Local contested Bergen County elections to watch in June

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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.

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

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

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