Politics & Government

Democrats Leading In Bridgewater Township Council Election 2025: Unofficial Results

Three Republicans and three Democrats filed to run in the 2025 General Election for a seat on the Bridgewater Township Council.

Clockwise from top left: Republicans Allen Kurdyla, Filipe Pedroso, and Meghan Moench and Democrats Ridwana Isla, Joan Geiger, and Andrew Bucko
Clockwise from top left: Republicans Allen Kurdyla, Filipe Pedroso, and Meghan Moench and Democrats Ridwana Isla, Joan Geiger, and Andrew Bucko (Hal Brown, Filipe Pedroso, Andre DeSousa, Bridgewater Township Municipal Democratic Committee)

Updated as of 10:24 p.m.

BRIDGEWATER, NJ ? The polls have closed and the results are in for a contested Bridgewater Township Council race.

According to Somerset County's unofficial results, Democrats are leading ahead of Republicans.

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Democrats Joan Geiger, Ridwana Isla, and Andrew Bucko are leading over Allen Kurdyla, Filipe Pedroso, and Meghan Moench.

Here are the results for the Bridgewater Township Council (*denotes incumbent). According to Somerset County, 100 percent of districts are reporting. for Bridgewater However, these results remain unofficial until all mail-in and provisional ballots are counted:

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Bridgewater Township Council:

  • Allen Kurdyla* - Republican - 8,884
  • Filipe Pedroso* - Republican - 8,685
  • Meghan Moench - Republican - 8,350
  • Ridwana Isla - Democrat - 9,559
  • Joan Geiger - Democrat - 9,982
  • Andrew Bucko - Democrat - 9,831

Currently, the Bridgewater Township Council is made up entirely of Republicans.

Additional local races' vote tallies include (*denotes incumbent):

Somerset County Board of County Commissioners:

  • Melonie Marano - Democrat* - 63,952
  • Nick Cuozzo - Republican - 48,498

Somerset County Sheriff:

  • Darrin Russo - Democrat* - 65,378
  • Michael Manochio - Republican - 47,430

Somerset County Surrogate:

  • Bernice "Tina" Jalloh - Democrat* - 63,354
  • Chris Corsini - Republican - 48,164

New Jersey Legislative District 23 House of Representatives:

  • John DiMaio - Republican* - 50,188
  • Erik Peterson - Republican* - 48,324
  • Guy Citron - Democrat - 40,995
  • Tyler Powell - Democrat - 41,850

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