Count In Warren Committee, School Election Continues: No Update

WARREN, NJ — The Somerset County Board of Elections continues to count votes in this year's Warren Township Council and Board of Education elections.

As of Wednesday at 7:15 p.m., though, there were no updates to the unofficial results in Warren Township Council and Board of Education races.

As of Wednesday night, the county counted 142,172 vote-by-mail ballots out of the roughly 233,000 ballots sent out countywide, according to Somerset County Clerk Steve Peter.

In Warren, 8,069 ballots have been counted out of the 12,750 sent out to township residents.

Nathan Rudy, spokesman for Somerset County, said votes will continue to be counted daily and updated periodically on the county's election board website. However, official results are not expected until Nov. 20 at the earliest.

As of Wednesday, Michael "Mick" C. Marion, current Mayor of Warren, and George Lazo, current Deputy Mayor, are leading against Democrats Ilana Goldstein-Barsky and John Patrick Fahy.

Here are the latest unofficial results as of 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday:

• George Lazo: 4,212
• Michael "Mick" C. Marion: 4,142
• John Patrick Fahy: 3,477
• Ilana Goldstein-Barsky: 3,419

Warren Township School Board also has a contested race with five candidates vying for three, three-year seats.

Here are the latest unofficial results as of 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday:

• Laura Keller: 3,477
• David Brezee (Incumbent): 2,724
• Todd Weinstein: 2,602
• Christian Bellmann (Incumbent): 2,415
• Eric D. Winch: 1,773

Lori Ruckstuhl-Clar is also running unopposed for the one, one-year unexpired seat.

• Lori Ruckstuhl-Clar: 4,961

For Watchung Hills Regional School Board, Peter Fallon is running for the one, three-year seat representing Warren and Michael Birnberg is running of the one, three-year seat representing Watchung.

• Peter Fallon: 5,446

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