2012 General Election
Election Date: 11/06/2012
Last Update: 04/15/2016 12:00 AM
| Registration & Turnout |
| 484,055 Voters |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Election Day Turnout | 276,725 | 57.17% |
| Mail-In Ballot Turnout | 15,783 | 3.26% |
| Provisional Turnout | 12,291 | 2.54% |
| Emergency Turnout | 0 | 0.00% |
| Federal Overseas Turnout | 1,237 | 0.26% |
| Removed Residence Turnout | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 306,036 | 63.22% |
| Electors of President and Vice President |
| 557/557 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1763 | |
| Over Votes | 149 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - OBAMA / BIDEN | 237,035 | 77.95% |
| Rep - ROMNEY / RYAN | 64,767 | 21.30% |
| NBP - BOSS / PASTERNAK | 119 | 0.04% |
| NBP - LINDSAY / OSORIO | 58 | 0.02% |
| NBP - JOHNSON / GRAY | 962 | 0.32% |
| NBP - GOODE / CLYMER | 89 | 0.03% |
| NBP - STEIN / HONKALA | 599 | 0.20% |
| NBP - ANDERSON / RODRIGUEZ | 86 | 0.03% |
| NBP - HARRIS / DeLUCA | 46 | 0.02% |
| NBP - MILLER / BERTRAM | 34 | 0.01% |
| Write-In | 276 | 0.09% |
| Total | 304,071 | 100.00% |
| U.S. Senator |
| 557/557 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 32855 | |
| Over Votes | 91 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Robert MENENDEZ | 213,543 | 78.81% |
| Rep - Joe KYRILLOS | 53,078 | 19.59% |
| NBP - Gwen DIAKOS | 1,301 | 0.48% |
| NBP - Daryl Mikell BROOKS | 391 | 0.14% |
| NBP - Kenneth R. KAPLAN | 1,029 | 0.38% |
| NBP - Robert Turk TURKAVAGE | 202 | 0.07% |
| NBP - Ken WOLSKI | 792 | 0.29% |
| NBP - Eugene Martin LAVERGNE | 69 | 0.03% |
| NBP - J. David DRANIKOFF | 219 | 0.08% |
| NBP - Inder ''Andy'' SONI | 111 | 0.04% |
| NBP - Gregory PASON | 169 | 0.06% |
| Write-In | 72 | 0.03% |
| Total | 270,976 | 100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 7th Cong District |
| 16/16 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1251 | |
| Over Votes | 2 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Upendra J. CHIVUKULA | 3,926 | 50.33% |
| Rep - Leonard LANCE | 3,674 | 47.10% |
| NBP - Dennis A. BREEN | 118 | 1.51% |
| NBP - Patrick McKNIGHT | 78 | 1.00% |
| Write-In | 5 | 0.06% |
| Total | 7,801 | 100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 8th Cong District |
| 92/92 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 7719 | |
| Over Votes | 11 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Albio SIRES | 25,771 | 80.83% |
| Rep - Maria KARCZEWSKI | 4,918 | 15.43% |
| NBP - Herbert H. SHAW | 227 | 0.71% |
| NBP - Stephen DeLUCA | 346 | 1.09% |
| NBP - Pablo OLIVERA | 607 | 1.90% |
| Write-In | 14 | 0.04% |
| Total | 31,883 | 100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 10th Cong District |
| 300/300 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 20406 | |
| Over Votes | 34 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Donald M. PAYNE, Jr. | 128,526 | 91.80% |
| Rep - Brian C. KELEMEN | 9,170 | 6.55% |
| NBP - Joanne MILLER | 1,639 | 1.17% |
| NBP - Mick ERICKSON | 612 | 0.44% |
| Write-In | 67 | 0.05% |
| Total | 140,014 | 100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 11th Cong District |
| 149/149 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 13851 | |
| Over Votes | 8 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - John ARVANITES | 39,834 | 50.85% |
| Rep - Rodney P. FRELINGHUYSEN | 37,475 | 47.84% |
| NBP - Barry BERLIN | 993 | 1.27% |
| Write-In | 29 | 0.04% |
| Total | 78,331 | 100.00% |
| Member of the House of Rep 10th Cong Dist-Unex |
| 250/250 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 25343 | |
| Over Votes | 24 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Donald M. PAYNE, Jr. | 106,683 | 97.89% |
| NBP - Joanne MILLER | 2,204 | 2.02% |
| Rep - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Write-In | 94 | 0.09% |
| Total | 108,981 | 100.00% |
| Member of General Assembly 26th Dist Unexp Term |
| 29/29 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 3599 | |
| Over Votes | 1 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Joseph R. RAICH | 6,651 | 40.54% |
| Rep - Betty Lou DeCROCE | 9,749 | 59.43% |
| Write-In | 5 | 0.03% |
| Total | 16,405 | 100.00% |
| Sheriff |
| 557/557 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 52812 | |
| Over Votes | 36 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Armando B. FONTOURA | 199,606 | 80.69% |
| Rep - Orlando MENDEZ | 47,579 | 19.23% |
| Write-In | 183 | 0.07% |
