Collander Leads Uncontested Race in Borough

UPDATE: 11:29 p.m. Borough Council President James Collander led all votegetters in an uncontested primary for two council slots Tuesday.

Collander, who is running for re-election on the Republican ticket, received 340 votes, while fellow Republican Victoria Fife garnered 317. Brian Perez and Anna Tivade, the two Democrats running for the seats, received 115 and 113 votes, respectively.

Because there are only two people from each party in the running for two seats, all four candidates will advance to November's general election.

The vote totals are not yet official, since absentee ballots still need to be counted. They will likely be made official in the coming days.

According to the Star-Ledger, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen defeated Richard Luzzi in a GOP primary in the state's 11th congressional district, garnering 78 percent of the vote. In the borough, he received 330 votes, while Luzzi got 77.

The Star-Ledger also reported that borough resident Douglas Herbert won the Democrats' primary in the district, winning 71 percent of the vote over James Kelly. In the borough, he received 102 votes and Kelly got 25.

Borough vote totals were made available for the Republican county freeholder and sheriff primaries. The Daily Record reported incumbent Douglas Cabana and challengers Ann Grossi and Frank Mastrangelo appear to have won their party's nominations for the freeholder positions.

Eleven Republicans ran for three freeholder seats, and the three incumbents garnered the most votes. James Murray, Douglas Cabana and Jack Schrier received 163, 143 and 141 votes in the borough, respectively.

Frank Mastrangelo received 129 votes, John Krickus won 128, Ann Grossi received 115, Christine Myers won 103, Joseph Sirvent Jr. won 56, Gary Steele received 38, Jason Cullen won 35 and Charles Germershausen received 15.

In the sheriff race, incumbent Republican Edward Rochford received 309 borough votes, while challenger Steven Olimpio got 83.