More Votes Counted In Hillsborough Committee, School Election

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Somerset County has updated its vote tally on Friday. Here are the latest election results for the Hillsborough Township Committee and School Board races.

As of Friday night, the Somerset County Board of Elections has counted 176,918 vote-by-mail ballots out of the roughly 256,000 ballots sent out countywide.

Here are the latest unofficial results:

• Douglas Tomson: 12,677
• Janine Erickson: 11,817
• Donnetta Johnson: 10,614
• David Brook: 10,453

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There were also six candidates were vying for the three, three-year seats on the Hillsborough Township School Board including newcomers Nurse, Marini and Kidd versus incumbents Judith C. Haas, Ann Harris, and current school board president Lorraine Soisson.

• Cynthia "Cindy" DeCavalcante Nurse: 12,622
• Paul Marini: 10,114
• Benjamin Wilson Kidd: 7,282
• Ann Harris: 6,791
• Judith C. Haas: 6,243
• Lorraine Soisson: 4,760

As of Friday, Nathan Rudy, the spokesman for Somerset County, said there are about 11,000 vote-by-mail ballots left to count and then provisional ballots will be counted. Official results are not expected until Nov. 20 at the earliest.

Somerset County saw a record number of people who came out to vote, Rudy said.

With more than 180,000 votes counted for 2020 versus just over 160,000 votes in the 2016 Presidential election.

• Read More: Here's Why We Don't Have Final Election Results In NJ

For full coverage of the 2020 election in New Jersey, go here: New Jersey Elections 2020

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