2008 General Election
Election Date: 11/04/2008
Last Update: 04/15/2016 12:00 AM
| Registration & Turnout |
| 462,043 Voters |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| - Yes | 1,025 | 47.59% |
| - No | 1,129 | 52.41% |
| Total | 2,154 | 100.00% |