| Total | 247,368 | 100.00% |
| Borough Council-Caldwell |
| 7/7 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 877 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Edward H. DURKIN, Jr. | 1,649 | 25.48% |
| Dem - Susan VEZZA | 1,575 | 24.34% |
| Rep - Peter W. MURRAY | 1,616 | 24.97% |
| Rep - Richard HAUSER | 1,628 | 25.16% |
| Write-In | 3 | 0.05% |
| Total | 6,471 | 100.00% |
| Borough Council-Essex Fells |
| 2/2 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 910 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dem - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rep - William B. SULLIVAN | 731 | 49.26% |
| Rep - Glenn W. KOECHLING | 747 | 50.34% |
| Write-In | 6 | 0.40% |
| Total | 1,484 | 100.00% |
| Mayor - Fairfield |
| 5/5 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1228 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - No Nominatiion Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rep - James GASPARINI | 2,369 | 98.83% |
| Write-In | 28 | 1.17% |
| Total | 2,397 | 100.00% |
| Borough Council-Glenn Ridge |
| 7/7 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 4408 | |
| Over Votes | 2 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - No Nominiation Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dem - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rep - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| NBP - Elizabeth K. BAKER | 1,398 | 49.75% |
| NBP - Paul A. LISOVICZ | 1,379 | 49.07% |
| Write-In | 28 | 1.00% |
| Total | 2,805 | 99.82% |
| Township Council-Livingston |
| 26/26 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 3489 | |
| Over Votes | 4 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Michael M. SILVERMAN | 6,991 | 27.70% |
| Dem - Alfred M. ANTHONY | 6,539 | 25.91% |
| Rep - Charles L. GRANATA | 5,814 | 23.03% |
| Rep - Allan FEID, Jr. | 5,888 | 23.33% |
| Write-In | 8 | 0.03% |
| Total | 25,240 | 100.00% |
| Township Committee-Maplewood |
| 21/21 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 4939 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Kathleen M. LEVENTHAL | 8,588 | 45.42% |
| Dem - Gerard W. RYAN | 8,315 | 43.98% |
| Rep - Arthur GARTENLAUB | 1,981 | 10.48% |
| Rep - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Write-In | 23 | 0.12% |
| Total | 18,907 | 100.00% |
| Township Committee-Millburn |
| 16/16 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 4043 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rep - Sandra H. HAIMOFF | 4,514 | 91.47% |
| Write-In | 421 | 8.53% |
| Total | 4,935 | 100.00% |
| Borough Council-North Caldwell |
| 4/4 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 2493 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dem - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rep - Patricia McGROGAN FOST | 1,917 | 50.05% |
| Rep - Francis X. ASTORINO | 1,898 | 49.56% |
| Write-In | 15 | 0.39% |
| Total | 3,830 | 100.00% |
| Borough Council-Roseland |
| 6/6 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 3366 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Dem - No Nomination Made | 0 | 0.00% |
| Rep - Thomas TSILIONIS | 1,711 | 49.18% |
| Rep - Peter SMITH | 1,745 | 50.16% |
| Write-In | 23 | 0.66% |
| Total | 3,479 | 100.00% |
| Township Council-West Caldwell |
| 9/9 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1472 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Dem - Marc DRIGGS | 2,070 | 20.72% |
| Dem - Frank MONDSINI, III | 1,983 | 19.85% |
| Rep - Stanley W. HLADIK | 2,915 | 29.18% |
| Rep - Tom O'HERN | 3,012 | 30.15% |
| Write-In | 9 | 0.09% |
| Total | 9,989 | 100.00% |
| West Essex Regional-Essex Fells Member of the BOE |
| 2/2 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 474 | |
| Over Votes | 3 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Ann FAHEY | 425 | 59.03% |
| NPC - Philip M. FIORE | 294 | 40.83% |
| Write-In | 1 | 0.14% |
| Total | 720 | 100.00% |
| West Essex Regional-Fairfield Member of the BOE |
| 5/5 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 2163 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Kristin BACHMANN | 1,456 | 99.66% |
| Write-In | 5 | 0.34% |
| Total | 1,461 | 100.00% |
| West Essex Regional-No. Caldwell Member of the BOE |
| 4/4 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1610 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Maryadele WOJTOWICZ | 1,488 | 99.33% |
| Write-In | 10 | 0.67% |
| Total | 1,498 | 100.00% |
