Primary Elections 2019: Who's On The Ballot In Lawrence?

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ — Tuesday, June 4 is Primary Day in New Jersey, and there is a contested primary for the State Assembly seats in District 15.

Incumbent Democrats Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and Anthony S. Verrelli are running for re-election. Alex Bathea is also running in the Democratic Primary, in Column B under the slogan “Integrity, Transparency and Accountability.” Republican Jennifer Williams will run for her party’s nomination unopposed.

Locally, six candidates are running for three open seats on Lawrence Township Council in the Nov. 5 general elections.

Incumbent Democrats Cathleen Lewis and Michael Powers are running for re-election. Councilman David Maffei is also up for re-election, but opted not to run. John Ryan filed to run, and is the third member of the Democratic ticket.

They will be challenged by Republicans Robert Pluta, Joseph Vinch and Eric Jaszewski.
Democrat Brian Hughes is running for re-election as County Executive. He looks to be challenged in the November elections by Republican Lishian Lisa Wu.

Democrats Andrew Koontz and Nina Melker are virtually locks to be re-elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders. They are running unopposed in Tuesday’s primary, and no Republicans have filed petitions to run in the fall.

Tuesday is also the deadline for third-party candidates to file petitions to run for office. The deadline is 4 p.m. For a list of polling locations in Lawrence Township, click here.