Greg Cannon In Lead In Aberdeen Mayor, Town Council Election 2025: Live Results

ABERDEEN, NJ — With 13/13 Aberdeen voting districts now in, Councilman Greg Cannon, a Democrat, is in the lead in the Aberdeen mayor race, according to unofficial race results.

Cannon beat Republican rival Mark Bishop by a mere 290 votes on election night, according to unofficial results. These are unofficial results not yet certified by the Monmouth County Clerk. The county still has to count all the mail-in ballots, provisional ballots and certify the vote counts.

As of Tuesday night:

• For Aberdeen mayor: Current Councilman Greg Cannon, a Democrat: 4,249 (51.71%)
• For Aberdeen mayor: Mark Bishop, Republican: 3,959 (48.18%)
• Current Councilwoman Margaret Montone, Democrat: 4,222 (26.10%)
• Pedro Mirabal, Democrat: 4,152 (25.66%)
• Lauren Ramos, Republican: 3,903 (24.12%)
• Michael LaCorte, Republican: 3,894 (24.07%)

A total of 16,179 votes were cast in Aberdeen. Here are vote results from the county.

Cannon and Bishop battled each other for would fill the power vacuum left when longtime mayor Fred Tagliarini announced he would retire.

Cannon ran on his record as a Councilman and Tagliarini ally, while Bishop said the town of Aberdeen is not transparent with the public, there is too much development and use of PILOTs, and that the community is shut out from how Aberdeen runs.

Meanwhile, Bishop had to explain to voters his lengthy arrest record when he was in his early 20s.