28th District (Essex County) Primary Election Results Coming In

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Did you vote in the primary elections? The polls have closed and unofficial results will be coming in. See the numbers below as we update the story.

Several local races are contested in the primary.

These are early unofficial results as of Tuesday night. Check the link below for more recent results.

State Assembly (2 seats):

• 28th Dist. (Essex/Union): Frank McGehee from Maplewood, Garnet Hall from Maplewood, and Cleopatra Tucker From Newark are all running to be the two Democratic nominees to face two Republicans in November.

Frank McGehee (D): 3,300

Garnet Hall (D): 6,435

Cleopatra Tucker (D): 6,240

• Republican opponents Joy Freeman and Willie Jetti from Newark are uncontested in the primary.

Maplewood (Essex) (2 Township Committee seats):

Committeeman Vic DeLuca (D) is up for re-election Nov. 7. Mayor Dean Dafis is up for re-election to Township Committee Nov. 7. They are uncontested in the primary, but here are the numbers:

Dean Dafis (D): 2,267

Vic DeLuca (D): 2,332

While they don't face opposition in the primary, voters sometimes turn out to show support. They may face opponents in November.

See other results in Essex County here.