Incumbents Maureen Lynn Eyles and Heather Paoli, and newcomer Thomas Vecchino were elected to three-year terms on the board. Incumbent Glenn Moramarco was re-elected to a one-year, unexpired term.
Three incumbents and one newcomer were victorious last week in the 2017 Haddonfield Board of Education election.
Incumbents Maureen Lynn Eyles and Heather Paoli, and newcomer Thomas Vecchino were elected to three-year terms on the board. Eyles was the top vote getter with 2,588 votes. Vecchio finished in second place with 2,120 votes. Paoli was re-elected with 2,074 votes. Glenn R. George finished in fourth place with 1,305 votes. Incumbent Robert Little III finished in fifth place with 1,256 votes.
Incumbent Glenn Moramarco won re-election for a one-year unexpired term. Moramarco ran unopposed for his seat.
In the governor’s race, Democrat Phil Murphy was victorious, defeating Republican Kim Guadagno. Murphy earned 1,154,978 votes, while Guadagno earned 878,588 votes, according to unofficial results from the New Jersey Board of Elections.
There will be no changes in the state Senate or General Assembly for the sixth legislative district. Democratic state Sen. James Beach defeated Republican challenger Robert Shapiro. Beach earned 69.7 percent of the vote. Democrat Assemblyman Louis Greenwald and Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt were also re-elected, defeated Republican nominees Winston Extavour and David C. Moy. Greenwald and Lampitt combined to earn 70.7 percent of the vote.
In the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders election, incumbent Democrats Louis Cappelli Jr. and Jonathan Young Sr. were both re-elected. The pair earned a combined 68.9 percent of the vote, defeating Republican challengers Keith Cybulski and Nicole Nance.
Voters in New Jersey approved two ballot questions this year. The first question was for the approval of the New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act and will allow the state to issue bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $125 million, with the proceeds of the bonds will be used to provide grants to public libraries. A total of 59.7 percent of voters approved the bond act. The second question was to amend the New Jersey Constitution to dedicate all money collected by the state relating to natural resource damages to be used to repair, restore, replace, or preserve the state’s natural resources. The money can also be used to pay legal or other costs incurred by the state in pursuing those claims. A total of 68.8 percent of those voters approved the amendment.
The results do not include provisional ballots and remain unofficial until the county and state boards of election certifies them.
