Kean Tops All Candidates in Local Primary Voting

Almost 5 percent of Warren's registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday's primary election.

A write-in bid for the Republican nomination for the race for two Township Committee seats announced several weeks ago by Tony Sardis garnered 122 votes for him, not enough to displace either Michael Marion, who received 342 votes, or George Lazo, with 333 votes, from the GOP column in November.

However, Sardis also received 11 write-in votes for the Democratic nomination for the Township Committee race. According to Township Clerk Patricia DiRocco, as the top vote-getter, Sardis could claim the Democratic nomination—but she said he filed a petition to be placed on the ballot as an independent candidate in the general election.

Incumbent Thomas Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) garnered 409 votes in Warren, while township resident and Democratic challenger Paul Swanicke earned 82 votes in the uncontested primary for the District 21 Senate seat.

The complete tallies of how Warren residents voted for all candidates are below.

Jon Bramnick: 390

Bruce Bergen: 80

Nancy Munoz: 374

Norman Albert: 75

Peter Palmer: 382

Wes Ifan: 83

Bob Zaborowski: 371

Christian Mastondrea: 78

Total votes cast: 503

Number of registered voters: 10,514

Registered Republican: 3,480

Registered Democrat: 1,881