Voters will go to the polls on June 8 to choose candidates for an array of elected offices in the Democratic and Republican party primaries.
The polling locations will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for in-person voting. Vote-by-mail secure drop boxes, for voters who prefer not to vote in person, are available at the East Windsor Municipal Court Building at 80 One Mile Road and at Hightstown Fire Co. No. 1 at 140 N. Main St.
The winners in the political primaries will square off in the Nov. 2 general election.
Incumbent East Windsor Township Council members Denise Daniels and Alan Rosenberg and their running mate, David Russell, are unopposed in the Democratic Party primary. Anna Lustenberg is the only candidate in the Republican Party primary.
Across the municipal boundary in Hightstown Borough, incumbent Borough Council members Susan Bluth and Dimitri Musing are running unopposed in the Democratic Party primary. No one filed for the Republican Party primary to run for Borough Council.
The two open seats on the Cranbury Township Committee carry three-year terms. On the ballot is Republican Robert Bolger, who seeks a first term on the Township Committee; Cindy Hughes, whose name won’t appear on the ballot, will be a write-in candidate. The Democratic primary is an uncontested race for incumbent Mike Ferrante and Eman El-Badawi, who is competing for her first term on the Township Committee.
Voters also will be asked to nominate a Democratic Party candidate and a Republican Party candidate for governor.
Incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy is running unopposed in the Democratic Party primary, but there are four candidates seeking the Republican Party nomination – Jack Ciattarelli, Hirsh V. Singh, Philip Rizzo and Brian D. Levine.
Incumbent state Senator Linda R. Greenstein is running unopposed for the Democratic Party nomination for state Senate. Adam J. Elias is unopposed for the Republican Party nomination to run for state Senate.
For the General Assembly, incumbent Assemblymen Wayne P. DeAngelo and Daniel Benson are running unopposed for the Democratic Party nomination, as are Andrew Pachuta and Bina Shah, who are unopposed in seeking the Republican Party nomination.
Incumbent Mercer County Surrogate Diane Gerofsky is unopposed in the Democratic Party primary nomination, but two Republicans are vying for their party’s nomination to run for Surrogate – Douglas E. Miles and Richard J. LaRossa.
At the Board of County Commissioners, incumbent Commissioner Samuel Frisby and his running mates, Kristin McLaughlin and Terrance Stokes, are running unopposed for the Democratic Party nomination.
But there is a six-way contest in the Republican Party primary for the Board of County Commissioners among Richard M. Balgowan, Michael Chianese, Andrew J. Kotula Jr., Joseph A. Stillwell, Vlad Machevus and Michael F. Hurtado. Voters must choose three of the six candidates.
