New Face Elected To Wayne Township School Board: See Latest Results

Note: This post was last updated at 11:20 p.m. Tuesday.

WAYNE, NJ — Two Wayne Township Board of Education members will keep their seats for another term, according to unofficial results from Tuesday's election.

Turnout was high this year for early voting in New Jersey and was expected to be robust across the nation on Tuesday, with a presidential race at the top of the ticket. Voters in the Garden State also have decisions to make for who represents them in Congress, and in local races that affect their towns, public school districts, and counties.

In Wayne, there were four candidates for the local school board, three seats on the Board of County Commissioners, and a race for Passaic County Sheriff on the ballot. (If you're looking for the county race results, click here).

Wayne Township's Board of Education is made up of nine members, each of whom are elected to serve a three-year term.

Only two current members (Haralampos "Harry" Prassakos and Ryan Paul) are running for re-election this year, so there will be at least one new face on the board come January. Iveta Wentink, whose term expires at the end of 2024, is not on the ballot.

Prassakos and Paul appear to have retained those seats, unofficial election results show. Wilson Alequin, a law enforcement officer and a parent of children in Wayne Public Schools, received the second-most amount of votes behind Paul.

Here are the latest results for Wayne, according to the Passaic Co. Clerk's Office (current office-holders are marked with "Inc." for "incumbent"):

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Wayne Township Schools Board of Education (vote for 3)

• Haralampos Prassakos (Inc.): 9,601 (23.58 percent)
• Ryan Paul (Inc.): 12,733 (31.28 percent)
• Ehab "Ahab" Husein: 7,031 (17.27 percent)
• Wilson Alequin: 11,085 (27.23 percent)

New Jersey voters also selected a new U.S. Senator to replace Democrat Bob Menendez after his conviction on federal bribery charges, and join Sen. Cory Booker (D) in Washington.

All 12 of the state's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives were also up for re-election. Wayne is split into two districts, somewhat outlined by Hamburg Turnpike. For the most part, those living below west or south of the highway are in NJ-11, and hose who live above Hamburg Turnpike are in NJ-9.

Constituents in the 9th District will be voting on a successor to Congressman Bill Pascrell, who died in August at the age of 87. Click here to see the latest results in NJ-9, and click here to see the latest results in NJ-11.

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