Candidates for State, County, Local Offices, School Boards Work Toward Nov. 5

COURT HOUSE – Who will be the Garden’s State’s next governor? Who will represent the First Legislative District in the Senate and Assembly? Who will be new municipal officials starting in January? Who will take oaths as school board members? All those questions will be answered Nov. 5 as voters head to the polls from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
As ever, in Cape May County, “Other” has the most registered voters with 28,344. Republicans have 26,948 and Democrats 13,750, as of Oct. 21 according to the Cape May County Clerk’s website. Thus, a total of 69,042 could cast a ballot.
In addition to state, county and municipal candidates, there are school board members to be elected.
Also, two state questions for constitutional amendments are on the ballot: one would increase the state minimum wage with annual cost of living increase, the other would permit money from existing fames of change to support veterans’ organizations.
Governor and lieutenant governor candidates:
Republican Chris Christie and Kimberly M. Guadagno
Democratic Barbara Buono and Milly Silva
Independent Diane W. Sare and Bruce Todd
Libertarian Kenneth R. Kaplan and Brenda Bell
Green Steven Welzer and Patricia Alessandrini
Republican Hank Schroeder and Patricia Moschella
Democratic Jeff Boss and Robert B. Thorne
Democratic William Araujo and Maria Salamanca
Senate candidates:
Democratic Jeff Van Drew
Republican Susan Adelizzi-Schmidt
Independent Tom Greto
Assembly candidates:
Republican Sam Fiocchi, Kristine Gabor
Democratic Nelson Albano, Bob Andrzejczak
Freeholders candidates:
Republican Gerald M. Thornton, E. Marie Hayes
Democratic (No nomination made)
Municipal races:
Dennis Township Committee: Two, three-year term: Democratic, John Murphy, Brian O’Connor
Republican Eugene L. Glembocki, Jennifer Hand
Lower Township Ward 3: One, unexpired one-year term: Democratic: No nomination made, Republican: Erik Simonsen, Nomination by petition: Thomas F. Will, Glenn Douglass, George F. Doherty
Middle Township: One, three-year term: Democratic: Michael J. Clark, Republican: Melanie Collins
North Wildwood 1st Ward: Mayor: Republican: Patrick Rosenello, Member Council-at-Large, Edwin W. Koehler, Member, Council 1st Ward: Margaret Bishop, Nomination by petition: Suzanne R. Larcombe (Democrats made no nominations)
North Wildwood 2nd Ward: Member Council 2nd Ward: Republican: Salvatore Zampirri (Democrats made no nomination)
Stone Harbor: Member of council, two, three-year term: Republican Barry D. Mastrangelo, Albert J. Carusi (Democrats made no nominations)
Upper Township: Member Township Committee, two, three-year term: Republican John C. (Jay) Newman, Curtis T. Corson Jr. Nomination by petition Hobart (Hobie) Young, John Coggins (Democrats made no nominations)
West Cape May: Nonpartisan election for Borough Commission, three, four-year term: Pamela M. Kaithern, Peter C. Burke, Carole E. Sabo, John H. Francis III, David A. Wilburn Sr., Stephanie Latorre
Wildwood Crest: non-partisan election for Borough Commission: Three, four-year term: Don Cabrera, Carl H. Groon, Joyce P. Gould
Woodbine: Borough Council: Two, three-year term: Democratic: Julia Hankerson, Republican: Eduardo Ortiz, Nomination by petition: Manuel (Manny) Gonzalez, Efrain Rodriguez Sr., Mary Helen Perez
School board candidates:
Avalon: Two for three-year terms, Kimberly Schiela, John Leonard Richardson
Cape May: Lower Cape May Regional Board of Education: unexpired two-year term: Harry F. (Bud) Sundstrom Jr.
Local board: Three three-year term: Dawn M. Austin, Edward B. Connolly, Deborah L. Smith. One, unexired term: Jill C. Simcox
Cape May Point: One three-year term: Janet M. Wescott
Dennis Township: Three, three-year term: Tara Leith, Dawn M. McDaniel, Jamie Lynn VanArtsdalen, Patricia Lynn Ziolkowski
One, one-year unexpired: James Manlandro Jr., Giovanna M. Capuano
Lower Township: Lower Cape May Regional Board of Education: three, three-year term: Francis (Frank) P. Majane III, Helen E. Wallace, Vicki T. Clark, Gary Douglass
Local board of education: three, three-year term: Joseph E. Thomas, Charles Utsch, Joll P. Worster, James Rochford, Thomas Ottaviano
Middle Township: Three, three-year term: Burgess R. Hamer, George L. DeLollis, Edward Dagney, Calvin L. Back Sr.
North Wildwood: Three, three-year term: Gerald F. Flanagan, David C. MacDonald, Ronald Golden
Ocean City: Three, three-year term: Peter V. Madden, Raymond M. Clark,
One, one-year unexpired term: Michaela Walsh, Dale F. Braun Jr., Daniel J. McGinley, Jon D. Bastastini, Holly A. Buck, Daniel E. Powell, Michael D. Foster
Sea Isle City: Two, three-year term: Carolyn B. Shirk
Stone Harbor: One, three-year term: John McAllister II
Upper Township: Three, three-year term: Alistair Lihou, Rachel Mammele, James B. Arsenault Jr., Theodore J. Kingston, Michele Barbieri, Kristie Brown-Chisholm, Sallie Callahan
West Cape May: Local board of education: Two, three-year term, Christopher H. Wood, Robert J. Cwik
One, one-year unexpired: No petition filed
West Wildwood: Two, three-year term: John N. Green, James L. Perloff
Wildwood: Two, Three-year term: Josephine M. Sharpe, Mary Ann Giblin, Franklin F. Carrasco, Lynn Quinlan
Wildwood Crest: Two, three-year term: Michael D. Hawthorne Sr., James J. Johnson, Eric C. Garrabrant
Woodbine: Local board of education: Three, three-year term: Melissa Rodriguez, Gregory Hudgens, Adelina Feliciano, Donald Jenkins, Heather L. Watkins-Jones