Middletown Patch 2013 Election Guide

Middletown residents will have the opportunity to vote for two Township Committee candidates and three Board of Education members when polls open on Tuesday. 

Four candidates are running for the two available Township Committee seats—incumbent Republicans Gerard Scharfenberger and Kevin Settembrino are facing Democrats Pat Olsen and Linda Baum for the three-year terms. 

Ten candidates are running for the three available Board of Education seats. Incumbents Chris Aveta, Vincent Brand and John Bennett, Jr. are being challenged by Bob Banta, Richard G. Campbell, Michael Craig, Rocco DelGuercio, Michael A. Donlon, Anastasia Millicker and Michael J. Ostrander, Jr. 

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. 

All four committee candidates responded to a Patch questionnaire:

• Committee Candidate Profile: Kevin Settembrino
• Committee Candidate Profile: Gerard Scharfenberger
• Committee Candidate Profile: Pat Olsen
• Committee Candidate Profile: Linda Baum

• Board of Education Candidate Profile: Bob Banta
• Board of Education Candidate Profile: Richard Campbell
• Board of Education Candidate Profile: Rocco DelGuercio
• Board of Education Candidate Profile: Anastasia Millicker
• Board of Education Candidate Profile: Michael Donlon