Holmdel Board Of Education Election Results For 2020

HOLMDEL, NJ - The polls are closed and votes are being tallied in a heated race for the Holmdel Board of Education.

Four candidates are vying for three seats this year: Irfan Lateef, Zhenling "Linda" Zhang and current board members Peter Reddy and Eileen Briamonte.

9:45 p.m.: According to the Monmouth County Clerk's Office, Zhang is currently leading the race with 29.12 percent of the vote. Briamonte trails with 25.44 percent, followed by Reddy with 23.49 percent. Lateef follows with 21.60 percent of the vote.

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Briamonte was first appointed to the Holmdel Board of Education in 2016 for a one year term. She was re-elected in 2017 for a three-year term. She has been a Holmdel resident for 20 years alongside her husband Chris. The pair have two daughters at Holmdel High School.

Briamonte holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Villanova University. She has been a private tutor for SSAT, SAT and ACT for 12 years, with prior experience as a computer analyst.

"We came to Holmdel because we had multiple relatives raising families here and we saw how great those kids were growing up," Briamonte told Patch. "We knew that Holmdel Schools provided a foundation for their successes."

Lateef is a 20-year resident of the township and is the father of four children, two of which currently attend Holmdel High School. He has worked in the telecommunications industry for 25 years and is currently employed with a networking startup.

Reddy is an 11-year resident of Holmdel and has two sons who attend the school district. He is seeking a third term on the board of education. Reddy works at Honeywell International and has designed energy-saving initiatives for schools for the last 17 years.

Zhang, a 10-year resident of Holmdel, is the mother of two Holmdel High School students. She works at Microsoft.

Since the change to this year's election was announced by Gov. Phil Murphy because of the coronavirus, there have been many questions about how the process will work.

Every the ballot sent through the mail had to be postmarked by Nov. 3. It must be received by your county's election boards by 8 p.m. on Nov. 10.

"Every vote should be safe. Every vote should be secure. Every vote should be counted," Murphy said of the process.

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

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