2008 General Election
Election Date: 11/04/2008
Last Update: 04/15/2016 12:00 AM
| Registration & Turnout |
| 462,043 Voters |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Election Day Turnout |
292,106 |
63.22% |
| Absentee Turnout |
13,670 |
2.96% |
| Provisional Turnout |
10,805 |
2.34% |
| Emergency Turnout |
718 |
0.16% |
| Federal Overseas Turnout |
2,838 |
0.61% |
| Total |
320,137 |
69.29% |
| Choice For President |
| 551/551 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1607 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Barack OBAMA |
240,127 |
75.92% |
| Rep - John McCAIN |
73,975 |
23.39% |
| SOC - Brian MOORE |
113 |
0.04% |
| GRE - Cynthia McKINNEY |
293 |
0.09% |
| SOC - Roger CALERO |
55 |
0.02% |
| - Chuck BALDWIN |
144 |
0.05% |
| - Gloria LaRIVA |
18 |
0.01% |
| LIB - Bob BARR |
362 |
0.11% |
| IND - Ralph NADER |
815 |
0.26% |
| - Jeffrey 'Jeff' BOSS |
14 |
0.00% |
| Write-In |
367 |
0.12% |
| Total |
316,283 |
100.00% |
| U.S. Senator |
| 551/551 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
50108 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Frank LAUTENBERG |
198,084 |
74.95% |
| Rep - Dick ZIMMER |
61,722 |
23.36% |
| - Daryl Mikell BROOKS |
1,690 |
0.64% |
| - Jeffrey BOSS |
513 |
0.19% |
| SOC - Sara J. LOBMAN |
648 |
0.25% |
| - J.M. CARTER |
640 |
0.24% |
| LIB - Jason SCHEURER |
881 |
0.33% |
| Write-In |
93 |
0.04% |
| Total |
264,271 |
100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 8th Cong District |
| 188/188 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
18142 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Bill PASCRELL, Jr. |
63,559 |
68.13% |
| Rep - Roland STRATEN |
28,929 |
31.01% |
| LIB - Dereck DeMARCO |
764 |
0.82% |
| Write-In |
33 |
0.04% |
| Total |
93,285 |
100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 10th Cong District |
| 245/245 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
28146 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Donald M. PAYNE |
107,484 |
98.98% |
| SOC - Michael TABER |
979 |
0.90% |
| Write-In |
127 |
0.12% |
| Total |
108,590 |
100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 11th Cong District |
| 55/55 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
5006 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Tom WYKA |
11,849 |
37.84% |
| Rep - Rodney FRELINGHUYSEN |
19,166 |
61.21% |
| - Chandler TEDHOLM |
283 |
0.90% |
| Write-In |
16 |
0.05% |
| Total |
31,314 |
100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 13th Cong District |
| 63/63 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
8697 |
|
| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Albio SIRES |
16,275 |
81.83% |
| Rep - Joseph TURULA |
2,955 |
14.86% |
| - Louis VERNOTICO |
148 |
0.74% |
| - Julio A. FERNANDEZ |
499 |
2.51% |
| Write-In |
12 |
0.06% |
| Total |
19,889 |
100.00% |
| Board of Chosen Freeholders At Large |
| 551/551 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
302117 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Rufus I. JOHNSON |
173,039 |
18.87% |
| Dem - Patricia SEBOLD |
175,001 |
19.08% |
| Dem - Donald M. PAYNE, Jr. |
180,895 |
19.73% |
| Dem - Blonnie R. WATSON |
169,346 |
18.47% |
| Rep - Reuben TORRES |
57,822 |
6.31% |
| Rep - Nkosi REMY |
52,955 |
5.77% |
| Rep - Leslie ELLIS |
55,697 |
6.07% |
| Rep - Aracelis SANABRIA-TEJADA |
51,999 |
5.67% |
| Write-In |
296 |
0.03% |
| Total |
917,050 |
100.00% |
| Board of Chosen Freeholders District 1 |
| 84/84 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
12288 |
|
| Over Votes |
705 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Samuel GONZALEZ |
23,459 |
87.54% |
| Rep - Orlando MENDEZ |
3,334 |
12.44% |
| Write-In |
6 |
0.02% |
| Total |
26,799 |
100.00% |
| Board of Chosen Freeholders District 2 |
| 108/108 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
12024 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - D. Bilal BEASLEY |
44,416 |
93.64% |
