote at the Lawrenceville Firehouse on Gordon Avenue, and those who live in district 5 vote at the Project Freedom clubhouse, off Princeton Pike near the Brunswick Circle.
   The Lawrence Senior Center on Darrah Lane is the polling place for voters in districts 12, 13, 14 and 19. The Lawrence Square Village clubhouse, off Quakerbridge Road, is the place for voters in district 16.
   Voters in districts 17, 18 and 21 cast their ballots at the Lawrence Township Municipal Building on Route 206.