Official results of the Nov. 6 election are now posted by County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi. Click here and scroll down for local numbers or just read on ...
All the numbers are much higher than the unofficial results from Election Night. Normally, there is a minor spread between what runners bring back to party headquarters that night and the official results posted by the county clerk on the Monday following the election. Superstorm Sandy and other factors caused alternate means of voting to an unprecedented degree, as indicated by numbers such as an 86 percent difference for Charter Study Commissioner Mary Burgwinkle (690 to 1,289), 19 percent for school board candidate Mahogany Hendricks (3,702 to 4,419) and 14 percent for Councilwoman at-large Tracey Brown (10,205/11,625.
The question on whether to have a charter study commisssion passed with a 34 percent higher "yes" vote than the Election Night tally (2,474/3,323). The five winning candidates now have 15 days to organize and nine months to do the study. Besides Burgwinkle, winners are John Stewart (694 unofficial, 1,264 official), Rick Smiley (709/1,357), Jeanette Criscione (638/1,219) and Marie Davis (441/988), the last being a 124 percent increase.
Besides Hendricks, Keisha Edwards won a three-year term (3,432/4,177), as did Jackie Coley (2,207/2675). Delois Dameron won a one-year unexpired term (2,694/3,251).
In the Third Ward, Adrian Mapp was re-elected (2,846/3,139).
It remains to be seen whether voters have changed their ways permanently from largely voting at the polls. The next election will be the June 2013 primary, which will likely include contenders for the mayoralty and the Fourth Ward City Council seat here in Plainfield. Winners will go on to the November general election - after the results are certified, that is.
--Bernice
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