CARROLL, BUCCO, RUSSO, RUMANA, DIMAIO WIN
HUTTLE WINS IN ENGLEWOO, EDISON DEMOCRATS OUST CHOI
Christopher Christie, who won acclaim with a war on political corruption during his seven years as the United States Attorney, has won the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey. He will face incumbent Jon Corzine, who won the Democratic primary with 78% of the vote against three minor candidates.
Christie leads former Bogota Mayor Steven Lonegan by a 55%-42% margin, with Assemblyman Rick Merkt (R-Mendham) running third.
In the District 23 State Senate GOP primary, Assemblyman Michael Doherty defeated incumbent Marcia Karrow 52%-48%. In the Assembly primary, incumbent John DiMaio lost the primary to Hunterdon County Freeholder Erik Peterson and Edward Smith, Doherty's Chief of Staff.
In District 25, incumbent Michael Carroll and Anthony Bucco, Jr. defeated Morris County Freeholder Douglas Cabana.
In District 40, incumbents David Russo and Scott Rumana defeated challengers Joseph Caruso and Anthony Rottino.
In District 3, Dr. Robert Villare has won the Republican nomination for State Assembly. Lee Lucas leads former Cumberland County Surrogate Arthur Marchand by 46 votes, with George Shivery running fourth.
In District 28, incumbents Ralph Caputo and Cleopatra Tucker defeated former Assemblyman Craig Stanley in the Democratic primary.
In District 34, Lynn Anne Shortway and George Sawey, who ran on a slate backed by former Passaic County GOP Chairmen Peter Murphy and Michael Mecca, defeated the candidates backed by GOP County Chairmna Scott Rumana, Walter Garner and Vicki Arians.
Also in Passaic County, the three Rumana candidates for Freeholder won, but so did the Murphy/Mecca candidate for County Clerk.
In District 1, Mike Donahue and Frank Conrad have won the GOP nomination for State Assembly, defeating Robert Schafer. They will face Democratic Assemblymen Nelson Albano and Matthew Milam.
In Morristown, Mayor Donald Cresitello has lost his bid for renomination. Councilman Timothy Doughtery leads 62%-38%.
In Edison, Mayor Jun Choi lost the Democratic primary to Toni Ricigliano, a Councilwoman and the candidate of the Middlesex County Democratic organization.
In Englewood, Frank Huttle, a partner in one of the state's most politically powerful law firms, DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Wisler, captured the Democratic nomination for Mayor by a scant fifteen vote margin, defeating Councilman Scott Reddin 1,285 to 1,270.
In Atlantic City, Mayor Lorenzo Langford has won the Democratic primary, easily defeating David Tayoun and Martin Small.
In East Orange, Mayor Robert Bowser won the Democratic primary by a 2-1 margin over Kevin Taylor.
In Willlingboro, Nathaniel Anderson and Ken Gordon, backed by Burlington County Democratic Chairman Rick Perr, unseated incumbent Councilmen Paul Stephenson and Jim Gray.
Two Bergenfield Councilmen tossed off the organization line by small-time political mini-boss Kevin "Still Free" Clancy easily won the Democratic primary. With the help of State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, Thomas Todato and Robert Gillman held their seats against Clancy's candidates, Fedra Lolos and Fernando Vargas.
