Politics & Government

Michael Yodice Fails to Get Spot in General Election

Official results from the primary election.

Mail-in ballots did not help get Michael Yodice a spot on the ballot for the Chatham Borough Council this November.

Yodice, a Democrat, ran in the primary as a write-in candidate in Tuesday's primary. According to Chatham Borough Clerk Susan Caljean, Yodice drew four votes in the primary of the 13 write-in votes cast on the Democratic ballot.

Six votes, Caljean said, were needed to get his name on the November ballot.

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Chatham Borough Council incumbents James Collander and Vicki Fife will proceed uncontested to the general election in November. Fife is running for her second three-year term on the ballot; Collander, for a fourth term.

Of the 11 mail-in ballots submitted in the Chatham Borough primary, one was for the Demcratic ticket. The other 10 were Republican ballots.

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Total turnout in the polls was under 7.3 percent, including mail-in ballots. There were 426 residents who came to the polls, plus 11 mail-in ballots. Of those, 100, including one mail-in ballot, were Democrats, out of the 1,324 registered Democrats in the borough. Another 327 Republicans, plus 10 mail-on ballots, cast ballots, for a party turnout of 17.69 percent.

Results are listed below.

Chatham Borough Official Results--June 4 Primary Election PARTY OFFICE CANDIDATE POLLs MAIL-IN TOTAL Republicans Governor Seth Grossman 31 0 31 Chris Christie 262 10 272 Write-In 0 0 0 State Senate Thomas H. Kean, Jr. 287 9 296 Write-In 0 0 0 General Assembly Jon Bramnick 270 9 279 Nancy Munoz 261 9 270 Write-In 1 0 1 Sheriff Edward V. Rochford 283 9 292 Write-In 0 0 0 County Clerk Michael J. Sanchelli 69 3 72 Ann F. Grossi 102 4 106 Laurie Bogaard 46 1 47 Zbigniew Nowacki 22 0 22 James J. Vigilante 52 1 53 Write-In 0 0 0 Freeholders Doug Cabana 174 7 181 Tom Mastrangelo 185 6 191 Kathy DeFillippo 209 5 214 Stephen DeHart 126 5 131 Barbara Eames 119 3 122 Write-In 2 0 2 State Committee Republican Male Laurence Casha 264 9 273 Write-In 0 0 0 State Committee Republican Female Christina Ramirez 145 5 149 Catherine McCulloch 134 4 138 Write-In 0 0 0 Chatham Borough Council James Collander 254 9 263 Victoria Fife 246 8 254 Write-In 3 1 3 Democrats Governor Troy Webster 12 0 12 Barbara Buono 77 1 78 Write-In 0 0 0 State Senate Michael Komondy 77 1 78 Write-In 1 0 1 General Assembly Norman W. Albert 77 1 78 Jill Anne Lazare 79 1 80 Write-In 1 0 1 Sheriff Mark Dombrowski 79 1 80 Write-In 0 0 0 County Clerk Terry O'Connor Redwine 77 1 78 Write-In 0 1 1 Freeholders Roger L. Holman 58 1 59 Donald Cresitello 59 0 60 Thomas J. Moran 66 1 67 Mark H. Stein 41 1 42 Write-In 0 0 0 State Committee Democratic Male Paul N. Bontempo 74 1 75 Elihu D. Davison 76 1 77 Philip R. Sellinger 69 1 70 Write-In 0 0 0 State Committee Democratic Female Shawn Laurenti DeFazio 74 1 75 Truscha Quatrone 75 1 76 Claudia Salomon 72 1 73 Write-In 0 0 0 Chatham Borough Council Write-In 13 0 13


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