While the state Assembly races topped the ballot, five Mercer County seats were contested in the race for county executive, county clerk and three freeholder seats.
MERCER COUNTY -- The polls are now closed in New Jersey and the votes are being tallied in key Mercer County races, including the mayoral election in Hamilton.
While the state Assembly races topped the ballot, five countywide seats were contested in the race for county executive, county clerk and three freeholder seats.
PLUS: N.J. Assembly general election results 2015
An asterisk denotes an incumbent and a check mark "" denotes a winner. Results for uncontested races will not be reported.
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Mercer County
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
One 4-year term
Brian Hughes (D)* 30,700
Lisa Richford (R) 15,288
COUNTY CLERK
One 5-year term
Paula Sollami Covello (D)* 29,204
Susan Bagley (R) 15,421
COUNTY FREEHOLDER
Three 3-year terms
Ann Cannon (D)* 28,410
Pasquale "Pat" Colavita (D)* 28,893
Samuel Frisby (D)* 26,710
Anthony "Tony" Davis (R) 15,952
Ira Marks (R) 15,197
Jason DeFrancesco (R) 15,788
- results of Mercer County races with 242 of 243 voting districts reporting
East Windsor
COUNCIL
Four 3-year terms
Janice Mironov (D)* 2178
Marc Lippman (D)* 1994
Peter Yeager (D)* 2024
John Zoller (D)* 1956
Paul "PJ" Hummel (R) 1004
Steven Uccio (R) 1002
Darren Feist (R) 983
Sean O'Connor (R) 1038
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Three 3-year terms
Kennedy Paul*
Alice Weisman*
Paul Connolly*
Ewing
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Three 3-year terms
Anthony Messina* 2,259
Maria Benedetti* 2,109
Scott Rogers 1,505
Kenneth Bradley* 1,592
Lisa Hall McConnell 1,628
Hamilton
MAYOR
One 4-year term
Amy Inman (D) 6,606
Kelly Yaede (R)* 9,645
COUNCIL
Two 4-year terms
JoAnne Bruno (D) 7,555
Donald Ryland (D) 6,805
Ileana Schirmer (R)* 8,058
Ralph Mastrangelo (R) 8,267
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Three 3-year terms
Gregory Mahon 3,788
George Fisher 3,813
Susan Ferrara 5,075
John Kroschwitz 3,716
Jen Barnock Riddell* 2,721
Albert Gayzik* 3,148
Michelle Episcopo 4,215
Richard Kanka* 5,787
Hightstown
BOROUGH COUNCIL
Two 3-year terms
Seth Kurs (D)* 477
Susan Bluth (D)* 449
Lynne Woods (R) 230
Douglas Mair (R) 224
BOARD OF EDUCATION
One 3-year term
Tracy Carroll*
Hopewell Borough
BOROUGH MAYOR
One 4-year term
Paul Anzano (D)*
BOROUGH COUNCIL
Two 3-year terms
Debra Lehman (D)*
Roxanne Klett (R)*
Hopewell Township
TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE
One 3-year term
Julie Blake (D) 1,852
Harvey Lester (R)* 1,570
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Two 3-year terms
Lisa Wolff*
Leigh Ann Peterson*
Lawrence
TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
Three 3-year terms
Michael Powers (D)*
Cathleen Lewis (D)*
David Maffei (D)*
One 2-year unexpired term
Chris Bobbitt (D) 2,370
Robert Bostock (R) 1,594
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Three 3-year terms
Joyce Scott
Kevin Van Hise*
JoAnn Groeger*
Pennington
MAYOR
One 4-year term
Anthony Persichilli (D)*
BOROUGH COUNCIL
Two 3-year terms
Deborah Gnatt (D)*
Joseph Lawver (D)*
BOARD OF EDUCATION
One 3-year term
Joanna "Jenny" Long
Princeton
COUNCIL
Two 3-year terms
Heather Howard (D)* 2,773
Arden "Lance" Liverman (D)* 2,704
Lynn Lu Irving (R) 1,067
Kelly DiTosto (R) 988
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Three 3-year terms
Elizabeth "Betsy" Kalber Baglio 2,096
Dafna Kendal 1,771
Patrick Sullivan* 2,012
Robert Dodge 1,528
Robbinsville
COUNCIL (non-partisan)
Three 4-year terms
Christine Ciaccio*
Ronald Witt*
Dan Schuberth
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Three 3-year terms
Leslie Dee 1,227
Craig Heilman 1,131
Amman Seehra 906
Faith Silvestrov* 1,018
West Windsor
COUNCIL (non-partisan)
Three 4-year terms
George Borek* 1,957
Alison Miller 1,968
Ayesha Krishnan Hamilton 1,979
Hemant Marathe* 2,056
Virginia Manzari 1,910
Gerald Halloran 1,717
BOARD OF EDUCATION
One 3-year term
Michele Kaish* 2,191
Jordon DeGroote 1,597
Burlington County
BORDENTOWN CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
One 3-year term
Joshua Fausti
Joann Dansbury
Christine Brennan*
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE
Two 3-year terms
Steve Benowitz (D)*
Eric Holliday (D)
Thomas Dalton (R)
Mark Drew (R)
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION
One 3-year term
Kevin Creegan*