| Caldwell/West Caldwell Member of the BOE |
| 16/16 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 9849 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Thomas D. ADAMS | 3,113 | 34.74% |
| NPC - Paula I. GETTY | 2,963 | 33.07% |
| NPC - Maureen T. McNISH | 2,860 | 31.92% |
| Write-In | 25 | 0.28% |
| Total | 8,961 | 100.00% |
| Cedar Grove Member of the BOE |
| 10/10 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 5863 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Frank G. MANDALA, Jr. | 2,680 | 50.38% |
| NPC - Laura MARINELLI | 2,598 | 48.83% |
| Write-In | 42 | 0.79% |
| Total | 5,320 | 100.00% |
| Essex Fells Member of the BOE |
| 2/2 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1374 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Steven LoCASCIO | 511 | 50.10% |
| NPC - Michele NITTI | 507 | 49.71% |
| Write-In | 2 | 0.20% |
| Total | 1,020 | 100.00% |
| Fairfield Member of the BOE |
| 5/5 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 4359 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Thomas PATIERNO | 1,437 | 49.72% |
| NPC - Pasquale G. FREDA | 1,449 | 50.14% |
| Write-In | 4 | 0.14% |
| Total | 2,890 | 100.00% |
| Livingston Member of the BOE |
| 26/26 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 15673 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Pamela Lisa CHIRLS | 5,882 | 45.04% |
| NPC - David D. JASIN | 4,467 | 34.21% |
| NPC - Soumitra RATHOD | 2,632 | 20.15% |
| Write-In | 78 | 0.60% |
| Total | 13,059 | 100.00% |
| Millburn Member of the BOE |
| 16/16 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 11709 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Raymond WONG | 3,743 | 24.61% |
| NPC - Rupali WADHWA | 3,689 | 24.25% |
| NPC - Eric S. SIEGEL | 4,698 | 30.88% |
| NPC - Elliot CAHN | 3,015 | 19.82% |
| Write-In | 67 | 0.44% |
| Total | 15,212 | 100.00% |
| North Caldwell Member of the BOE |
| 4/4 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 3399 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Marianne BOHRER | 1,397 | 50.27% |
| NPC - Jann B. SKELTON | 1,364 | 49.08% |
| Write-In | 18 | 0.65% |
| Total | 2,779 | 100.00% |
| Nutley Member of the BOE |
| 20/20 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 19300 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Ryan KLINE | 4,357 | 22.03% |
| NPC - Kevin GEORGETTI | 2,962 | 14.98% |
| NPC - Deborah J. RUSSO | 4,456 | 22.53% |
| NPC - Thomas J. SPOSATO | 4,657 | 23.55% |
| NPC - Alan C. THOMAS | 3,302 | 16.70% |
| Write-In | 44 | 0.22% |
| Total | 19,778 | 100.00% |
| Roseland Member of the BOE |
| 6/6 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 4480 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Antoinette PARKINSON | 1,151 | 48.71% |
| NPC - Paul MASTRANGELO | 1,196 | 50.61% |
| Write-In | 16 | 0.68% |
| Total | 2,363 | 100.00% |
| Verona Member of the BOE |
| 11/11 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 8414 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - John QUATTROCCHI | 3,237 | 51.28% |
| NPC - Joseph T. BELLINO | 2,998 | 47.49% |
| Write-In | 78 | 1.24% |
| Total | 6,313 | 100.00% |
| West Orange Member of the BOE |
| 37/37 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 19555 | |
| Over Votes | 14 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| NPC - Ronald L. CHARLES | 5,962 | 28.30% |
| NPC - Adam KRAEMER | 3,567 | 16.93% |
| NPC - Michelle CASALINO | 7,059 | 33.51% |
| NPC - Joseph L. SORBINO | 4,422 | 20.99% |
| Write-In | 56 | 0.27% |
| Total | 21,066 | 100.00% |
| State Public Question No. 1 |
| 557/557 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 134431 | |
| Over Votes | 54 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Yes | 124,371 | 77.04% |
| No | 37,064 | 22.96% |
| Total | 161,435 | 100.00% |
| State Public Question No. 2 |
| 557/557 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 141802 | |
| Over Votes | 37 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Yes | 125,747 | 81.85% |
| No | 27,883 | 18.15% |
| Total | 153,630 | 100.00% |
| East Orange Public Question |
| 48/48 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 15674 | |
| Over Votes | 4 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Yes | 6,693 | 80.48% |
| No | 1,623 | 19.52% |
| Total | 8,316 | 100.00% |
| Verona Public Question |
| 11/11 100.00% |
| Under Votes | 1541 | |
| Over Votes | 0 | |
| Vote Count | Percent | |
| Yes | 2,802 | 48.14% |
| No | 3,018 | 51.86% |
| Total | 5,820 | 100.00% |