| Rep - Herbert D. GLENN |
3,010 |
6.35% |
| Write-In |
9 |
0.02% |
| Total |
47,435 |
100.00% |
| Board of Chosen Freeholders District 3 |
| 103/103 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
15635 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Carol Y. CLARK |
42,565 |
99.93% |
| Write-In |
31 |
0.07% |
| Total |
42,596 |
100.00% |
| Board of Chosen Freeholders District 4 |
| 133/133 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
18941 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Linda LORDI CAVANAUGH |
36,176 |
57.06% |
| Rep - Alexandru ALDEA |
27,196 |
42.90% |
| Write-In |
28 |
0.04% |
| Total |
63,400 |
100.00% |
| Board of Chosen Freeholders District 5 |
| 123/123 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
16318 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Ralph R. CAPUTO |
37,975 |
69.98% |
| Rep - Andrew M. BLOSCHK |
16,253 |
29.95% |
| Write-In |
40 |
0.07% |
| Total |
54,268 |
100.00% |
| Township Council Bloomfield 1st Ward |
| 11/11 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
763 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Janice MALY |
3,453 |
66.31% |
| Rep - Carol HUMPHREYS |
1,750 |
33.61% |
| Write-In |
4 |
0.08% |
| Total |
5,207 |
100.00% |
| Township Council Bloomfield 2nd Ward |
| 11/11 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1200 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Nicholas JOANOW |
3,802 |
56.75% |
| Rep - Ray TAMBORINI |
2,897 |
43.24% |
| Write-In |
1 |
0.01% |
| Total |
6,700 |
100.00% |
| Township Council Bloomfield 3rd Ward |
| 13/13 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1288 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Robert M. RUANE |
3,578 |
77.38% |
| Rep - Octavio MORALES |
1,045 |
22.60% |
| Write-In |
1 |
0.02% |
| Total |
4,624 |
100.00% |
| Borough Council Caldwell |
| 7/7 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
828 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Peter G. MESCIA |
1,586 |
24.15% |
| Dem - Alyson VILLANO |
1,477 |
22.49% |
| Rep - Joseph NORTON |
1,734 |
26.41% |
| Rep - Gordon V. LAWSHE |
1,768 |
26.93% |
| Write-In |
1 |
0.02% |
| Total |
6,566 |
100.00% |
| Borough Council Essex Fells |
| 2/2 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
822 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Rep - Michael W. CECERE |
823 |
48.70% |
| Rep - George C. PECK, Jr. |
857 |
50.71% |
| Write-In |
10 |
0.59% |
| Total |
1,690 |
100.00% |
| Township Council Fairfield |
| 5/5 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1173 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Robert DOMBROWSKI |
1,277 |
19.07% |
| Dem - Patrick J. D'AQUILA |
1,346 |
20.10% |
| Rep - John LaFORGIA |
2,021 |
30.18% |
| Rep - Thomas J. MORGAN |
2,035 |
30.39% |
| Write-In |
17 |
0.25% |
| Total |
6,696 |
100.00% |
| Borough Council Glen Ridge |
| 7/7 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
4008 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Arthur D. DAWSON |
963 |
39.11% |
| Write-In |
1,499 |
60.89% |
| Total |
2,462 |
100.00% |
| Township Council Livingston |
| 26/26 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
12612 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Stephen A. SANTOLA |
8,400 |
49.93% |
| Dem - Gary S. SCHNEIDERMAN |
8,327 |
49.49% |
| Write-In |
97 |
0.58% |
| Total |
16,824 |
100.00% |
| Township Council Livingston Unexpired 2 Year Term |
| 26/26 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
6493 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Rufino 'Rudy' FERNANDEZ, Jr. |
8,219 |
99.54% |
| Write-In |
38 |
0.46% |
| Total |
8,257 |
100.00% |
| Township Committee Maplewood |
| 21/21 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
4956 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Victor DeLUCA |
8,328 |
42.57% |
| Dem - Fred R. PROFETA, Jr. |
8,392 |
42.90% |
| Rep - C. Mark TOWNSEND |
2,804 |
14.33% |
| Write-In |
37 |
0.19% |
| Total |
19,561 |
100.00% |
