Politics & Government
Election Winners: Laforet, Jandris, Anti-Mall Group
Results from Tuesday elections
According to the unofficial count of the township clerk's office Tuesday night, Bill Laforet is Mahwah's new mayor. He will serve for one year, finishing out the term Richard Martel, who died in March, was originally elected to serve.
Laforet, a businessman in Mahwah, beat out John DaPuzzo, who has been serving as appointed mayor since March when former Mayor Richard Martel died, and Councilwoman Lisa DiGiulio.
Laforet garnered 2371 votes. The second-place finisher, DaPuzzo, missed the mark by 533 votes. DiGiulio was 658 votes short of the win.
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District
Votes for DiGiulio
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Votes for Laforet
Votes for DaPuzzo
1
183
212
190
2
174
264
135
3
246
186
128
4
131
157
151
5
105
143
138
6
121
118
194
7
120
200
231
8
89
205
133
9
51
46
60
10
152
250
112
11
129
264
162
12
66
98
77
13
86
104
72
14
60
124
75
TOTAL
1713
2371
1838
Chuck Jandris won the one seat on the Mahwah town council up for election. Jandris had been appointed to the seat in March, after former Town Council President John DaPuzzo was appointed Mayor.
Jandris beat out resident Steve Sbarra by 1189 votes.
District
Votes for Sbarra
Votes for Jandris
1
121
236
2
134
252
3
89
244
4
105
154
5
93
172
6
100
175
7
88
260
8
85
186
9
31
61
10
134
197
11
134
223
12
52
98
13
68
112
14
59
112
TOTAL
1293
2482
In the vote on the non-binding referendum asking if residents supported the Crossroads Town Center shopping center development, a majority of Mahwah voters said no, they do not support the development. But the vote was close. 2955 votes were against the center, and 2723 were in favor of it.
District
Yes
No
1
256
326
2
179
342
3
183
186
4
192
225
5
183
186
6
265
161
7
315
207
8
234
169
9
67
73
10
207
273
11
275
242
12
154
108
13
109
147
14
131
148
TOTAL
2723
2955
According to the unofficial results, 6,393 residents came out to the polls Tuesday, out of a possible 15,365 registered voters, or a rate of 41.6 percent. This is the first year Mahwah has held its municipal elections in November. Historically, the non-partisan races had been held in May.
These results will not be official until they are certified by the Bergen County Clerk's office in coming days. Absentee ballot votes will be added in the final count.
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