Democrat Matt Scott and Republican Joseph Buonavolonta will compete in November for the open seat on the Cranbury Township Committee after running unopposed in the 2020 Democratic and Republican primaries.
The open township committee seat carries a three-year term. Scott is seeking re-election to his seat, while Buonavolonta is running to serve his first term in public office.
Scott, Cranbury’s current mayor, secured 283 votes, and Buonavolonta earned 112 votes during the July 7 primary elections.
The election results are unofficial until they are certified by the county.
In 2020, New Jersey primaries were primarily through vote-by-mail and delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The current makeup of the five-member township committee is a Democratic majority of 4-1. The four Democrats are Scott, Deputy Mayor Mike Ferrante, Committeeman James Taylor and Committeewoman Barbara Rogers.
Committeewoman Evelyn Spann is the sole Republican on the committee.
Scott earned his seat in 2017 as a candidate seeking public office for the first time. Born in Princeton and raised in West Windsor and Plainsboro, he is a graduate of Fordham University, majoring in American History. Scott graduated from Cornell University’s PA program and began working in neurosurgery at Lincoln Medical Center in New York City in 2008.
Currently, he is an assistant professor in the Physician Assistant Program at the Rutgers School of Health Professions and practices neurosurgery at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
Buonavolonta grew up in the Port Reading section of Woodbridge. He has worked for the Public Works Department of Woodbridge Township for about 28 years.
Buonavolonta has been a Cranbury resident for 12 years and a volunteer firefighter for 10 of those years at the Cranbury Volunteer Fire Company. He also is a township zoning board member and a member of the Clock Winding Committee.