Three Bergen County towns hold board of education elections. Here are results
Bergen County had three school districts hold school board of education elections on Tuesday.
Cliffside Park, Fairview and newly switched Lodi are the last remaining towns to not hold November school board elections. Fairview's election was uncontested, while Cliffside Park had contested elections.
The polls closed at 8 p.m. Here are the unofficial results:
Cliffside Park
Four candidates are running for three three-year terms.
Joseph Capano - 569
Michael Russo - 569
Marcos Garciga - 405
Nancy Ciccone - 245
Fairview
Three candidates are running for three three-year terms.
Gustavo Gomez - 134
Bryan Yannuzzi - 131
Louis Lynaughu - 126
Lodi
Six residents are running for three three-year terms. The candidates are split into two brackets running together.
Mikaela "Mika" Alcala - 411
Alcenovel "Al" Bautista - 393
Joseph "Joe" LaFranca - 391
Paula Cortez* - 280
Carmine M. Telep - 275
George Panagiotou - 274
School elections
All school elections in New Jersey were held in the spring until 2012, when the passage of a state law allowed districts to switch elections to November. Some switched to November and then went back to the spring.
Any district that held its elections in the fall no longer had to seek public approval for its budget unless it exceeded the state-mandated 2% cap on tax increases. Only voters whose districts hold elections in April still have a say on school spending plans.
Of New Jersey's almost 600 school districts, only 12 held elections last April.
In Bergen County, Cliffside Park, Fairview and Lodi will have races. This is the first April election Lodi will have since approving the switch from November last year.
Last year, Cliffside Park and Fairview held school board elections. Cliffside Park had a 3.65% voter turnout and Fairview saw 4.17%. Both budgets passed.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Results for three Bergen County towns school board elections
