Princeton voters will go to the polls Nov. 5 to choose candidates for elected office, including Princeton Council, the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education, and state and county offices.
The polling places will be open from 6 a.m. through 8 p.m. on Nov. 5.
Voters will choose from among three candidates for two Princeton Council seats that carry a three-year term. Democrats Mia Sacks and Michelle Pirone Lambros, and Adam Bierman, who is running as an independent, are vying for two open seats. All are newcomers.
The two open seats are held by Princeton Council members Jenny Crumiller and Tim Quinn. Crumiller decided not to seek re-election, and Quinn placed third in the democratic primary in a three-way contest for the nomination.
In the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education contest, four candidates – including two incumbents, a former school board member and a newcomer – are vying for three open seats. The term is for three years.
Incumbent school board members Debbie Bronfeld and Greg Stankiewicz are seeking re-election. Dafna Kendal is a former school board member and Susan Kanter is a newcomer.
School board member Bill Hare decided not to seek another term.
In New Jersey’s 16th Legislative District, incumbent assemblymen Andrew Zwicker and Roy Freiman, both democrats, are squaring off against republican candidates Mark Caliguire and Christine Madrid. They are both former Montgomery Township committee members and former Montgomery mayors.
At the county level, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes, a democrat, is seeking another four-year term. He is being challenged by republican nominee Lishian “Lisa Wu.
Incumbent Freeholders Andrew Koontz and Nina D. Melker, both democrats, are running unopposed for three-year terms on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Finally, voters will be asked to decide on Public Question No. 1.
The public question would amend the New Jersey Constitution to allow the $250 property tax deduction, granted to eligible veterans who live in continuing care retirement communities, to give it to the continuing care retirement community on behalf of the veteran.
A continuing care community is not like a nursing home. Continuing care retirement communities, such as Meadow Lakes in East Windsor Township and Stonebridge at Montgomery in Montgomery Township, offer a range of services tailored to the residents as they age and their needs change.