Clark Mayor Sal Bonaccorso, facing state corruption charges and under fire for a series of racist rants, coasted to a 59% victory on Tuesday against Democratic challenger Michael Shulman.
This will be Bonaccorso’s 7th term as mayor.
Last November, Bonaccorso was charged with using township property and employees to run his landscaping business, and filing forged permit applications in about two dozen towns to remove underground oil storage tanks. He also faces official misconduct charges for running a tank removal business out of the mayor’s office. If convicted, he would face a mandatory five years in state prison.
Bonaccorso has denied the allegations.
Clark paid a $400,000 settlement with a police lieutenant who secretly taped Bonaccorso using racial slurs against Black people.
In township council races, Republicans Angel Albanese, William Smith, and James Minniti, defeated Democrats William Grzyb, John Greaves and Mary Semler by margins of roughly 2,000 votes.