Politics & Government

UPDATE: Lead Widens For Republicans In Hillsdale Council Race

Bergen County provided an update to vote totals, but results aren't official yet.

HILLSDALE, NJ — With two seats open on the Hillsdale Borough Council, Republican candidates Anthony DeRosa and Zoltan Horvath find themselves ahead on Thursday following updated vote totals from Bergen County.

Unofficial results from Bergen County show the Republican ticket with a lead still in the low hundreds — but climbing — over Democratic candidates Christopher Camp and Steven Segalas.

Here's the unofficial tally as of now:

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  • Anthony DeRosa — 3,062
  • Zoltan Horvath — 2,898
  • Christopher Camp — 2,563
  • Steven M. Segalas — 2,650

Bergen County reports a total of 409,307 ballots cast, but, according to the unofficial results, only absentee and early precincts have been reported so far, with 72 of 73 in. The county has yet to make an estimate on overall voter turnout.

County Clerk John S. Hogan didn't provide much of an update on Twitter Wednesday morning, stating that results would continue to be posted online.

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"Unofficial results of the 2020 General Election will be posted on the Clerk's website at http://bergencountyclerk.org as we receive the results from the Board of Elections," he wrote.

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.

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