Democrats Retain Full Control of County Freeholder Board
Jeffrey Nash, Ian Leonard and Michelle Gentek easily defeat the Republicans running for freeholder.
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The Democratic slate for Camden County freeholder easily defeated their Republican challengers Tuesday, keeping the county's governing body all Democratic.
Incumbents Jeffrey Nash (116,969 votes) and Ian Leonard (110,586) joined newcomer and current Gloucester Township Councilwoman Michelle Gentek (113,045) in declaring victory.
Republicans received roughly half of those votes in this blue-colored county. The vote totals are: Jim Pearce (58,697), Ian Gill (53,286) and Eugene Lawrence (52,211).
All vote totals are unofficial until certified officials. Because of Hurricane Sandy's effects on the state, all mail-in ballots must be accepted until Friday at 8 p.m., although the wide margins of votes make it highly unlikely that the freeholder race's outcome will change.
Camden County also went blue for other races:
President
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D): 136,009
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (R): 62,275
U.S. Senate
Robert Menendez (D): 131,593
Joe Kyrillos (R): 56,287
House of Representatives, 1st District
Robert Andrews (D): 131,247
Gregory Horton (R): 50,606
Sheriff
Charles Billingham (D):119,504
Christine Leone-Zwillinger (R): 58,838
Joe
12:08 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Okay, Camden County voters ONCE AGAIN elected a full slate of Democrats to the Board of Freeholders. Therefore, unless you specifically voted against them, you have no business complaining about the Democratic Machine or high county property taxes or the county-wide police force or charter schools or anything else.
"Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
Maryann Campling
12:42 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
God help us.....locally and nationally.
Jimmy
6:55 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Welcome to New Jersey, Camden County, Capital for Corruption and easy voter fraud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZON7RjSxTJg&feature=related
Joe
9:17 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
That would be pretty interesting except that it is from 2010 and is not even in New Jersey (its from Ohio's 16th Legislative District). I am no fan of CC politics but let's not resort to typical GOP tactics to prove a point.
Schu
5:24 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
We had our chance to change the make up of the freeholder board and this is what we wanted. When the changes happen, please dont complain about what they are planning because not enough people care.