Local contested Bergen County elections to watch in June
The spotlight on Bergen County's June primary elections may have dimmed a bit after Tammy Murphy suspended her Senate campaign last month, but there are still contested local races to watch.
The deadline to file for the primary election was March 25, giving a preview for June and November races.
Here is the unofficial list of contested elections for June 4, which may still change. (*Denotes incumbents.)
The Bergen County June Democratic candidates
Alpine
Four Democrats are running for two council seats.
Steven E. Cohen* - Democratic Committee of Bergen County
Geroge A. Abad - Democratic Committee of Bergen County
Faisel Hussein - Our Safety, Our Community, Our Alpine
Charles Kim - Our Safety, Our Community, Our Alpine
Bogota
Four Democrats are running for two council seats.
Robert Robbins* - Democrats for Progress
Jo-Ellen Granquist - Democrats for Progress
Consuelo M. Carpenter* - Democratic Committee of Bergen County
William R. Hordern - Democratic Committee of Bergen County
Englewood
Four Democrats are looking for the nomination for one at-large council seat.
Charles Cobb* - Democratic Committee of Bergen County
Horace H. Ragbir - Real Englewood Democrat
Dan B. Tokayer - Real Englewood Democrat
Sara Stroman - Englewood-Transparency, Equity Change
Palisades Park
Four Democrats are competing for two seats.
Anthony Hwan Kim
Elynn Kim
Sang H. Lee* - Democratic Committee of Bergen County
Charlie Changkyun Shin
Tenafly
Three Democrats are competing for two seats.
Julie O'Connor* - Democratic Committee of Bergen County
Venugopal Menon* - Democratic Committee of Bergen County
Lauren Dayton - The Real Bergen Democrats
The Bergen County June Republican candidates
Franklin Lakes
Three Republicans are vying for two seats.
Michele M. DeLuccia* - Republicans for Responsible Government
Constantine D. Skamas - Republicans for Responsible Government
Joseph P. Cadicina - Republicans for Franklin Lakes
Oakland
Four Republicans are running for two council seats.
Steven Saliani* - Republicans for Responsible Government
Carol Ann Rose - Republicans for Responsible Government
Kerri L. Sirinides - Republicans for the People of Oakland
James M. Folkerts - Republicans for the People of Oakland
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Old Tappan
Four Republicans are running for two council seats.
Guy Carnazza* - Bergen County Regular Republican
Jin Yhu* - Bergen County Regular Republican
Juan C. Marti - Republicans for Responsible Government
Robert M. Zaccone - Planning the best for Old Tappan
Palisades Park
Four Republicans are vying for two seats.
Stephanie Jang* - Republicans for Citizens
Neris Papoters - Republicans for Citizens
George Hadoulis - Republicans for Responsible Government
James E. Donovan - Republicans for Responsible Government
Ridgefield
Three Republicans are running for two seats.
Joan E. Delgado - Republicans for Responsible Government
Mohamed T. Jaafar - Republicans for Responsible Government
Dennis J. Shim - Ridgefield Step Together
Wyckoff
Four Republicans are running for two council seats, and two people are running to fill one two-year unexpired term.
Timothy E. Shanley* - Republicans for Responsible Government
Drita M. McNamara - Republicans for Responsible Government
Thomas J. Madigan* - Republicans for Wyckoff
Mae Y. Bogdansky
Unexpired term candidates for Wyckoff
Roger J. Lane* - Republicans for Wyckoff
Christopher G. Joachim - Republicans for Responsible Government
Ballots will start to go out to vote-by-mail voters on April 20. May 14 is the deadline to register to vote in June 4 primary. Early voting runs from May 29 through June 2.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Local contested Bergen County elections to watch in June