Democrats Retain Control Of Township Council, BOE Incumbents Defeated

November 8, 2017 2017 Election

Candidates in the 2017 election and their supporters watch the results being tallied in the Township Council chamber.

Democrats retained complete control of the Township Council and both Board of Education incumbents were defeated in the Nov. 7 elections.

In regional races involving township residents, state Assemblymen Joe Danielsen (D-17) retained his seat. Unsuccessful were Township Councilwoman Shanel Robinson (D-At Large), who ran for a seat on the Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and Republicans Daryl Kipnis, who ran for state Senate, and Robert Quinn and Nadine Wilkins, who ran for state Assembly.

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Democrats Retain Control Of Township Council, BOE Incumbents Defeated

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