Politics & Government
Democrats Retain Hold of Freeholder Board
Incumbents win handily, newcomer Len Luciano appears to squeak by Joseph Chiusolo in the 4th District, in a race that may be contested.
Incumbent freeholders held onto their seats in Tuesday night's election, with voters overwhelmingly returning Democrats to the Freeholder board.
Newcomer Brendan Gill of Montclair, beat out Republican Steve Rogers, of Nutley, in the 5th District. But the hottest race in the county - between Republican Joseph Chiusolo of Cedar Grove and Democrat Len Luciano of West Caldwell, may be too close to decide.
With about 97 percent of the votes reported, Luciano appeared to be winning by a margin of 27 votes, but Chiusolo did not concede yet. It was not immediately clear if he would challenge the election results.
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Rolando Bobadilla, who was filling in an unexpired term in District 1, which represents sections of Newark, was handily elected to a full term.
The at-large incumbents retained their seats.
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Results were unofficial as of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night with around 93 percent of the votes counted.
Essex County Freeholders
Jeanette Veras (R) Dist. 1 534 Rolando Bobadilla (D) Dist. 1 4,277 Pablo Olivera (I) Dist. 1 183 *D. Bilal Beasley (D) Dist. 2 9,705 *Carol Y. Clark (D) Dist. 3 10,997 Joseph Chiusolo (R) Dist. 4 11,889 Leonard M. Luciano (D) Dist. 4 11,916 Steven L. Rogers (R) Dist. 5 6,326 Brendan Gill (D) Dist. 5 10,414 Peter Campisi (R) At-Large 19,510 Adam Kraemer (R) At-Large 19,322 Reuben Torres (R) At-Large 19,083 James Boydston (R) At-Large 18,445 *Rufus Johnson (D) At-Large 45,503 *Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D) At-Large 48,613 *Blonnie R. Watson (D) At-Large 46,343 *Patricia Sebold (D) At-Large 47,004 Marilynn English (I) At-Large 2,277Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
