GOP
writes-in Gallo, Corrigan and Stiner for Borough Council!
North
Arlington now has 9 candidates for 3 Council Seats!
Schundler
defeats Forrester 153-92, DiGaetano finishes third in
NA!
Lonegan
Slate for freeholder defeats GOP endorsed ticket
NA
Residents Kearney & Maltese run strongly throughout
South Bergen on anti-Encap campaign against Sandoval
& Aloia for assembly in district 36!
Ferriero
top vote-getter in Democratic Primary
NORTH
ARLINGTON - Republican primary voters yesterday expanded
the potential field of council candidates to nine with
write-in votes for former Councilman Lou Gallo, Planning
Board Member Jay Corrigan and borough resident Roland
Stiner, a vocal critic of the EnCap project.
According
to the unofficial results provided by the Borough Clerk's
office, Gallo received six write-in votes as well
as Corrigan.
For
the unexpired term, Mr. Stiner received four votes.
Should
the number of write-in votes qualify these candidates;
Gallo, Corrigan and Stiner will join Democrats Ferriero,
Tanelli and Yampaglia along with the Independent ticket
of McDermott, Porcile and Sheedy. It would make for
the largest field of candidates ever to seek council
seats in recent memory.
In
the Democratic Primary, Council President James Ferriero
led all candidates with 286 votes. Councilman Steve
Tanelli received 285 and Councilman Mark Yampaglia received
277.
Jon
Corzine received 276 votes against two unknown challengers.
The first-term United States Senator is looking
to become the first Democrat in over forty years to
string together back-to-back Democratic administrations
in the Governor's office.
That
hasn't occurred since Governor Hughes succeeded Governor
Meyner in 1961.
At
the county level, Rutherford Mayor Bernadette McPherson
received 281 votes in her bid for reelection to a second
term on the freeholder board. Her running-mate Freeholder
David Ganz of Fair Lawn received 267 votes.
On
the Republican side, the slate supporting Bogota Mayor
Steve Lonegan for governor defeated the party-backed
ticket of Kelly Kirk and Michael Kaplan.
Westwood
Mayor Thomas Wanner and former Bogota Councilman John
Scalzo received 133 & 121 votes to Kirk's 109 and
Kaplan's 101. Even more surprising was the strong
showing of two North Arlington conservatives also backed
by Mayor Lonegan against the party ticket of Passaic
resident Jose Sandoval and Garfield Councilman Lou Aloia.
Conservatives
Jon Kearney & Rocco Maltese, who ran on a strong
anti-development, anti-EnCap agenda ran neck and
neck with the organization backed ticket of Sandoval
& Aloia. Sandoval received 114 votes while Aloia
garnered 107. Kearney ran closely behind with 102 and
Maltese received 78 votes.
In
a mild upset, the Lonegan backed candidate for the Republican
State Committee Campbell defeated Eleanor Nissley, 164-91
in North Arlington. Nissley is a member of the NJMC
and had served on the state's GOP Committee for more
than three decades.
While
the Lonegan backed ticket had a very respectable showing
in North Arlington, Lonegan could only poll 47 votes
for a disappointing fourth place finish. Lonegan ran
fourth statewide behind the winner Doug Forrester, Bret
Schundler and Morris County Freeholder John Murphy.
Even
though Democrats had no real challenges and were waiting
to see who would actually oppose them in November, they
easily outpaced the number of Republicans who made it
to the polls yesterday.
"We
knew it would be a low turnout and we wanted to be sure
our core people supported the local ticket. What's important
is that NA voters are voting from the bottom up in
terms of who they really support. Jim Ferriero,
Steve Tanelli and Mark Yampaglia all ran strong. We
have a unified ticket and we'll run on the issues that
got us here in the first place," commented Nicholas
Antonicello, the party chairman.
Democrats
were asked to comment on the addition of Gallo, Corrigan
and Stiner to the race.
"I
guess some Republicans felt it was a disgrace for the
local party not to field a ticket. I guess based on
those apparently nominated they disagree with the leadership
of the North Arlington Republicans. The people will
certainly have a menu of choices come the fall campaign,"
commented Ken Ludviksen, the party's club president.
