Manalapan Results: Township Committee, Regional School Board

MANALAPAN, NJ — Republican incumbents were re-elected Tuesday, in unofficial results.

Current Mayor Susan Cohen and Councilman John McNaboe won election with just one Democratic challenger in the race.

"We are looking forward to continuing to work for the wonderful residents of Manalapan in our beautiful community. Thank you to all the voters," they said in a statement.

Here are the unofficial vote totals. Mail-in and provisional ballots must still be counted by county election officials to have the results certified.

Manalapan Township Committee (Full term, vote for two):

• Benjamin Samara (D) Monmouth County Democrats - 2,759
• No Nomination Made (D) Monmouth County Democrats
• Susan Cohen (R) Monmouth County Republican Organization - 5,637
• John "Jack" P. McNaboe (R) Monmouth County Republican Organization - 5,295

There was also a race for school board, along with a public question.

Voters, in unofficial results, rejected a proposal for an additional $218,500 in taxes to be raised for Chromebooks for students in grade three to advance learning standards. Additionally, there would be a permanent increase in the district's tax levy for future years. The vote was 3,168 "yes" to 4,217 "no."

Here are the unofficial results for candidates for the school board, with candidates Mark J. Santoro, Jamie Herr and Kelly Lukacs elected to the three open spots:

Manalapan-Englishtown Regional Board of Education (Full term, vote for three):

• Kelly Lukacs - 3,182
• Jamie Herr: Commitment To Education - 3,249
• Mark J. Santoro: Protect Parental Rights - 4,125
• Matthew Borowski - 3,030
• James Raffone - 2,036

There were 182 write-in votes. No incumbents sought re-election.

No seats were up for the Freehold Regional High School district representing Manalapan.