Tuesday Elections Primarily a Formality for Local Madison Candidates

Tuesday is primary elections day in New Jersey, and while Madison's Borough Council primaries are uncontested, residents will cast votes for state candidates for the first time as part of the 27th District.

Borough Council

Madison has four candidates on ballots for two seats on the Borough Council, and for the Republican primary, and Bob McDowell and Carmen Vitale for the Democratic primary.

Incumbent council member will vie for a second term as an Independent in the November general elections, after ending his earlier announced bid for mayor, also as an Independent.

Voters can only vote in the party's primary in which they are registered.

A flood of write-in votes notwithstanding, the primary is uncontested based on the candidates on the ballots. For November's general election, Landrigan and Barbato will take the two slots for the Republicans; the Democrats will put up McDowell and Vitale.

District 27

Voters on Tuesday also will choose candidates for the November elections, when they will select one Senator and two Assembly members.

Former Democratic Gov. is running with Assemblyman John McKeon and Assemblywoman Mila Jasey in the newly configured 27th district that includes portions of Essex and Morris counties, including Madison. Former Millburn Mayor Ellen Steinberg is challenging McKeon and Jasey of South Orange.

Steinberg, an attorney from Short Hills, was a Chatham resident for 17 years. She made an unsuccessful bid for the state assembly prior to winning election to the Millburn Township Committee in 2005.

Republicans Lee Holtzman, an attorney from Livingston, and Chatham Township Mayor Nicole Hagner will vie with the Democratic winners of Tuesday’s primary in the November elections.

Codey is running unopposed in the primary, and will meet either Essex Fells Councilman William Sullivan or Tea Party candidate William Eames following the GOP primary.

Polls in Madison are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Here's a list of polling places and their districts:

New Life Fellowship
203 Green Avenue
Fellowship Hall
Districts 1 and 9

North Star Athletic Club
95 North Street
Front Entrance Room
Districts 2, 4 and 10

Grace Episcopal Church
4 Madison Avenue
Grace Hall
Districts 3, 7, 11 and 12

Madison Public Library
39 Keep Street
Chase Auditorium
Districts 5 and 13

Madison Housing Authority
15 Chateau Thierry
Community Room
Districts 6 and 14

Madison YMCA
111 Kings Road
Front Left Lobby
District 8