Camden County, State Races Also Factor on Ballot

In an election season dominated by the New Jersey governor’s race, there’s no shortage of other races crowding the ballot in Camden County.

Besides the governor and various local races, including decisions on school board members, voters will have to consider county and 6th District legislative races, as well as two ballot questions.

At the county level, voters will choose two freeholders; incumbent Democrats Edward McDonnell and Carmen Rodriguez face Republicans Kimone Smith and Ian Gill, as well as a pair of independents—Kathleen Kunyckza, who’s running under the Government Reform banner, and Kathryn Petner, who’s running under the People’s Choice banner.

In the 6th District, voters will have to pick both a state senator and two assembly representatives. Incumbent Sen. James Beach faces Republican challenger Sudhir Deshmukh; in the Asssembly race, incumbents Lou Greenwald and Pamela Lampitt face Republicans Chris Leone-Swillinger, who ran unsuccessfully for sheriff last year, and George Fisher, who was a late addition to the ballot.

A pair of statewide ballot questions are also up—voters will have to consider whether to increase the state minimum wage to $8.25 an hour, with automatic cost-of-living increases built in to future years, and whether to allow veterans groups to run games of chance and use the money raised from those to fund their organizations.