Results Of Bridgewater Primary 2025, Council Race Contested In Fall

(Updated as of 7:19 a.m. Wednesday)

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The unofficial results are in for the 2025 Primary Election for the Bridgewater Township Council.

While the Council races for Republicans and Democrats were both uncontested in the primary election, they will be contested in the general election in November.

Here are the unofficial results for the Bridgewater Township Council (*denotes incumbent). According to Somerset County, 100 percent of the districts have reported. However, these results remain unofficial until all mail-in and provisional ballots are counted:

Bridgewater Township Council:

• Allen Kurdyla* - Republican - 2,439
• Filipe Pedroso* - Republican - 2,140
• Meghan Moench - Republican - 2,269
• Ridwana Isla - Democrat - 2,331
• Joan Geiger - Democrat - 2,643
• Andrew Bucko - Democrat - 2,358

Currently, the Bridgewater Township Council is made up entirely of Republicans.

Additional local races' vote tallies include (*denotes incumbent):

Somerset County Board of County Commissioners:

• Melonie Marano - Democrat* - 24,576
• Nick Cuozzo - Republican - 17,366

Somerset County Sheriff:

• Darrin Russo - Democrat* - 25,418
• Michael Manochio - Republican - 18,059

Somerset County Surrogate:

• Bernice "Tina" Jalloh - Democrat* - 24,699
• John L. Sweeney - Republican - 17,102

New Jersey Legislative District 23 House of Representatives:

• John DiMaio - Republican* - uncontested
• Erik Peterson - Republican* - uncontested
• Guy Citron - Democrat - uncontested
• Tyler Powell - Democrat - uncontested

The New Jersey general election is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

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