Incumbent candidates retained their seats overall in Essex County. The Democratic team, led by former Gov. Richard Codey, retained control of the 27th Legislative District.
Sheila Oliver, the first African-American speaker of the house, who has battled with Gov. Chris Christie over the last year, retained her seat in the Assembly. And Republicans Joe Pennacchio, Alex DeCroce and Jay Webber, kept their seats in the Morris County-dominated 26th District.
In Newark, State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Sen. Ron Rice retained their seats, along with their Democratic counterparts in the Assembly. Montclair's Nia H. Gill, also a Democrat, also kept her post, as did Assemblyman Ralph Caputo, who represents the 28th District.
Turnout was light in Tuesday' night's election, without a national race. Voters came out to pick state, county and municipal winners.
Winners are denoted in bold.
| Candidate |
Morris County votes |
Essex County |
Passaic County |
Total |
| Joe Pennacchio* (R-Pine Brook) |
13,319 |
3,480 |
3,363 |
20,162
|
| Wasim Khan (D-Parsippany) |
6,234 |
2,003 |
2,059 |
10,296 |
| Joseph Scafa (I-Rockaway) |
662 |
101 |
147 |
910 |
| Candidate |
Morris County votes |
Essex County |
Passaic County |
Total |
| *Alex DeCroce (R-Morris Plains) |
12,920 |
3,404 |
3,301 |
19,625
|
| *Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) |
12,866 |
3,317 |
3,300 |
19,483 |
| Elliot Isibor (D-Rockaway) |
6,311 |
1,980 |
2,005 |
10,296
|
| Joseph Raich (D-Parsippany) |
6,624 |
2,061 |
2,139 |
10,824
|
| Michael Spector (I-Mount Tabor) |
739 |
156 |
195 |
1,090 |
| Candidate |
Morris County votes |
Essex County |
Total |
*Mila Jasey (R-South Orange)
|
5,637 |
17,027 |
22,664
|
*John McKeon (D-West Orange)
|
5,955 |
17,451 |
23,406
|
Lee Holtzman (R-Livingston)
|
9,583
|
9,217
|
18,800
|
| Nicole Hagner (R-Chatham) |
9,676 |
9,066 |
18,742 |
| Candidate |
Morris County votes |
Essex County |
Total |
*Richard Codey (D-Roseland)
|
7,484
|
19,499
|
26,983
|
| William Eames (R-Whippany) |
8,853 |
7,831
|
16,684
|
| Candidate |
Total |
| *Cleopatra G. Tucker (D-Newark) |
13,609 |
| *Ralph R. Caputo (D-Belleville) |
13,593 |
| Carol Humphreys (R-Bloomfield) |
4,533 |
| David H. Pinckney (R-Irvington) |
4,193 |
| Candidate |
Total |
| *Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) |
14,367 |
| Russell Mollica (R-Bloomfield) |
4,443 |
| Candidate |
Total |
| *L. Grace Spencer (D-Newark) |
8,482 |
| *Alberto Coutinho (D-Newark) |
8,323 |
| Elaine L. Guarino (R-Newark) |
1,722 |
Lisa T. Kistner (R-Belleville)
|
1,675 |
| Candidate |
Total |
| *M. Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) |
8,978 |
| Aracelis Sanabria Tejada (R-Newark) |
1,585 |
Laurie J. Taylor (I-Newark)
|
359 |
34th District Assembly
| Candidate |
Essex County |
Passaic County |
Total |
*Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange)
|
11,321 |
4,038 |
15,359
|
*Thomas Giblin (D-Montclair)
|
11,713 |
4,481 |
16,194 |
Steve Farrell (R-Clifton)
|
1,218 |
3,021 |
4,239 |
| Joan Salensky (R-Clifton) |
1,139 |
3,081 |
4,220 |
| Clenard Childress (I-Montclair) |
609 |
194 |
803 |
| David Taylor (I-Montclair) |
402 |
174 |
576 |
34th District Senate
| Candidate |
Essex County |
Passaic County |
Total |
*Nia Gill (D-Montclair)
|
12,551 |
4,454 |
17,005
|
Ralph Bartnik (R-Clifton)
|
1,199 |
3,149 |
4,348 |
| Candidate |
Essex County |
Bergen County** |
Morris County |
Passaic County
|
Total |
William J. Brennan (D-Wayne)
|
700
|
3,872 |
1,198 |
6,801
|
12,571 |
Cassandra Lazzara (D-Little Falls)
|
777
|
4,265 |
1,338 |
7,886 |
14,266 |
*David C. Russo (R-Ridgewood)
|
1,358
|
7,291 |
2,004 |
9,795 |
20,448 |
*Scott T. Rumana (R-Wayne)
|
1,259
|
7,016 |
1,957 |
9,858
|
20,090 |
| Candidate |
Essex County |
Bergen County** |
Morris County |
Passaic County
|
Total |
*Kevin J. O'Toole (R-Cedar Grove)
|
1,485
|
7,417 |
2,084
|
10,130
|
21,116
|
John Zunic (D-Cedar Grove)
|
742
|
3,830 |
1,169
|
6,844
|
12,585
|
* Denotes incumbent
** Bergen County results for District 40 as of 10 p.m. Tuesday, with 42 of 51 polling districts reporting.
Don
9:40 am on Thursday, November 10, 2011
Andrew Appel, a Princeton computer science professor, purchased a lot of 5 Sequoia AVC Advantage voting machines for $82 or $16.40 each (plus shipping) You can read his experiences with these impressive monuments to government stupidity here:
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/avc/
"I purchased one lot of 5 machines, for a price of $82 for the lot. Registering to bid at govdeals.com is just like registering to bid on e-bay--no questions asked except name, address, e-mail, and telephone number. The government had no information about me or my motives in obtaining the voting machines at any time before or after the auction and delivery of the voting machines to me. I paid for the machines by cashier's check. I had these machines shipped to me in Princeton by commercial carrier, where they arrived on February 2, 2007.
On February 3, 2007 I examined the machines. The machines arrived in operating order. The machines, originally sold to Buncombe County in 1997 for $5200 each, appear to be almost identical to machines used in Mercer County, New Jersey, where I vote. The only difference that I discerned is that instead of a green "x" to indicate a vote, there is a green arrow. This difference is very minor and does not, for example, mean that the internal software is different. "
(Source: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/avc/ )
"...I watched a Princeton University student pick the lock of my machine in about 7 seconds..."