| Township Committee Millburn |
| 16/16 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
2318 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - James F. SUELL |
4,522 |
25.41% |
| Dem - Stephanie NESSER |
4,187 |
23.53% |
| Rep - Richard TAMBOR |
4,174 |
23.45% |
| Rep - Robert T. TILLOTSON |
4,310 |
24.22% |
| - Patricia 'Tricia' LISTER |
597 |
3.35% |
| Write-In |
7 |
0.04% |
| Total |
17,797 |
100.00% |
| Member of the City Council Central Ward Unexpire |
| 32/32 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
4410 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Juanita WINSLOW |
906 |
6.37% |
| - B. F. JOHNSON, III |
250 |
1.76% |
| - Horace BROWN |
226 |
1.59% |
| - Ericka SMITH |
150 |
1.05% |
| - Gary M. HOLMES |
275 |
1.93% |
| - Nakia J. WHITE |
519 |
3.65% |
| - Cynthia A. DeSOUZA |
98 |
0.69% |
| - Kenneth B. GIFFORD |
112 |
0.79% |
| - Charles A. BELL |
5,396 |
37.95% |
| - Edward OSBORNE |
4,608 |
32.41% |
| - Mary E. RONE |
1,037 |
7.29% |
| - Marcell ROBINSON |
62 |
0.44% |
| - Gregory A. GOOD |
148 |
1.04% |
| - Elaine A. AQUIL |
198 |
1.39% |
| - Taquan A. WILLIAMS |
98 |
0.69% |
| - John ODOM |
126 |
0.89% |
| Write-In |
10 |
0.07% |
| Total |
14,219 |
100.00% |
| Borough Council North Caldwell |
| 4/4 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1727 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Matthew C. ROLLINS |
1,013 |
19.10% |
| Rep - John CHIAIA |
2,098 |
39.56% |
| Rep - Cynthia SANTOMAURO |
2,182 |
41.15% |
| Write-In |
10 |
0.19% |
| Total |
5,303 |
100.00% |
| Borough Council Roseland |
| 6/6 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1713 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Wlliam 'Bill' MILLER |
1,303 |
24.32% |
| Rep - Michele L. TOLLI |
1,996 |
37.25% |
| Rep - John DUTHIE |
2,041 |
38.09% |
| Write-In |
18 |
0.34% |
| Total |
5,358 |
100.00% |
| Township Council West Caldwell |
| 9/9 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1735 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| Dem - Robert G. ISETTS |
1,872 |
18.17% |
| Dem - John J. KING, III |
1,796 |
17.44% |
| Rep - Dominick J. AIELLO |
3,370 |
32.72% |
| Rep - Richard C. OTTERBEIN |
3,259 |
31.64% |
| Write-In |
3 |
0.03% |
| Total |
10,300 |
100.00% |
| STATE PUBLIC QUESTION No. 1 |
| 551/551 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
193921 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Yes |
69,426 |
63.99% |
| - No |
39,062 |
36.01% |
| Total |
108,488 |
100.00% |
| STATE PUBLIC QUESTION No. 2 |
| 551/551 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
196742 |
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| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Yes |
53,222 |
50.57% |
| - No |
52,028 |
49.43% |
| Total |
105,250 |
100.00% |
| CEDAR GROVE MUNICIPAL QUESTION |
| 10/10 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
2520 |
|
| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Yes |
2,508 |
63.19% |
| - No |
1,461 |
36.81% |
| Total |
3,969 |
100.00% |
| FAIRFIELD MUNICIPAL QUESTION |
| 5/5 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1730 |
|
| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Yes |
1,129 |
51.13% |
| - No |
1,079 |
48.87% |
| Total |
2,208 |
100.00% |
| LIVINGSTON MUNICIPAL QUESTION |
| 26/26 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
6323 |
|
| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Yes |
6,601 |
76.61% |
| - No |
2,015 |
23.39% |
| Total |
8,616 |
100.00% |
| MAPLEWOOD MUNICIPAL QUESTION |
| 21/21 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
4005 |
|
| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Yes |
3,970 |
47.21% |
| - No |
4,440 |
52.79% |
| Total |
8,410 |
100.00% |
| NORTH CALDWELL MUNICIPAL QUESTION |
| 4/4 100.00% |
| Under Votes |
1388 |
|
| Over Votes |
0 |
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Vote Count |
Percent |
| - Yes |
1,025 |
47.59% |
| - No |
1,129 |
52.41% |
| Total |
2,154 |
100.00% |