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Democrat Gloria Seel unseated Republican Absecon City Councilwoman Christine Parker in Ward 2, ending the GOP’s complete control of City Council, while Republican Councilman Alex Clark won re-election in Ward 1 over Democrat Maria Prete. In Ward 1, Clark received...

Republican Mayor William Ruggieri won another term on the Buena Vista Township Committee, defeating Democratic challenger Ronald Stone and preserving the GOP’s control of all five seats. Ruggieri received 1,351 votes to 1,158 for Stone, who previously ran for Township...

Democrats Juanita Hyman and Tamika Gilbert-Floyd unseated Republican committee members Laura Pfrommer and Paul Hodson, and Democrat Anthony Calandrillo defeated Republican Patrick Ireland for a one-year unexpired term, sweeping all three Egg Harbor Township Committee seats on the ballot and...

Democratic Common Councilman Karl Timbers won re-election in Egg Harbor City. Fellow Democrats Steven Ortiz and Nate Ross captured the other two seats on the ballot, extending the party’s control of the Common Council. Timbers received 739 votes; Ortiz received...

Democrat Maria Newman defeated Republican Committeeman Eric Aiken on the Hamilton Township Committee, giving Democrats a 3-2 majority. Newman, a real estate broker and former member of the Hamilton Township Board of Education, unseated Aiken, who was seeking re-election. The...

Democrat Beth Schroeder Buonsante won a seat on the Mullica Township Committee, defeating Republican Thomas C. Braun and narrowing the Republicans’ control of the governing body. Buonsante received 1,209 votes; Braun received 1,043. Buonsante is a former chief of staff...

Democrat Joan Brennan unseated Republican Ward 1 Councilman David Notaro, ending the Republican Party’s complete control of the Northfield City Council. Brennan, an inventory analyst for Sysco Foods, received 845 votes, while Notaro received 829. In Ward 2, Republican Thomas...