With just a few actual contests, local elections were dominated by incumbents winning new terms on local government bodies.
In Fair Haven, Republican council members Eric Jaeger and Robert Marchese withstood a challenge from Democrat Shervyn von Hoerl for one of the two seats up for election on the Borough Council.
Jeager drew 876 votes, while his running mate, Marchese, registered 834 votes to top von Hoerl’s 621 votes.
In the borough of Rumson, Mayor John Ekdahl secured a fourth term with 565 votes to defeat the perennial Democratic challenger, Michael Steinhorn, who came up short with 294 votes.
Incumbent Republicans Marc Rubin and John Conklin ran unopposed to retain their council seats. Rubin drew 623 votes and Conklin gained 629 votes. Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long, who ran as an independent, won a second term with 236 votes in the uncontested municipal election.
The Borough Council race was also uncontested with Republican Jack Keeler securing an 11th term with 195 votes and Democrat Marc Leckstein drawing 143 votes to gain a second term on council.
In Shrewsbury, Republican incumbents Jeff DeSalvo and Donald Eddy ran unopposed for two seats on the Borough Council. DeSalvo received 487 votes and Eddy recorded 494 votes.
In Tinton Falls, Borough Council President Gary Baldwin, as well as council incumbents NancyAnne Fama and Christopher Pak, also did not face a challenge in the nonpartisan election.
Baldwin was the top vote-getter with 1,821 votes, while Fama and Pak received 1,766 and 1,698 votes, respectively. Newcomer John Manginelli won election to an unexpired term on council with 1,830 votes.
Results remain unofficial until certified by the Monmouth County Board of Elections.