Sunday, November 8, 2015

Election Addendum

Official results of the Nov. 3 general election will be released sometime next week by Union County Clerk Joanne Rajoppi, but meanwhile here are some sidelights.

The City Clerk's office gave the total turnout in Plainfield as 3,947. After the last day to register, the Board of Elections listed the total number of registered voters in Plainfield as 21,776, so it looks like only 18 percent of voters bothered to go to the polls. (See the City Council and school board results here.)

Local candidates may benefit from a larger turnout next year due to the presidential election. The City Council seats up for election in 2016 are the Third Ward, now occupied by Gloria Taylor, and the Citywide at-large seat now held by Rev. Tracey Brown. Filing will be in late March or early April.

In Plainfield, Assemblyman Jerry Green received 2,398 votes to James Kennedy's 2,721, a 12 percent difference. Unofficial total results for District 22 were 11,098 for Green, 11,399 for Kennedy, 7,684 for William "Bo" Vastine and 7,284 for William Michelson.

In the school board races, normally winners would have to wait until Jan. 1 to serve, but two of the three winners  - John Campbell and Richard Wyatt - are already on the board as appointees. Incumbent Jackie Coley did not win, but will finish out her term until Dec. 31. Emily Morgan, a first-time winner, will take office on Jan. 1. Next year, the seats currently occupied by Deborah Clarke, Frederick D. Moore Sr. and Board President Wilma Campbell will be up for election. Campbell is serving her fourth term. The filing date for school board candidates will be in late July.

Saturday's mail brought a Board of Education newsletter with messages from Campbell and Superintendent Anna Belin-Pyles. Read the BOE newsletter here if you didn't get one in the mail.

--Bernice

8 comments:

  1. Why didn't mapp as Plainfield democratic chair push jerry green material on election day and before? Its all a big sham the political system .

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  2. I love it! Jerry comes in second to a guy who never set foot in Plainfield, and no one knows.

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  3. Hey all you pro democratic plainfielders why didn't mapp push all dems on the line such as jerry green. He can

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  4. Jerry Green didn't get many votes from Dems tired of his games and lack of support for the people of his district. His time in power may end at the next election. We can only hope for better representation some time soon.

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    1. You say that every election and he WINS.

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  5. I have a question - why didn't Jerry, who is the Union County Democratic Chair, and voter in Ward 2 not put out a Cory Storch sign?

    He had a BOE sign in front of his house.

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  6. Please note that Jerry Green consistently loses in his own district.

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  7. Jerry Green didn't put up a Storch lawn sign because he was supporting Campbell Jr. And . . . he was paying Ortega's people to pass out Ortega's literature at the polling areas.

    How do I know?

    Norman (not Ortega) was driving Jerry Green around on election day and they were checking in on Ortega's people asking THEM questions about the turnout. One of the workers mentioned being paid for the day by Mr. Green.

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