Murphy Vs. Ciattarelli: How Cinnaminson Voted

CINNAMINSON, NJ — It has been the closest gubernatorial race in decades. With the race declared for Gov. Phil Murphy over Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli with more than 99 percent of the votes counted, here's a look at how Cinnaminson and Burlington County voted.

The voter turnout in Burlington County was 43.63 percent, according to tallies published by the Burlington County Board of Elections as of Monday morning. Of the 354,129 registered voters in the county, 154,490 voted either in-person or by mail. There was a 3.35 percent turnout for early voting.

In Cinnaminson, 4,427 voters cast their ballots in-person in the race between Ciattarelli and Murphy. Countywide, 152,684 registered voters cast ballots in this year’s gubernatorial elections.

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As of Monday morning, it was unclear how many vote-by-mail ballots remained to be counted, but ballots postmarked Nov. 2 were still being accepted as long as they were receive by Nov. 8. The county must still count provisional ballots. The county has until Nov. 20 to submit certified results to the state.

In Burlington County, Murphy and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver received 81,222 votes, compared to 70,511 for Ciattarelli and his running mate, longtime state legislator and Burlington County native Diane Allen. In 2017, Murphy and Oliver had 70,453 votes countywide, compared to 52,191 votes for then-Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and her running mate Carlos Rendo.

But among voters who cast their ballots in-person in Cinnaminson in the 2021 election, Ciattarelli and Allen had 2,647 votes, compared to 1,780 for Murphy and Oliver, according to the voter breakdown provided by the township clerk. A breakdown of mail-in and provisional voting in the gubernatorial race for Cinnaminson is not yet available.

By contrast, in 2017, Murphy and Oliver had 2,761 votes to 2,483 votes for Guadagno and Rendo. This includes all votes cast in that election, which came one year after Donald Trump was elected President, and amid a “blue wave” in New Jersey.

Votes continued to be counted on Monday. The most updated results for the Cinnaminson Township Committee election has Republican Paul Conda with 3,372 votes, followed by running mate Albert Segrest with 3,336 votes. Democrat Brian Turner had 2,742 votes, followed by his running mate, Brent Lee, with 2,718 votes.

Laura Fitzwater was the leading vote-getter in the race for three open seats on the Cinnaminson Public School District Board of Education, with 3,288. Laura Fitzwater was next with 3,288, followed by James J. McGuckin Jr. with 3,013. Dolores Woodington had 2,467 votes. All results remain unofficial.