Caliguire Wins Bergen Executive GOP Race: Primary Election 2022

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ —Todd Caliguire beat Linda T. Barba in the Republican primary for Bergen County executive, according to unofficial results from the Bergen County Board of Elections.

Caliguire and a slate of other candidates endorsed by the Bergen County Republican Organization won over another group of Republicans looking to win their party's nod.

“I am very grateful for the overwhelming support I received yesterday from Bergen County voters in the primary," Caliguire said in a statement. "Our county’s residents are concerned with the effects that Democrat policies have had on their ability to pay for their gas and groceries, on their safety from crime, and on their children’s education."

With 100 percent of precincts reporting:

Bergen County Executive

• Todd Calguire (R) - 14,092 votes (58.99 percent)
• Linda T. Barba (R)- 9.785 (40.96 percent)

Board of County Commissioners

• Thomas J. Sullivan (D) - 12,872 votes (34 percent)
• Germaine M. Ortiz (D) - 12,685 (32.4 percent)
• Mary Amoroso (D) - 12,266 (33.5 percent)
• Douglas Holden (R) - 14,197 (20.46 percent)
• Ronald Joseph Lin (R) - 13,697 (19.74 percent)
• Dierdre G. Paul (R) - 10,858 (20.21 percent)
• Paul A. Duggan (R) - 9,777 (14.09 percent)
• Angelique R. Hakim (R) - 8.533 (12.29 percent)
• Mary J. Guinchard (R) - 8,971 (12.93 percent)

Calguire, of Midland Park, and Barba, of Fort Lee, ran for the spot opposite against James Tedesco III, a Democrat. Tedesco, a Paramus resident, is in his second four-year term as executive.

"On June 7, voters chose to reject those policies and make our county more affordable, safer, and focus local schools on academic excellence and not left-wing ideology," Caliguire said. "Jim Tedesco has had eight years on the job -- it’s time for a new County Executive ready to address the issues that Bergen residents care most about.”

Six Republicans also ran to take one of the Board of County Commissioners seats currently occupied by a Democrat.

On the board of commissioners, three seats are open. Three Democratic incumbents, Thomas J. Sullivan of Montvale, Germaine M. Ortiz of Emerson, and Mary Amoroso of Mahwah, are running for those seats.

The six Republicans on the ballot are Douglas Holden of Saddle River, Ronald Joseph Lin of Franklin Lakes, Dierdre G. Paul of Englewood, Paul A. Duggan of Bogota, Angelique R. Hakim of Dumont, and Mary J. Guinchard of Ridgewood.

Barba, Duggan, Hakim, and Guinchard are in Column 1 on the ballot along with Frank T. Pallotta, who is running for the 5th Congressional District. Column 1 is under the "Bergen County Republicans" heading.

Caliguire, Holden, Lin, Paul, and NJ-5 candidate Nick De Gregorio are in Column 2 under the "Republicans for Responsible Government" heading, which is endorsed by the Bergen County Republican Organization.

Election officials are still processing mail-in ballots and provisional ballots. These votes have not been added to the election results website yet.

According to the Bergen County Clerk's office, there were 50,394 ballots cast Tuesday and in early voting. There are 657,359 registered voters in Bergen County.