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 The Essex County Clerk's Office

2008 General Election

Election Date: 11/04/2008
Last Update: 04/15/2016 12:00 AM

  • Registration & Turnout
  • Choice For President
  • U.S. Senator
  • Member of the House of Rep 8th Cong District
  • Member of the House of Rep 10th Cong District
  • Member of the House of Rep 11th Cong District
  • Member of the House of Rep 13th Cong District
  • Board of Chosen Freeholders At Large
  • Board of Chosen Freeholders District 1
  • Board of Chosen Freeholders District 2
  • Board of Chosen Freeholders District 3
  • Board of Chosen Freeholders District 4
  • Board of Chosen Freeholders District 5
  • Township Council Bloomfield 1st Ward
  • Township Council Bloomfield 2nd Ward
  • Township Council Bloomfield 3rd Ward
  • Borough Council Caldwell
  • Borough Council Essex Fells
  • Township Council Fairfield
  • Borough Council Glen Ridge
  • Township Council Livingston
  • Township Council Livingston Unexpired 2 Year Term
  • Township Committee Maplewood
  • Township Committee Millburn
  • Member of the City Council Central Ward Unexpire
  • Borough Council North Caldwell
  • Borough Council Roseland
  • Township Council West Caldwell
  • STATE PUBLIC QUESTION No. 1
  • STATE PUBLIC QUESTION No. 2
  • CEDAR GROVE MUNICIPAL QUESTION
  • FAIRFIELD MUNICIPAL QUESTION
  • LIVINGSTON MUNICIPAL QUESTION
  • MAPLEWOOD MUNICIPAL QUESTION
  • NORTH CALDWELL MUNICIPAL QUESTION
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%


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