Summit Primary Election Vote Totals Are In: Common Council

SUMMIT, NJ — With all districts reporting, the unofficial numbers have been tallied for the five candidates running for the Democratic and Republican nominations to vie for four Summit Common Council seats in November.

While the nominees in these unopposed races were a foregone conclusion, political observers sometimes look to the vote tabulations to determine how much support each side has early in the race.

[UPDATE: Two Write-In Candidates Can Run In Summit Race As Republicans: Read More Here.]

In addition, Police Chief Robert Weck had mounted a campaign to get enough write-in votes to win the Republican party's nomination to compete against incumbent Democratic Councilman Andy Minegar for a 1st Ward seat in November. Since one candidate in that Republican primary appears to have gained more than 200 write-in votes, he is likely to have done so. Patch will update the results when they are available. READ MORE: Five Candidates File To Run For Summit Common Council

As of Tuesday night, the results were:

Council-at-large

Incumbent Beth Little (D): 962

Write-In (R): 159

1st Ward

Andy Minegar (D): 429

Write-In (R): 218*

*Former Police Chief Robert Weck had mounted a campaign to be a write-in Republican vote in the 1st Ward.

2nd Ward (1-year term)

Lisa Allen (R): 357

Write-In (D): 18

2nd Ward (3-year term)

Greg Vartan III (D): 519

David Fosgate (R): 363

Summit residents also were able to vote in the primaries on Tuesday for Republican or Democratic candidates for state Senate and Assembly in the 21st Legislative District.

For more details on the primary election, visit Vote.NJ.Gov.

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